rays pitchers and catchers are set to report at charlotte here's tom korun with the rest of the morning sports. >> reporter: good morning. last night was not the night the bolts care to remember or mimic. ottawa ran away with the game. ottawa took advantage of two first period turnovers by the bolts, this one by kucherov, loses control of the puck, narc stone feeds zach smith. had-10, price makes it 2-0 off the snapshot. the bolts score. this one on a gritty play of jt brown in front. it were 2-1 after one. but the second period was all ottawa. mark stone scoring twice, senators winning easily 5-1, the bolts don't lose ground in the playoff race and back at it again tonight against montreal with ben bishop in net. freshman of the week for the third straight week but the bulls did lose to temple over the weekend so that drops him to 22nd on this week's ap poll. next up tulane on wednesday. >>> that's your morning sports update. enjoy your day. >>> bagel bonus. coming up at 5:00 -- the freebie offer helping you celebrate national bagel day today. >> toasting disaster. up next, the new lin

tom korun explains. >> reporter: good morning. hate to have someone in your division give you help that is ahead of you but in this case the lightning will send a thank you to the florida panthers, holding off the penguins last night in sunrise, big for the bolts. looked line the panthers were going to hold on for regulation wins, chris circles after the face-off, hits the crossbar, tied the game at 1-1. this decided in a shootout. the bolts locked out of the last spot in the east, 2-1 final. panthers winning it. folks, the bolts still need to pittsburgh saturday to take on the penguins. >> we just got to regroup. everyone around us is winning. we talked about the nice little run we went on that brought us back to the playoff picture but we need to get a win here. >> lightning gm did his best to erase a big distraction. he said in a written statement stamkos won't be traded before the deadline february 29th. >>> women's college hoops, 11th ranked louisville playing host to 19th ranked usf. wolves down by two in the second but cour

abc action news sports director tom korun brings you the lowlights when the bolts lost to san jose. >> reporter: good morning. so far the bolts are doing nothing to change that seasonal pretrade deadline lull we warned you about last night. this is just bad defense which the bolts better address. thornton all along finding valesky all alone. the only two goals scored by the bolts last night came from two guys who were dying for a goal. ryan callahan and cedic, 2-2. sharks win it 4-2 and with the loss of jason garrison, folks, the bolts need to upgrade that defense and bishop needs to pick it up a little bit. we've seen better out of him. >>> will this be the year we see back-to-back winner in the daytona 500? joey legano, defending champion. no one has made the two consecutive trips to victory lane since sterling in 1994/1995. elliot's son chase now driving the car once occupied by jeff gordon, he wowed them this weekend taking the pole for sunday's race. >> for me we got to keep in mind this week is a long week and we have to make sure we get through tomorrow's practice and thursday'

sports director tom korun has more. >> reporter: good morning. it was closer than the lightning would have liked but it was a win nonetheless over a desperate arizona team, finishing back-to-back nights. steven stamkos has been on a role since trade pressure ended and returned to center. the shot is 1-0 after one, with time winding down in the second, shorthanded no less, cedric with the penalty from shot and that made it 2-0 bolts. vasilefksy did a very good job last night, defense much better, bolts beat the coyotes, final 2-1. >>> in port charlotte, desmondgenings not -- desmond jennings is not late, just the latest to report. >> we were very confident these guys would come into spring training, we didn't necessarily know early but we knew they would come in shape ready to play. now that they are here this early it's going to make us better. >> reporter: finally in college hoops last night vanderbilt beat florida 87-74. that's your morning sports update. enjoy your day. >>> coming up, golden state shakes. the powerful earthquake striking centr

tom korun explains what is ahead for the bulls. >> reporter: good morning. you know this is pretty close to being a super bowl week for the tampa bay lightning. they have two games coming up this week that are really nothing short of must victories. the first tonight against the red wings. penguins at home on friday night. both these teams are right there with the lightning in the playoff hunt so it's back to trying to get another win streak here and hopefully take advantage of these games at home through the middle of this month. >> there's still room for improvement. we realize that in here. tighter and tougher as you inch towards trying to clinch a playoff spot. you have tobe ready for it, i feel we will. >> with these next two games, that includes friday's home game against the penguins. bowlings and red wings are in a tie with 58 points. boston is sitting in the first sport with 58 points. if pittsburgh is one back with the new jersey devils. so hey, back-to-back wins at home this week would be huge before the bolts head out of town for a two-game road

. >>> now here's tom korun with sports. >> reporter: good morning. i'll tell what you, the lightning couldn't get out of canada fast enough last night. they were blown out on back-to- back nights. it was desperate cannedience team that -- canadiens team that wanted to go back into the playoff race so they got it, 1- 0 after 1, bolts tie up 40s seconds into the second. the canadiens come back to score twice. poking the puck past bishop, takes a 2-1 lead to montreal. with 8 seconds left in the period the bolts give up another one, off the vote of pelley, unbelievable. drags the puck to get the angle on bishop and bolts lose 4-2 the final. boston also lost though so the bolts still stay in the top 3 in their division. >>> a lot of people playing hooky yesterday in denver, colorado. tens of thousands showing up for the broncos victory parade. every single one of them wanted to hear what quarterback peyton manning had to say about his future. but as expected he said nothing. about his future. >>> it's just about that time to go to spring training, less th

tom korun explains how big a win would be for the bolts. >> reporter: good morning. as good as the three-game win streak is for the bolts, four in a row would really help. coyotes in town, coming off a loss last night in washington. so the bolts are hitting them on a back-to-back night. we doubt cup of rough will be ready to -- kucherov will be ready to go today. yet with boston's loss last the second position, in the division, but it's still tight. >>> jose fernandez bulls have been a staple all season long. the only thing lacking now is the signature victory. they have not beaten anybody ranked higher than they are. the latest loss coming to 10th ranked louisville last week on the road. fernandez is frustrated a bit but they have their chances still, all the way through the ncaa tournament. >> we do our part. we'll have three more in the conference tournaments. we're 18-7 now and then you have selection monday. like you said, we're taking care of our home floor and making sure we go on the road and do what we need to do against tulsa and connecticut. >> reporter: u