Walking into Amalie Arena for a playoff game is an experience that can’t be duplicated. The sound of 19,000 fans roaring louder than a jet engine after the Bolts light the lamp. The smell of pulled pork sliders dripped in BBQ sauce and hot dogs sizzling on the grill. The sight of the Tesla coils bringing lightning into the building as the players take the ice.In this year’s socially distant Stanley Cup Playoffs, with the remaining teams finding themselves in bubbles in Toronto and Edmonton, most of the playoff experiences for fans have vanished or look vastly different. The music, however, keeps playing just the same.Back in 2018, I created a Spotify playlist titled “Be the Thunder” of songs the Lightning warmed up to on the ice before each home game. I then went back and added previous years’ warm-up songs, familiar stadium anthems and songs that boom from the Amalie speakers after Victor Hedman, Steven Stamkos or Tyler Johnson score a goal.Two and a half years later, it’s an eclectic playlist that ranges from EDM and 80s to Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Yung Gravy. In an upside-down year, when the playoffs are taking place 1,400 miles away, the music provides game days with a sense of normalcy and a little hype at home. Warning: Some songs contain explicit lyrics. My wife, Blair, and I have been Lightning season ticket members for five years and ensure our social calendars revolve around all Bolts games, but especially the playoffs. This year we’ve brought the Amalie Arena soundtrack to our home. We play the warmup songs before puck drop and the appropriate goal song after each Lightning goal. We have a “Go Bolts!” banner hanging from our balcony and a Bolts yard sign in front of our front door. We wear our jerseys like we’re heading to the arena.It’s not the same, but it’s our own little slice of Amalie. -- Paul Driscoll is the Acquisition and Social Media Marketing Specialist for the Tampa Bay Times and works closely with the newsroom.