Tuesday night was a tale of two games at the St. Pete Times Forum when the Lightning took on the Buffalo Sabres. The first two periods went entirely in the Lightning's favor. The wheels fell off in the third period behind some creative officiating and multiple breakdowns, with the Bolts ultimately falling to Buffalo 7-4.
Tampa Bay jumped ahead early in the game on two goals from Sean Bergenheim and a goal from Vincent Lecavalier to extend the lead to 3-1 in the middle of the second. Buffalo would answer back with a goal from Thomas Vanek to put the Sabres within striking distance.
That's when things got interesting in a hurry for the Lightning.
This article appears in Feb 3-9, 2011.