from Martin Fennelly of the Tampa Bay Times,

The Lightning is a hunter.

It went into Madison Square Garden and said as much Monday night.

It beat the Rangers, 3-2, to pull within a point of Toronto for the final wild card.

This is for real.

The Lightning is charging. For real.

The Bolts are at it again in Ottawa tonight. No rest.

With two goals from 21st-birthday boy Brayden Point, with back-up goalie Peter Budaj coming up with some big saves for his first Tampa Bay win, the Lightning continue to try and turn a feel-bad season into a feel-good one. Give them credit.

Where all this was in the first half of the season remains a mystery.

But they're doing it now, without Steven Stamkos, who is still out, and without Ben Bishop, without Brian Boyle, without Valtteri Filppula, all traded away. Now they're doing it without Tyler Johnson, out with injury.

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