Game 1: Pens - Lightning Post-Game Wrapup

-- When the Lightning look back at this game, they will surely look at the first 10-12 minutes of the game as a missed opportunity. They had a flurry of chances to get on the board first but Pens goaltender Marc Andre Fleury showed why great goaltending is so important in the playoffs.

Fleury kept the Penguins in the game early and as the game progressed, Pittsburgh wore Tampa Bay down and put them away in the third.

"Fleury was outstanding, there's no question about it," Lightning coach Guy Boucher said. "I just saw some clips of the replays and I still can't believe he made some of those saves."

-- The Penguins were 0-for-6 on the power play but there was lot of buzz centering around the Penguins work on the power play in a positive way. "In the second period, especially in the third, our power play got momentum going our way and the building going, " Pens head coach Dan Bylsma said.

There were clearly some not so great moments but we're seeing some progress being made. Zbynek Michalek has added a much needed shot threat element for the Penguins.

The key for some success tonight, at least from the standpoint of creating scoring chances, was the Penguins being strong in the face-off circle, winning 8 of 11 draws on the power plays.