Watch Tampa Bay Lightning vs Pittsburgh Penguins live stream online at 12:00 PM ET on April 23, 2011 and will held at CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Preview
With Penguins stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin injured, the Tampa Bay Lightning had to figure that if they could contain Pittsburgh's secondary scoring, they could win the teams' first-round playoff series.
And indeed, the Lightning has had some success.
Alex Kovalev? One goal in four games. James Neal? One goal. Chris Kunitz? Only an empty-netter. Jordan Staal, Kris Letang and Pascal Dupuis? Nothing.
What the Lightning couldn't have planned for is that Pittsburgh's fourth line would do so much damage. Led by Arron Asham's three goals, the unheralded line of Asham, Craig Adams and Mike Rupp has been the Penguins' secret offensive weapon as they have built a 3-1 series lead heading into Game 5 at noon on Saturday in Pittsburgh.
"Every year that's the story," Tampa Bay coach Guy Boucher said. "Teams get guys that you never expect. They usually are the guys that grind it out. Sometimes it's a fourth-line guy or third-line guy... It's usually guys that battle so hard that they out-battle the opponent. Asham has been doing that, and when you watch the clips it isn't luck. He deserves what he's getting."
Watch Tampa Bay Lightning vs Pittsburgh Penguins Live Free Stream Online April 23, 2011
