Devils Try to Even Series in Tampa

The second-seeded New Jersey Devils will try to square things against the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight, when the teams meet at St. Pete Times Forum for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals.
The Lightning grabbed a 2-1 edge in this best-of-seven series by winning their second straight game Monday evening in Tampa. Vinny Prospal scored the game- winning goal in Game 3 and Johan Holmqvist made 30 saves as the Bolts downed the Devils, 3-2, at St. Pete Times Forum.
Vincent Lecavalier continued his hot play in the postseason with a goal and an assist and Martin St. Louis added three helpers for the seventh-seeded Lightning.
Brad Richards also added a goal and an assist for Tampa Bay.
Lecavalier, who led the NHL with 52 goals and his team with 108 points this season, has tallied four goals and an assist in the first two games of this series.
St. Louis is leading the Bolts in this series with six points (2 goals, 4 assists) and Richards has one goal and four helpers.
The Lightning are 2-0 all-time when leading a series two games to one.
John Madden and Zach Parise each lit the lamp Monday for the Devils, who have been unable to get a win since their 5-3 victory in Game 1.
Even future Hall-of-Famer Martin Brodeur has looked sub-par in the playoffs thus far, as he has given up nine goals on 70 shots. This is after Brodeur had another Vezina-caliber regular season in which he posted an NHL-record 48 wins to go with a .922 save percentage and 2.18 goals against average.
The Devils have dropped 10 of their last 12 road playoff games with the only two victories in that stretch coming in last year's opening-round sweep of the New York Rangers.
After tonight's test, the series will head back to New Jersey for Game 5 on Friday evening.