Lightning winger Martin St. Louis chose not to wear a full face cage for the first time since college against Montreal. He wore it in practice.

St. Louis was struck in the chin with a puck during practice yesterday and required seven stitches to close a nasty gash he said hurt far worse than the face gash he incurred a few weeks ago.

St. Louis looked as if he'd had a golf ball surgically inserted into his lip on Tuesday, and large and inviting target for any ill-intentioned defenseman.