"We had our chances, we had power-play opportunities, it just didn't go in the net," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. "Sometimes they're going in for you and sometimes they are not, and it's too bad because it cost us."

"We're not playing the way we need to in order to be successful," Stamkos said. "Maybe we're not getting some bounces that we were getting at the beginning of the year, but we've got to earn those. We got behind the 8-ball again on the first shift."

"You have to keep putting the puck on the net and hope that a few go in," Filppula said. "It's a long season and you're going to have ups and downs, and now we have two games we've lost against good teams (3-1 to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday). I feel like we will fix a few things and hopefully get our power play working as well."

The Lightning were 0-for-4 for their power play, including three consecutive in the second period.

"When you get three straight chances you have to get a goal," Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman said. "We had some good looks and got closer and threw it in the post, but obviously that's a tough one to swallow."

"You can't accept these results because we want to take care of the home ice," Boyle said. "They got off to a good start and we couldn't match it. We're going to go on to the next game (Thursday at home against the Carolina Hurricanes), but it's disappointing to lose back-to-back games at home."