Tuesday, 3 a.m.
This time, perhaps the Tampa Bay Lightning can find a foothold.
The Lightning won easily Monday night, beating up the St. Louis Blues 4-1 at Benchmark International Arena. It was the Bolts' second straight win, in which they've scored a combined 10 goals.
For the Bolts, the season has gone much like that. Seven straight wins here. Four straight losses there. The Bolts have been up and down all season. They're 10-9 at home this year.
Perhaps this will be different. After all, Andrei Vasilevskiy seems to be as crisp as at any time this season. He stopped 23 of 24 shots for his 13th win. He's won nine of his last 11.
The Bolts jumped on the Blues early. Pontus Holmberg scored 21 seconds into the game.
Darren Raddysh scored a power play goal later in the period.
St. Louis' only goal was scored in the second period by Justin Faulk.
The Bolts came back with two goals, Anthony Cirelli's scored his 10th and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored his sixth on the power play.
The Bolts play at Florida at 7 p.m. on Saturday night at Amerant Bank Arena.