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Lightning close out first half with three-goal rally to beat Oilers

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The first half of the NHL season didn’t provide the Tampa Bay Lightning with a lot of reasons to brag. But, man, did the first half end with a bang. The Lightning scored three times in the third period Friday night to come from behind and beat Edmonton, 5-4. All three Lightning goals were last touched by an Edmonton player. But for once, Tampa Bay’s stars led the way. Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman and Steven Stamkos scored to lead the…

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Lightning loses another game in familiar fashion to Flames

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Have you heard this one before? The Tampa Bay Lightning get off to a terrible start. They do not score enough. Ben Bishop plays a good game but loses. They lose when they had a chance to get back into the playoff race. Yeah, so what else is new? The Lightning lost a 3-1 game to Calgary Tuesday night, getting off to a poor start and, in the words of coach Jon Cooper, โ€œchasing the gameโ€ the rest of the…

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Now it’s young Jonathan Drouin unhappy with Lightning

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There are a lot of reasons to be unhappy if you are a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning. The team cannot gain traction on the season. The scoring has disappeared. Injuries continue. This year’s schedule seems to have more teeth than last year’s. For goodness’ sake, is anybody happy? The latest reason to ask is that talented Jonathan Drouin โ€” evidently unhappy with his role โ€” has asked to be traded. The response? Take a number. It’s easy to…

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Vasilevskiy stars as Lightning beats Minnesota in shootout

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At this point, perhaps Andrej Vasilevsky should buy a lottery ticket. The Tampa Bay Lighting’s kid goaltender had quite the week. He became a father for the first time, he was promoted to the major league team and, Saturday night against Minnesota, he took his first shootout victory as the the Bolts beat Minnesota 3-2. Vasilevskiy forced Charlie Coyle to his left, and Coyle hit the goalpost to provide the Lightning with the victory. Ryan Callahan had scored the Lightning…

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Year in Review: Lightning still searching for their identity halfway through a season

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Of all the adjectives you might have applied to the Tampa Bay Lightning, average would not have been one of them. Electric. There’s one. Relentless. There’s another. They were dynamic and young and fast and talented and breathtaking … last year. Everyone agreed on that. But mediocre and pedestrian and routine. But like the Tampa Bay Rays of 2009 (the year after the World Series) and the Bucs of 2003 (the year after the Super Bowl), the Lightning have settled…

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Tampa Bay loses another home game, this time to Rangers

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The Tampa Bay Lightning still would like to think of itself as one of the elite teams of the NHL. Frankly, it’s getting more difficult. The Lightning fell once again Wednesday night, losing 5-2 to a New York Rangers team that had lost eight in a row on the road. The defeat left Tampa Bay at 18-16-4, in 10th place in the East and three points out of the playoffs. It also lowered the Bolts’ home record to 9-8-2, equalling…

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Lightning loses as Montreal snaps six-game losing streak

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For 32 seconds, the Tampa Bay Lightning had things going their way. They had just scored the tying goal, and only 21 seconds later, they scored the go-ahead goal against the Montreal Canadiens. Things were going according to plan. And then, 32 seconds later, Montreal tied things up on a goal by Dale Weise, then went on and won in a shootout. The Canadiens broke a six-game losing streak with the win behind backup goalie Mike Condon, who stopped 36…

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