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Lightning wins 4th straight behind Vladislav Namestnikov’s hat trick

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Wait until they hear about this one back home. That should happen sometime this morning when Vladislav Namestnikov skypes his father, former NHL player Evgeny Namestnikov, to tell him about a night when his scoring totals climbed from six goals to nine. Namestnikov, 23, scored the first hat trick of his career in the Lightning’s 5-4 overtime victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins Friday night. He also scored the winner in a three-on-three overtime that withstood a challenge by the Penguins…

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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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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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