Valentine’s Day and the entire 4 Nations Face-Off tournament have all come and gone since the Tampa Bay Lightning last lost a hockey game. No one has defeated them in regulation since January. Coach Jon Cooper’s team is the hottest in the NHL,

The Lightning’s season-long win streak was going to end eventually, and given the exemplary way they’d played over the previous eight games, they probably were due for an off night. In many ways, the Lightning played well enough to win Monday night against the cross-state rival Panthers.