One game

 I know what you're thinking this morning. I'd probably be thinking the same thing if history hadn't taught me that momentum is a mythical creature where matters of sport are involved.

You're thinking the Tampa Bay Lightning are done like dinner, after getting Avalanched 7-0 in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final last night.

You're thinking they're toast flambe. Dead men skating. On the waiting list for a trip to Toe Tag City.

Well ... could be you're right.

Could be the Avs are just that much better than the Lightning, who go back to Tampa down two-games-to-none after being outscored 10-2 in the first two games. They lost Game 1 3-2 in overtime, and last night they lost the moment they stepped on the ice, or so it seems.

Seven-to-zip. A touchdown and an extra point to doughnuts. Surely another sweep awaits for Colorado, which bageled Edmonton 4-0 in the conference finals.

Except.

Except this is, again, a sporting deal. And it's a two-time defending Stanley Cup champ we're talking about. And momentum in hockey, even more than pro basketball, has an odd way of turning on a dime when you least expect it.

Like, you know, in 1980, when the U.S. Olympic team shocked the Russians a handful of days after the Russians obliterated it 10-3 in Madison Square Garden.

Or like the Lightning beat Toronto in seven games, in Toronto, after trailing three-games-to-two in these very playoffs. Or, in the round preceding this one, knocking out the Rangers in six games after New York won the first two games.

All of this is not exactly the Blob saying the Lightning are a lock to win Game 3 tomorrow night. I'm just saying don't be surprised if it happens -- and don't be surprised if the Final goes back to Colorado tied at two games apiece.

Of course, it's just as likely the Avs are hoisting Lord Stanley in two more games. Which goes back to my original point.

One game is one game. And so on to the next one.