Burns: 3 Things from coming up short against the Pens

The Tampa Bay Lightning haven't lost a lot of games at AMALIE Arena over the last couple of seasons when leading by two goals.
The Lightning haven't lost a lot of games at AMALIE period since 2014-15.
But the Bolts' current stretch of futility is breaking all previous trends.
Tampa Bay held a 3-1 lead against the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins after a pair of goals by Jonathan Drouin sandwiched around Valtteri Filppula's two-on-one snipe.

The Lightning, losers of six of their last seven coming into the Pittsburgh game, looked to be breaking out of their funk.
Pittsburgh's power play put them right back in it.
The Penguins scored three-consecutive goals on the power play to wrestle the lead back from the Bolts and escape Tampa with a 4-3 victory.
Not all was lost for the Bolts on Saturday. There were plenty of signs the team could be breaking out of its slump.
We'll wrap it all up in 3 Things from the rematch against the Pens.

1. GOOD RESPONSE
In their 5-1 loss to Vancouver on Thursday, the Lightning gave up the opening goal four minutes into the game on the Canucks' first shot after peppering goalie Ryan Miller with six shots prior to the goal.
The Bolts never recovered from the demoralizing counter, the unexpected punch in the gut sending them to the canvas..
"It seemed that was it," Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said after the match.
Tampa Bay faced similar circumstances on Saturday. The Lightning got off to a decent start against the red-hot Penguins, winners of four straight coming into the game, and looked like they were eager to erase the Vancouver debacle from memory.
But eight minutes in, Sidney Crosby got the puck in close, fought off a check from Cedric Paquette and tucked a shot around Andrei Vasilevskiy and inside the back post as he was falling down for the game's first goal.
The Lightning could have hung their heads yet again having given up the opening goal for the seventh time in the last eight games.
Their response, however, was much more indicative of what we've come to expect from the Bolts over the last couple seasons. The Bolts dug their heels in, made sure Pittsburgh didn't go up by two and got right back in the game when Jonathan Drouin scored the first of his two goals a little less than six minutes later to level the score 1-1.
The Lightning may have lost on Saturday, but they responded to adversity and put in a full 60-minute effort.
That's a start.
"I thought we had emotion compared to the last couple of games," Drouin said. "I thought we were in the game. Physically and mentally, I thought we were going. The bench was going too, and I haven't seen that on a while from our team so it was nice to see."

2. PENS POWER PLAY PRESENTS PROBLEMS
Pittsburgh's power play has been rather average this season. Coming into Saturday's game, the Penguins were converting at a 17.4 percent rate, which ranks them 15th in the NHL.
But down 3-1, the Pens' power play came to life, scoring on three-consecutive opportunities with the man advantage to regain the lead.
The Bolts' penalty kill has been outstanding under associate coach Rick Bowness during his tenure but has slipped a bit this season, ranking 15th in the league at 82.8 percent.
On Saturday, the penalty kill took another step back.
"They've got five guys on the power play that are world-class players," Drouin said. "Can't give those guys too much time on the power play. They'll make you pay."
The Lightning have been one of the most penalized teams in the NHL this season, ranking fourth in the league for most penalty minutes per game (11:41).
Against Pittsburgh, that time in the box came back to hurt them.

3. HIGH COMPETE LEVEL
Despite the loss, the Lightning played a really good Pittsburgh team toe-to-toe and just came up on the short end of the scoreboard. With the way the team has been playing over the last eight games or so, that's a positive the Bolts can build on moving ahead.
"I though tonight was a step forward," Lightning defenseman Anton Stralman said. "I thought we played pretty well. Penalty kill let us down a little bit and those are the things you look for. Obviously the result sucks, but if you look at the whole picture I thought it was a big step forward from the Vancouver game. We played some good D-Zone. They're a really, really good team too. You've got to put that into effect too. We held up pretty good in a time where we're obviously struggling."
If the Bolts continue to play like they did Saturday against the Penguins, the wins will come.
"You look at our effort level tonight and our battle and our compete, it was there," Cooper said. "We did everything we could to win the game. Special teams cost us in the end."