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Lightning’s Ben Bishop a finalist for tonight’s voting of Vezina Trophy

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For the second straight season, Ben Bishop of the Tampa Bay Lightning is among the finalists for the year’s best goaltender. Once again, he is not expected to win. Bishop, 29, is among the finalists for the Vezina Trophy for the second straight season. However, Washington’s Brian Holtby is the favorite to win. Jonathan Quick of Los Angeles is the third contender. Bishop led the NHL in goals against average (2.06) and save percentage (. 926). Bishop lost 11 games when…

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Lightning evens playoff series as Tyler Johnson scores two goals

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Evidently, the Tampa Bay Lightning isn’t done yet. The Lightning got back into their playoff series against the Tampa Bay Lightning Sunday, winning a 4-1 game that sends them to Brooklyn with the series tied 1-1. For the Lightning, it is nothing new. Tampa Bay is 6-0 in Game Twos over the last two years. “That just means we should do better in Game Ones,” joked coach Jon Cooper. The Lightning seemed to grow stronger in this one, taking a…

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Lightning eliminates Red Wings behind 34-save effort by Bishop

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Ben Bishop has rarely looked taller. He has rarely looked wider. He has rarely played better. Bishop stopped 34 shots in a 1-0 shutout over the Detroit Red Wings Thursday night to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a first-series win (4-1) over the Wings. In the second period alone, he stopped 14 shots including four breakaways. The Bolts won with 1:43 left to play when Alex Killorn rushed the net, took a pass from Ryan Callahan and jammed it…

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Detroit strikes back to make it a series against Tampa Bay Lightning

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Did you think it was going to be easy? Did you think it was going to be a runaway? The Detroit Red Wings answered back Sunday night, beating the Lightning 2-0 and reducing Tampa Bay’s lead in their playoff series to two games to one. Tampa Bay managed only 16 shots, only seven of them in the final two periods. “They played really hard,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “Their desperation level was higher than us. The more desperate team…

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Lightning erupts late behind Tyler Johnson to beat Detroit again

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Call them the new Triplets. Call them the Johnson line. Call them the Detroit destroyers. Whatever you call the Tampa Bay Lighting’s Tyler Johnson-Nikita Kucherov-Alex Killorn line, they seem to be taking over the NHL playoffs. Certainly, they are outskating the Detroit Red Wings. It is early in the season, but it is fair to say that if Detroit cannot do a better job of slowing them down, this series may be over with in a hurry. The Lightning took…

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5 key players for the Lightning in playoff series with Wings

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They’ve been here before. It was a year ago. The Tampa Bay Lightning had the home ice advantage over the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs. And they won. Can they do it again in their playoff series that starts tonight? This time, it will be harder without captain Steven Stamkos and defenseman Anton Stralman. But it’s possible if the players who were so good a year ago are good again. Here we go, then. The…

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Lightning’s Ben Bishop suffers an off-night in loss to Islanders

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You could blame the defeat on the missing captain, Steven Stamkos. After all, it was only his second game since leaving with a blood clot. You could blame it on the absence of defenseman Anton Stralman, whose broken fibula kept him out again. Or, if you prefer, you could blame it on the uncharacteristic play of goaltender Ben Bishop, who was chased from the game after giving up five goals for only the second time all season. Bishop, who entered…

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