Lightning need to get consistent, and Arsenal can't lose on Sunday

The other night I chose to watch the Tampa Bay Lightning play away against the Pittsburgh Penguins instead of The Oscars.

What was funny was I decided to follow what people were saying regarding The Oscars on Twitter while watching the hockey game.

I've hated the Boston Bruins, since they beat the Lightning in game 7 of the Eastern Conference Championship in 2011. 

What I did not like about this game: the Lightning lost..

What I did like about this game: Stephen Stamkos kept up his scoring streak, and the Lightning did play and not give up right up until the final whistle.

Since Sunday, they lost a ticky-tacky game against the Buffalo Sabres at home, a game they should not have lost (at least in my opinion.)  They play at the New York Rangers tonight. The Lightning have been so inconsistent, it's really hard to say how they'll play.  I'm at a loss.

Spring Training has started, and the Tampa Bay Rays are 5-1 so far. They are currently down 5-2 in the bottom of the 6th in their game today against the Detroit Tigers.  So, that's going well, though I will only feel really good about it if they have such a good start and good consistent play during the regular season. 

Sunday is the 2nd North London Derby of the 2012-2013 Premiere League season at White Hart Lane. Arsenal has won the past two derbies 5-2, but those were at The Emirates.  I feel now as if 5-2 should be the official score for the North London Derby, of course with Arsenal winning.

I will just want to crawl up in a ball and cry for the rest of the day if Arsenal lose on Sunday. 

So, today I'll remember that it was raining.

I'll remember I went to a friend's father's funeral.

I'll remember that my friend's father is now buried in the same cemetery as Ava Gardner.

I'll remember that another friend's father was in the hospital with a concussion with no real progress, so we were asked to keep praying. I have known this friend and her family my whole life. This friend was also laid off her job within the last month.

I'll remember that it was the day after my dad had knee replacement surgery.

I was at the funeral and traveling back to Durham during the Arsenal vs Bayern Munich Champions League match, so I completely missed seeing any of the match.

I think I'm completely justified in completely breaking down into tears when I saw that Arsenal has lost 1 - 3. 

I hit my breaking point.

The tears were for my team, my team's manager, who people want ousted and want to see Arsenal lose just to feel justified in wanting Arsene Wenger ousted, my friends, and Phil, who was just out walking around South Tampa as he always does and ended up in a hospital bed with a concussion.

So, I guess the Tampa Bay Lightning wanted me to feel good about one thing.

They managed a 4-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs for their second win in a row.  That came after losing 6 straight games after starting their season 6-1.

I know all of my teams can't win all of the time.

But, Arsenal needed this win today. We, they and me, needed that something good.

So, the Lightning won. I'm just still sad that it's only me that got that something good.