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Lightning’s Jonathan Marchessault measures up in shootout

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You know how big Lightning forward Jonathan Marchessault is? He’s as big as a shootout. He’s as big as a winning streak. He’s as big as his moment on Wednesday night that led to a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. Marchessault, the diminutive (he’s listed at 5-9, 175) player) has been fairly large for the Lightning lately. His assist set up an opening goal by Tyler Johnson, and his score to lead off a shootout was the team’s…

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Lightning scores a season high 5 goals in win over Ducks

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Evidently, the light over the Tampa Bay Lightning net works, after all. The Lightning scored five goals โ€“ finally โ€“ to wallop the Anaheim Ducks, 5-0, on Saturday night at the Amalie Arena. It was a rare outburst of scoring by a Lightning team that has lost the scoring touch it demonstrated a year ago. In fact, in the Lightning’s last four losses, it had only five goals total. This was different, however. After a scoreless first period, the Lightning…

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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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Lightning moves into Tampa Bay Bucs’ neighborhood

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So this is how the other half lives? The move to a new neighborhood has been swift for Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper. From extraordinary to ordinary. From magnificent to mediocre. Why, these days, ย Cooper might as well be Bucs’ coach Lovie Smith. Like Smith, Cooper’s team is one game under .500. Like Smith, Cooper’s team is beaten up. On the Lightning’s injured list: Ryan Callahan, Tyler Johnson, Ondrej Palat and Jonathan Drouin. On the Bucs’ injured list: Vincent…

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Lightning suffers fourth shutout in last 12 games in loss

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The painful season of the Tampa Bay Lightning continued Monday night, with the Florida Panthers pulling out a last-gasp victory. There were only 20.2 seconds to play when Aaron Ekblad fired a shot that hit Victor Hedman’s skate and spun over the shoulder of goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy for the only goal of the game. It was the fourth time this season the Lightning has been shutout. There have been five other games where the Bolts scored only once. It was…

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Bad things happen late in Lightning loss to Panthers

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Things ended badly for the Tampa Bay Lightning Saturday night. The later it got, in fact, the more painful it was. Start with 53 seconds left and the Lightning clinging to a one-goal lead. But forward Ryan Callahan was penalized for flipping a puck over the glass. Then there was 38 seconds to play, when Florida’s Aaron Ekblad tied te game. There was the overtime penalty shot by Steven Stamkos, who was stopped by Panthers’ goaltender Roberto Luongo. Then there…

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Lightning hopes win over Calgary is the start of turnaround

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It was one game. That’s all. No reason to throw confetti. It was half of one period. Just that. No reason to believe they are cured. It was one victory. Big deal. No reason to think the Lightning of last season has returned. And yet, the Lightning played well enough for the last 10-12 minutes that you thought their 3-1 victory over Calgary could the start of a this team rediscovering itself. Maybe. Just maybe. Certainly, the Lightning looked like…

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