The Florida Panthers have made a change at the draft table.

On the heels of a complete restructuring of the front office, the Panthers have fired longtime director of scouting and player personnel Scott Luce - a scout that's received plaudits for his work in recent seasons.

Newly-appointed general manager Tome Rowe told George Richards of the Miami Herald that simply, "we wanted a different voice."

Luce prepared the selections of Aaron Ekblad, Aleksander Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau, and Erik Gudbranson in the lottery position over the last several years, but his finest work may be overseeing the selections of Nick Bjugstad 19th overall in 2010, and Vincent Trocheck 64th overall a year later.

Pundits expect Luce to be in demand.

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The opponent has "quiet calm;" Patric Hornqvist has stern conviction.

After the Pittsburgh Penguins lost consecutive games for the first time since mid-January - a letdown that has them within a loss of elimination with the Stanley Cup Final nearly within reach - Hornqvist is confident his club won't suffer a third.

"We're in a tough position," Hornqvist said after Sunday's loss in Game 5 to the Tampa Bay Lightning, per Sportnet's Chris Johnston, "but there's no doubt in my mind we're going to come back (to Pittsburgh) for a Game 7."

There's been virtually no margin for error in the Eastern Conference final, as Tyler Johnson's off-the-rear end overtime winner is the only thing that separates the two teams in the series and the aggregated scoreboard.

But Hornqvist's rallying cry might be required on an emotional level, as the Penguins dominated the run of play throughout the series until the teams' overall performances seemed to level out in Game 5.

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Before attrition sets in, beginning to work against teams taxed well into spring, accumulated know-how specific to the Stanley Cup Playoffs is often the difference against an opponent still on its way up the ladder.

This is true for experienced entities missing their captain or starting goalie; or who played catch-up against the hottest team in hockey for the last five months; or were down to their last 70 seconds to score before being pushed to elimination for the first time in the postseason.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have tapped their own brand of resiliency - or as head coach Jon Cooper coined it, their "quiet calm" - to overcome all of the above, all over again, Sunday night.

"The more times you get put in these situations and you're behind the wheel navigating what's going out there, the better you are to handle them, and I think our guys are doing a heck of a job handing all sorts of situations, whether it's injuries, being down, being up, just the list goes on," Cooper said.

"The guys have really matured as a group on how to win hockey games."

Tampa Bay's latest win, a come-from-behind triumph in Game 5 versus the Pittsburgh Penguins, moved them to within one more victory of returning to the Stanley Cup Final for a second straight season.

In a vacuum, though, it was just another obstacle overcome.

“We got hit was adversity a couple of times, but nothing really changed for us. We kept doing the right things, and were rewarded at the end,” said Anton Stralman, another player who missed postseason spells.

"I don't think we get hit by panic or anything like that."

The Penguins will have to share in the Lightning creed to avoid elimination when the puck drops Tuesday in Tampa Bay for Game 6.

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Marc-Andre Fleury was not thrilled with his Game 5 performance.

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The Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender allowed four goals in his club's 4-3 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday and admits he wasn't quite himself.

"It wasn't the best I've felt in a game, but still I've been practicing a lot," Fleury said, according to NHL.com's Dan Rosen. "I should be better, especially on that first one."

Fleury was making his first start since March 31 and just his second appearance between the pipes this postseason. It also marked the first time in 11 starts that Fleury had allowed four or more goals and just the third time he's allowed three or more.

Game 6 is Tuesday in Tampa Bay.

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The Pittsburgh Penguins won't make any rash decisions regarding their starter for Game 6.

Head coach Mike Sullivan was asked after Sunday's game if he was willing to ride Marc-Andre Fleury as the team's No. 1, and said he'll "digest" Game 5 before making a decision, according to the Associated Press' Will Graves.

Fleury made his first start since March 31 on Sunday, but was shaky from the second period onward, allowing four goals on 25 shots for the loss.

Rookie Matt Murray has gone 9-4-1 for the Penguins in the postseason with a 2.33 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage.

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The Pittsburgh Penguins are in an unfamiliar spot.

Having bulldozed their way through the final three months of the regular season and into the playoffs, the Penguins' loss in Game 5 marks the first time since Jan. 15 that they've lost consecutive games.

Ironically, the Tampa Bay Lightning were the ones to deliver the second of back-to-back losses in January as well.

Head coach Mike Sullivan believes his team can bounce back from a rare bit of adversity.

Sunday's loss sets up a do-or-die Game 6 in Tampa Bay on Tuesday night.

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The Tampa Bay Lightning can book their second straight trip to the Stanley Cup Finals on home ice.

Thanks to a Jason Garrison point shot that deflected off Tyler Johnson's back, the Lightning topped the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 in overtime Sunday to take a 3-2 series lead.

At 53 seconds, it was the fastest overtime winner in Lightning playoff history.

Pittsburgh started the game strong, jumping ahead 2-0, but Tampa Bay's resilience ultimately shifted the complexion of the series.

Nikita Kucherov netted the game-tying goal - his second of the game - with three minutes remaining in the third period.

In his first start of the playoffs, Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury didn't appear to be in top form, allowing four goals on 25 Lightning shots.

Pittsburgh fired 34 shots at Andrei Vasilevskiy, with Brian Dumoulin, Patric Hornqvist, and Chris Kunitz finding the back of the net for the Penguins.

Game 6 goes Tuesday night in Tampa Bay.

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The Tampa Bay Lightning and Pittsburgh Penguins have Nikita Kucherov to thank for overtime.

The 22-year-old scored his second of Sunday's Game 5 on a swift wraparound with just over three minutes remaining in regulation to tie it 3-3 and ultimately send the game to overtime.

The goal was Kucherov's 11th of the postseason, pushing him one ahead of San Jose Sharks forward Joe Pavelski for the most goals in the playoffs.

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