Under-performing Lightning look to avoid sweep by Panthers

The Florida Panthers are one victory away from ending their first-round Eastern Conference playoffs in as little time as possible. The Atlantic Division champions won 5-3 Thursday night over the Tampa Bay Lightning on the state's Gulf Coast and put themselves ahead 3-0 in the best-of-seven series. The reigning conference champions will look to end the Sunshine State matchup Saturday afternoon in Game 4 in Tampa. While Matthew Tkachuk's two goals -- giving him 29 points in his past 23 postseason matches -- made headlines, it was Florida's fourth line of Nick Cousins, Steven Lorentz and Kyle Okposo that was game-changing.