Lightning coach Guy Boucher was looking for more opportunities on the man-advantage, but admitted that the team missed its opportunity.

"You can't get more quality scoring chances than this," he said. "Three-on-ones, two-on-ones, open nets and we can't bury. And then the opponent in the third period gets a bounce here or there and it kills us. The power play is the difference. Last year we were 24 percent on the power play, and we had 50 more minutes of power play at this time last year. Power play was better and we had a lot more, so we'd win our games.

"At the end of game, we made a few mistakes. The guys on the ice aren't fools – they see that we miss and miss. You don't want to be scared, but you know the reality is if you miss that netting that can haunt you. We can't get more scoring chances than we have. It's impossible."