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This time, the Lightning power play contains some power

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This time, there was power to power play. This time, the goal was plenty wide enough. This time, the Lightning took advantage of its opportunities. It’s amazing the difference one game can make. In its previous loss to Vancouver, the Tampa Bay Lightning was one-for-10 on its power play. Against Columbus, however, Tampa Bay scored on three of eight chances in a 5-2 win. Captain Steven Stamkos scored two power-play goals in a 32-second span in the second period to…

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Lightning loses, 2-1, to Vancouver despite its advantages

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Talk about an advantage. The Tampa Bay Lightning held all the cards Thursday night. How they lost in head-shaking fashion is going to stick with them for a while. The Lightning were on a bit of hot streak, winning three of four and playing at home. The Lightning’s opponent, Vancouver, was playing its sixth road game in nine days. The Canucks were starting goaltender Jacob Markstrom, who had only five starts and one win this year. And, to top it…

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Unlikely minor leaguers lift Lightning to win over Ottawa

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It may have been the most unlikely goal in Tampa Bay Lightning history. You might say it was a shot clear from Syracuse. On the other hand, it provided the winning shot in a 5-2 victory over Ottawa on Sunday afternoon. On a team with as much firepower as the Lightning’s when it came into the year, could you ever have imagined a goal like that? Mike Angelidis scores on a pass from Mike Blunden and one from Jonathan Marchessault. Quick: Does…

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Lightning blows three-goal lead, collapses in loss to Caps

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It was going along so smoothly. The Tampa Bay Lightning had just taken a 3-0 lead, and they had run Washington goaltender Brian Holtby from the game, and captain Steven Stamkos had finally broken a 10-game streak without a goal. You could imagine the Bolts climbing the standings and getting back into playoff contention. And then the bottom fell out. Washington scored four third-period goals on six shots to come from behind and beat the Lightning, 5-3. Three of the…

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Lightning beats Toronto for second win in as many nights

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Vlad Namestnikov could have gone farther with the winning goal. For instance, he could have started in Buffalo. As it was, the length of the ice in Toronto was far enough. Halfway into the three-on-three overtime period, Namestnikov took the puck coast-to-coast to score and pull out a come-from-behind 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Namestnikov led a night of lesser-known names filling the net for the Bolts. Besides Nikita Kucherov, goals were scored by Anton Stralman, Jonathan Marchessault,…

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Lightning beats Columbus on shorthanded goal by Brian Boyle

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It isn’t his scoring touch that keeps Brian Boyle in the NHL. At least, not until lately. Boyle knocked in the winning goal with 6:13 gone in the third period. Alex Killorn took the puck away and turned it into a breakaway on the left side of the net, then passed across to Boyle. It was Boyle’s eighth goal of the year, not bad for a player who has only 23 goals combined in the last three seasons. Jonathan Marchessault also…

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Shorthanded Lightning struggles to score against Capitals

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After his team’s latest defeat, the frustration was evident on the case of Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper. The Lightning dropped a 2-1 decision to the Washington Capitals Saturday night, and their record fell to 14-13-3. The team has now lost 67 man-games to injury this year. This time, the Bolts lost Jonathan Drouin in pregame and Ondrej Palat early in the game. “I’m speechless this keeps happening,” Cooper said. “This isn’t October anymore. This is almost Christmas.” The…

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