"The Lightning ran into a speed bump or a pot hole Thursday night.

Which one depends on what takes place in the coming days. But in the present, a 2-1 overtime loss to Winnipeg in front of an announced crowd of 16,923 at the Forum at least took some steam out of Tampa Bay's recent winning ways.

Kyle Wellwood scored with 1 minute, 46 seconds left in the extra period to halt the Lightning's season-best winning streak at five games. Tampa Bay, however, did extend its streak of consecutive games with at least a point to a season-long six games.

The Lightning had been 5-1 in games decided in overtime, but failed to generate a shot on goal in the extra session. Wellwood converted a 2-on-1 pass from Blake Wheeler as the Jets snapped a seven-game winless streak in Tampa.

Whether picking up the one point for getting to overtime derails or kills any momentum in Tampa Bay's drive to get back into the playoff picture was unclear after the game. But one thing was evident: The Lightning can't afford to be giving away too many points at this juncture of the season.

"I thought we played good tonight. I felt we deserved better and it's a point," alternate captain Marty St. Louis said. "There are going to be games in which we probably don't play as good and we'll get two points."