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Lightning learns schedule, but will be underdogs vs. Pittsburgh

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The Tampa Bay Lightning have their times and dates. Now, they just need their results against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Lightning open in Pittsburgh Friday and Monday with both games at 8 p.m. The Bolts came home on Wednesday and Friday. Game Five would be on Sunday. The Lightning would be the host of Game Six on Sunday, May 22. Game Seven would be Tuesday, May 24. Every game starts at 8 p.m. The Bolts beat Pittsburgh in all three games…

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Lightning to face Penguins in Eastern Conference Final series

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The Tampa Bay Lightning got their dance partner Tuesday night. The Lightning will play the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL Eastern Conference Finals. Pittsburgh closed out the Washington Capitals in Game Six with a 4-3 overtime win. To a lot of people, the Penguins are probably the favorites in the series. They have home ice after totalling 104 points. The Lightning had 97. But Tampa Bay beat Pittsburgh in all three of their meetings this year. The Bolts won 4-0, 6-1 and 5-2.…

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Could Steven Stamkos, Anton Stralman return for Lightning?

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Do the Tampa Bay Lightning have reenforcements coming? As good as the Bolts have been, dismissing two teams in 10 games, they will face their biggest challenge against either Washington or Pittsburgh, both of whom were better in the regular season than they were. But what if the Bolts get Steven Stamkos back? And what if they get Anton Stralman back? For Tampa Bay, there was no need to rush either player against the Islanders. Not when they won four…

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Tampa Bay’s Ben Bishop leads Lightning to Eastern Conference finals

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He is in charge of turning off the lights. He is in charge of hammering in the final nail in the coffin, in charge of stepping on the necks, in charge of slamming the door. He is Ben Bishop, and what he does is end things. Bishop, the goaltender for the Tampa Bay Lightning, did it again Sunday. Once again, the Lightning had a chance to send an opponent home, and once again, he provided the directions. Bishop stopped all 28…

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Lightning loses first game of series to Islanders as Ben Bishop pulled

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The Tampa Bay Lightning started off their second-round playoff series Wednesday night by stubbing their collective toe. The Lightning wasted their home ice advantage in dropping a 5-3 decision to the New York Islanders, including two goals in two minutes and 29 seconds. For all the discussion about the team’s five days off since the Detroit series, coach Jon Cooper pointed out that the first few minutes could not have gone better for the Lightning. They scored 3:05 into the…

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Lightning to face Islanders in next round of NHL Playoffs

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There will be no Sunshine series in the NHL Playoffs. Instead, the Tampa Bay Lightning will have to face a team that, frankly, has given it a hard time. The New York Islanders eliminated the Florida Panthers Sunday in double overtime and move on to face Tampa Bay. Games 1 & 2, still undecided, will be at Amalie Arena. Three and four will be in New York. If the teams need it, Games 5 and 7 will be in Tampa.…

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Orlando Magic won 10 more games, but fell short of post-season

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It was better. It wasn’t good enough. How else are the Orlando Magic supposed to look at another season that didn’t end up in the playoffs? They won 35 games, 10 more than a year ago. But they fell short of their goal of the post-season. So was it improvement by young players who are getting better? Or was it biding time until a new group gets here? Was the good start (19-13 on New Year’s Day) a sign of…

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