Penguins' playoff push must go through Lightning

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Two teams on the rise meet Saturday when the Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Pittsburgh Penguins, each with the bright lights of the upcoming playoffs in their eyes.

For the Lightning (43-26-7, 93 points), getting into the postseason, while not official, seems to be pretty much a done deal. Pittsburgh (35-30-10, 81 points) will have to continue its late-season surge just