"The Lightning outplayed the Jets on Thursday — outshot them, outchanced them.

The only thing it didn't do is outscore them.

Tampa Bay fell 2-1 in overtime at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in what, for a team fighting for its playoff life, was one of the season's more disappointing losses.

Especially to a Southeast Division foe above it in the standings.

"Their goaltender stoned us, basically," coach Guy Boucher said. "We had tons of quality, quality scoring chances and didn't bury them. We did what we needed to do. It just didn't go in. That's what's tough to take."

Goaltender Ondrej Pavelec, with 30 saves, certainly had a lot to do with the win; Tampa Bay (22-23-5) had a 31-24 shot advantage. And Kyle Wellwood's goal with 1:46 left in the extra period was the winner. But the Lightning — which lost a five-game winning streak, though it has a six-game points streak with the point for the regulation tie — has to finish its chances.

Boucher is correct that has not been an ongoing problem. But with the team eight points behind the first-place Panthers in the Southeast and nine points out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, chances are enough.

And it really is not enough for the power play, on a 5-for-57 streak, to get one shot on two opportunities.

"You've got a team on the other side also," Boucher said. "Guys are paying the price and blocking shots."

The Jets blocked three on Tampa Bay's power play. "We battled," Pavelec said. "That's what you want on the road.""