game score,and commentary...

Lightning 5,Bruins 3... series tied at 2 games apiece... Bruins collapse,after 3-0 lead,giving up five goals,including an empty-net goal,in last two periods... Tim Thomas was hung out to dry,and Bruins had too many turnovers,and Lightning came to life,after a very good period,by the Bruins,but Boston played sloppily,and was very bad on defense,and Thomas gave up too many soft goals,after Bruins turned over puck in neutral zone,and in front of Thomas,over the last two periods,and Boston was simply bad,period... Patrice Bergeron scored twice,for the Bruins,one being a short-handed goal,along with Michael Ryder,all in first period... Teddy Purcell scored twice,with Sean Bergenheim,Simon Gagne,and Martin St.Louis,also scored,for the Lightning,all in last two periods... Dwayne Roloson got pulled in first period,giving up those three goals,so Mike Smith won game,in relief... this has been a very strange series,because all four games have been different,all being high-scoring affairs,with both teams dominating each other,at various times,except for one game,which was a 2-0 shutout,by the Bruins(game three)in which Tampa Bay could not solve Tim Thomas,firing 31 shots at him... he was the difference in that game... both teams have lighted the lamp many times,like shifting momentum,by both teams,have made this series very unpredictable,and both teams have a legitimate chance to win series... game five will be critical to both teams,because both teams have high-scoring offenses,but have shown very little defense,and they have not stopped each other,on offense... whoever can steal a game,with a sterling effort,in goal will win,but so far,nobody has shown that they stop a three inch,by one inch piece of vulcanized rubber(puck),with any passion,for winning low-scoring games...