from Roger Mooney of the Tampa Bay Times,

The words "Our Time" were projected onto the Amalie Arena ice before the players left the dressing room early Sunday evening. The reference being, of course, the Lightning was going to take care of business in its own building.

That did not happen.

Again.

The team that finished the regular season with the best record in the Eastern Conference and rolled past the Devils and Bruins in the first two rounds of the playoffs, finds itself in a precarious situation after a 6-2 loss to the Capitals in Game 2.

The series now shifts to Washington, D.C. for Games 3 and 4. The good news is the Capitals are 3-3 on home ice this postseason. The bad news is teams with a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup semifinals since 1974-75 are 39-2.

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