With Boston’s tie against Washington, the Bruins can do no better than tie the Lightning for most points in the conference.

Meaning for the first time in their history, the Tampa Bay Lightning are regular season Eastern Conference champs and secure home ice advantage throughout the playoffs! :woot

Lemme say this again because this is weighty stuff for anyone who has been following this team since their inception, through the ups and downs:

THE TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING ARE REGULAR SEASON EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS!

Yes, this means absolutely jack shit in the playoffs, but this is still an incredible feet for a franchise that lost 50 games for 4 straight seasons)

Welcome back, Mr. St. Louis…. His two goals tonight were his #8 SHG of the season and #7 GWG of the season respectively, giving him 37 on the season and ending a scoring slump of sorts.

Cory Stillman also set a record, his 3 assists gave him 80 points for the year which is a personal best for him.

Tampa Bay downs the Florida Panthers 4-3… The attendance was pitiful but a Thursday night game versus a rival who is way out of the playoffs while we are way-in.. well, you can’t expect everyone to make a big deal about this game.

Proving that money can’t buy you everything, the New York Rangers have officially taken the title of “Longest active playoff drought”, as the Calgary Flames cliched a playoff berth, ending their seven year itch.

The Rangers will be missing their 7th straight post-season this year.