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Lightning wins another, stretches streak to six straight in Boston

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The Tampa Bay Lightning is playing as if it will never lose again.

The Bolts won their sixth straight game Sunday night, sweeping past the Boston Bruins with relative ease, 4-1.

Ryan Callahan scored twice for Tampa Bay. Steven Stamkos and Alex Killorn each scored once. For Stamkos, it was his sixth straight game of scoring a goal and his 28th of the season.

Callahan has had a tough year, but this was his fourth goal in the last four games.

Ben Bishop stopped 32 of 33 shots for Tampa Bay.

The Lightning took over second place in the Atlantic Division, going two points up on the Bruins and trailing first-place Florida by two.

Tampa Bay won its second straight game on the road. The Lightning plays at Toronto tonight.

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