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Lightning’s victory over Detroit led by guys who don’t often score

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No one will ever call them the new Triplets. J.T. Brown? Really? He hadn’t scored a goal in 46 games. Andrej Sustr? Honestly? He had scored only one in 45 games. Yanni Gourde? Seriously? He had scored three goals … in his life. Thursday night, however, they all found the net in the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 5-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. It was a timely effort, because the Bolts had to play without Nikita Kucherov, who has been…

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Rowdies sign forward Deshorn Brown, adding to offense

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The Tampa Bay Rowdies hope they have added a bit more offense with the signing of Deshorn Brown. Brown, 26, has been on a trial with the Rowdies. He most recently played for Shenzen in China League One, where he scored seven goals in 14 matches. A Major League Soccer veteran, Brown scored 20 goals in 62 appearances for the Colorado Rapids from 2013-2015 before departing for Valerenga in Norway’s Tippeligaen, where he played from 2015-2016. He scored 13 goals in 37 appearances…

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Pittsburgh gives Kansas City the boot to advance to AFC title game

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Consider it being kicked out of the playoffs. The Pittsburgh Steelers advanced to the AFC title game Sunday night, edging the Kansas City Chiefs 18-16 on the foot of Chris Boswell. Boswell made all six of his field tries, accounting for all the Steelers’ points. The Chiefss came within two points with 2:43 to play and seemed to tie the score when Alex Smith passed for the conversion to Demetrius Harris. But tackle Eric Fisher was called for holding on…

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Ottawa clobbers Tampa Bay to end red-streak streak

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One minute, a team is flying. The next, it is falling. As quick as that, the direction can change. The Tampa Bay Lightning, which had won 10 of 11 and was one of the hottest teams in the NHL, had the door slammed in their face Monday night. They lost 5-1 to the Ottawa Senators, rarely showing any jump in their defeat. The Sens scored the game’s first two goals and the last three in their lopsided win. Only J.T.…

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Lightning upsets New York Rangers behind J.T. Brown assist

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Perhaps you would like to look at the victory as a turnaround moment for a sputtering team. That remains to be seen. You can look at it, however, as a metaphor for the way things have been going for the Tampa Bay Lightning. They were outnumbered. They were outmanned. The other team was hotter than they were. And still, the Lightning won one of its biggest games of a disappointing start Thursday night when they beat the New York Rangers…

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