"So, this is what real, live winning hockey looks like.
We'd almost forgotten.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are still in a deep hole when it comes to prolonging their season past the standard 82 games.
They've won six of the past seven games to climb back to .500.
This is how it has usually worked after home wins: Bolts coach Guy Boucher stares at a flat screen, sees the end of the out-of-town games or all those Eastern Conference scores and sees that little or no ground has been gained. Even after all this good work of late, the Lightning remain miles from contention.
"You look at the standings and you'll go nuts," Lightning defenseman Eric Brewer said. "It's not my job. We just need to do our jobs."
Right now, they are."
