How did the Lightning move from the historic season to 'five-light fire'? – Athletics



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TAMPA, Fla. – After another Lightning power play early in the second period on Friday, there was a handful of nonsense from the crowd at home at Amalie Arena.

Then a fan got up and asked what everyone in hockey probably thinks of Tampa right now:

"What's wrong with you guys?"

The short answer? A lot.

The Lightning are in trouble after being beaten 5-1 by the Blue Jackets on Friday night, being booed by some of the remaining 19 092 players. Tampa Bay, the same team that tied an NHL record with 62 wins in the regular season, lost 2-0 in this first-round series to the best of seven.

For a Lightning team that went through the year with 20 points ahead of its peers from the East, it is an unknown territory.

"It's a five-alarm fire," said coach Jon Cooper.

It was not so much that the Lightning lost. That's how they lost. It's not like …

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