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Lightning wins after frantic 3-on-3 overtime period against Flyers

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Ah, yes. This is what hockey is, all right. The home team raising a banner to rekindle the memory of last season’s runner-up finish. The Lightning coming from behind. The Lightning winning in overtime. The crowd dancing and posing. The head coach finding a way. All of that returned to play Thursday night as the Lightning beat the Philadelphia Flyers, 3-2, at Amalie Arena. Throw in a fascinating new rule, the three-on-three overtime period, and it made for a nice…

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Lightning to open next season at home against Philadelphia

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The chase begins anew on Oct. 8 when the Tampa Bay Lightning begins a fresh assault on the Stanley Cup. The Lightning, the NHL runner-up this season, will start their season with seven of their first 10 games on the road. They will finish the season with 15 of their last 25 on the road, including their last four. Tampa Bay struggled away from Amalie Arena in last year’s regular season, but they were the NHL’s best road team during…

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Lightning now must make a play with Steven Stamkos’ contract

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He moved around his room, in his house, in the name of his sport. By now, Steven Stamkos belongs here at Amalie Arena. He knows the cooridors. He knows the training rooms. On the night when Game Seven was scheduled, he certainly knows his way to the ice. And now, for the Tampa Bay Lightning’s next play. It has to keep him here. Stamkos, and his teammates, were at Amalie for a final time Wednesday, packing up, cleaning out, dealing…

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Blackhawks shut out Lightning in deciding Stanley Cup game

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Perhaps they were too young. Perhaps they were too inexperienced. Perhaps their scoring went dry at the wrong time. Perhaps they were too hurt or too inexperienced or too inconsistent. Perhaps they were only the second best team in hockey. For whatever reason, a season died Monday night. For the first time in 270 days, there is no tomorrow. For the first time in 108 games, they have run out of time. It all ended for the Tampa Bay Lightning…

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Ben Bishop collides with Victor Hedman, Lightning reel

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TAMPA He was the last guy on the ice that Ben Bishop was worried about. After all, he is one of the good guys. Most nights, Bishop has no greater ally on the Tampa Bay Lightning than Victor Hedman, the big defenseman of the Lightning. Most nights, he’s the guy who clears out trouble. But this time, it was Hedman who was bearing down on Bishop. He did not see him, and he could not hear him as Bishop yelled.…

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Lightning coach Jon Cooper is having a ball in the Stanley Cup Finals

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The pressure is mounting. His goaltender missed practice. His star scorers are comparing slumps. His power play lacks power. And, man, is Jon Cooper having fun. That’s the point of all of this, remember? Beneath all the pressure and the pain and problems, this is essentially a kid’s game, and Cooper is loose at the carnival. All the other teams have gone home, and all the other arenas have grown quiet. Yet, the loose Lightning party on. Isn’t that the…

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Blackhawks even Finals as Lightning’s Ben Bishop sits

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Would he have stopped the first one? Would he have stopped the second? In the final analysis, would Big Ben Bishop have made a difference? A fan of the Tampa Bay Lightning may never know as he dissects a 2-1 defeat to the Chicago Blackhawks in Game Four of the Stanley Cup Finals. Bishop, the NHL’s winningest goalie this year (if you count regular-season and playoffs), was in the stands for Wednesday night’s game, watching as Chicago got one goal…

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