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Lightning doesn’t let goal reversal stop them in victory over Detroit

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No goal. It can come so fast, so deadly. Victor Hedman put the puck in the top right corner of the net, taking a feed from Jonathan Drouin, and the Tampa Bay Lightning had snapped a 2-2 tie with the Detroit Red Wings. The Lightning had the lead with 13:05 to play. And then the call was reversed. No goal. The replays showed that Drouin had been offside as he passed the puck before Hedman, and the lead was wiped…

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5 key players for the Lightning in playoff series with Wings

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They’ve been here before. It was a year ago. The Tampa Bay Lightning had the home ice advantage over the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs. And they won. Can they do it again in their playoff series that starts tonight? This time, it will be harder without captain Steven Stamkos and defenseman Anton Stralman. But it’s possible if the players who were so good a year ago are good again. Here we go, then. The…

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Tampa Bay’s Jonathan Drouin can change his story against Wings

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The wackiest story ever told is halfway done. All Jonathan Drouin has to do from here is be a star. For Drouin, who skates into the NHL playoffs Wednesday night with his Tampa Bay Lightning against the Detroit Red Wings, it has been a vexing season. He was idle. He was demoted. He was ticked. He left his team. He was suspended. His agents made threats. He was on the trading block, but not enough teams showed enough interest. He…

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Lightning gets two goals from Eric Condra in big win over Detroit

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The Tampa Bay Lightning played as if it is running short of time. Which, in a way, it is. Entering its final 10 games, the Lightning clobbered the Detroit Red Wings Tuesday night, 6-2, in one of its easiest wins of the year. โ€œWe have 10 games left, and we’re not going to waste any of them,โ€ said reserve Eric Condra. In fact, it was Condra who led the way for Tampa Bay, scoring twice. That’s not bad when you…

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Ben Bishop shines as Lighting stays hot with a 3-1 win over Wings

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The all-star break wasn’t long enough to cool off the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Lightning won its ninth game of its last 10, beating the Detroit Red Wings 3-1. Tampa Bay is in second place in the Atlantic Division, five points behind Florida. Tampa Bay got two power play goals in the victory. The Lightning got only four shots in the first and four in the third, but they made them count. J.T. Brown scored the game’s first goal. After…

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Lightning’s offense continues its recent slump against Detroit, 2-1

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As it turns out, perhaps it was the high-scoring game that was the aberration for the Tampa Bay Lightning, not the slump that has defined much of the early part of this season. The Lightning’ offense went missing again Tuesday night in a 2-1 loss to Detroit, the fourth time in th last five games the Bolts have scored one or fewer goals. The team had hoped it had broken out of that slump in a 4-3 victory over Carolina…

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Ben Bishop’s shutout leads Lightning to advance

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The praise belonged to the other guy. Ben Bishop? He had ownership of the doubts. Forty times, he had won for the Lightning this year. And yet, fans could not remember a one of them. Where was the big moment? Where was the signature win? Where was ย the evidence that Bishop was as good as the Lightning believed him to be. Wednesday night, it was there for everyone to see. Bishop, the goalie for the Tampa Bay Lightning, was superb…

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