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Triplets shine as Lightning offense blows up in playoffs

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If it were not for the talk about all things Tyler Johnson, then the nation would be talking about the playoffs that Ondrej Palat is having. After all, Palat has six goals in this post-season himself. He continues to be the glue of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s sizzling Triplets line. He continues to be the balance. And if it was not for Palat, then people might be talking about Nikita Kucherov. After all, it was Kucherov that ripped the winning goal…

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Has Tyler Johnson become the Lightning’s best player?

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By the time he scored his first goal, racing down the open ice ahead of Marty St. Louis to notch a short-handed goal, someone had already brought up the notion. By the time he scored his second one, faking a pass and then lining a beautiful top-shelf goal, it was a full-blown debate. By the time he scored his third one, crashing the crowded net and poking the puck into the goal, there may have been no dissenting votes. Just…

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Ex-Bolt (not him) trips them up in opener

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In the end, it was a familiar face who did in the Tampa Bay Lightning. No, not that one. With all the attention on Marty St. Louis, it was Dominic Moore, a New York Rangers forward who played the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons with the Bolts, who knocked in the winning goal when the puck bounded off his shin pad with only 2:25 to play in the third period of Saturday’s opener of the NHL Eastern Conference Finals. Moore, who…

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The Lightning gathers itself, ousts Montreal in Game Six

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TAMPA There were questions. There were doubts. For crying out loud, there was Carey Price. It seems as if the world was ganging up on the Tampa Bay Lightning, a team that had lost two in a row and had the highlights of its season forgotten. The Montreal Canadiens had captured the momentum of their NHL playoff series against the Bolts, and although Tampa Bay had a 3-2 lead, that seemed like a mere technicality to those who preferred to…

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Lightning forces Game 7 with big win

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Prepare for drama. Prepare for noise. Prepare for a sword-fight on a castle wall. The Tampa Bay Lightning‘s playoff series against the Detroit Red Wings is going to a Game Seven on Wednesday night at Amalie Arena, an advance-or-go-home affair that is among the best of the playoffs of professional sports. The Lightning earned their way into the deciding game with a 5-2 victory in which their offense finally found room to skate. This time, tiny Tyler Johnson was the leader, scoring two goals to…

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