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Lightning’s offense clicking again in big win over Pittsburgh

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Anton Stralman scored twice. Ondrej Palat scored twice. Tyler Johnson? Well, he almost scored twice. The Tampa Bay Lightning won its 10th game in its last 11 Friday night, burying the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 at Amalie Arena. It was the eighth game in a row the Bolts have won at home, and it left the team in second place in the Atlantic Division, five points behind the Panthers. One of the nicest parts of the streak for the Lightning has…

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Triplet member Ondrej Palat to miss time from Lightning with injury

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For the Tampa Bay Lightning, goals just became a little harder to come by. Forward Ondrej Palat is going to be out for three-five weeks. The Lightning are calling Palat’s problem “a lower body injury,” but he was wearing a brace on his left ankle. He left the Lightning’s 1-0 loss to Minnesota in the second period after Nino Niederreiter fell on his leg. Palat, the least flashy member of the Triplets, has two goals and seven points in 16…

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So far, the Lightning finds a lot to like in the NHL’s new overtime

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To fully capture the essence of the NHL’s new three-on-three overtime, keep this in mind: Don’t blink. Don’t breathe. The Lightning won its second three-on-three of the year Friday night, beating the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 in only 36 seconds. Ondrej Palat scored the winner on a perfect cross-ice pass from Steven Stamkos, who was playing in his 500th game. The winning goal was set up when Stamkos took the puck from Andrew Ladd on the wall. Ladd fell, and Stamkos found…

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Lightning’s Ondrej Palat the most unappreciated Triplet

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He was never supposed to be essential. He was never supposed to be special. And yet, Ondrej Palat skates on, sweating, grinding, squeezing two minutes worth of production out of 45 seconds worth of ice time. He never slacks off, never lets up, never seems to make a mistake. He is the most unappreciated Triplet of them all. He is the last star you recognize. And yet, on this Tampa Bay Lightning team, he is essential. If you wish, you…

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Bolts’ Ben Bishop guts one out with 36 saves in playoffs

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Not playing would have hurt him more than giving it a go. And so Ben Bishop of the Tampa Bay Lighting strapped on his pads, and he limped toward the ice. There were times he looked to be in pain, other times in mere discomfort. But in the end, it was the Chicago Blackhawks who were in agony. And for Bishop, that was the finest relief of all. This is the one they will remember Bishop for, not his excellence against…

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Ben Bishop deflects pucks, doubts in Lightning victory

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It wasn’t so much the skill of the New York Rangers that Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop had to deal with Sunday night. It was the doubts. And it wasn’t so much the pressure of the moment that Bishop had to put to rest. It was the questions. Bishop was bigger than all of them, bigger than the critics and the skeptics and the worriers. On a night when it was easy to wonder about his game, Bishop was a giant…

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Lightning’s Steve Yzerman up for GM of Year

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Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman is one of three finalists in the NHL’s general manager of the year competition. Yzerman, who finished second in the balloting for the same award in the 2010-11 season, is competing against the New York Rangers’ Glenn Sather and Bob Murray of the Anaheim Ducks. Murray won the award last year and finished second the year before. Yzerman, a Hall of Fame player with the Red Wings, has restructured the Lightning since its…

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