Sunrise (Florida) – Tampa Bay already leads the Florida NHL playoff team 2-0 once morest the Florida Panthers. The Lightning won the second game of the quarter-final series (“best of seven”) 2-1. In the semi-final series in the west, the St. Louis Blues drew 1-1 with the Colorado Avalanche. The team from Missouri, winners of the Stanley Cup three years ago, defeated the number 1 in the Western Conference 4-1 in Denver.