Liners: Panthers self-destruct, hand game to Lightning 4-3 (SO)

A blown three-to-one lead? No pictures, no pictures...

Hate to admit it, but kinda speechless here. I've said it one hundred times (and the Bolts know it from their own history): If you can't win against the "lesser" clubs, you've got no chance in the playoffs.

At this point, Carolina, Pittsburgh, and Buffalo are surging. The dream's not dead for Florida, but life-support is drawing extra power from the receptacle. Frolik and Booth can't do it all.

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• AP via NHL.com: boxscore
• Sports Club Stats: Panthers playoff run
• Panthers website
• Lightning website

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