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Tampa Bay Lightning has 10 players represented in World Cup

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Say this about the Tampa Bay Lightning. The team has a world of talent. For instance, check the rosters of the World Cup of Hockey that is coming up. Nikita Kucherov, Vladislav Namestnikov and Andrej Vasilveskiy have been named to represent Russia in the tournament. Ondrej Palat and Andrej Sustr have been named to the Czech team. The No. 1 defensive pairing of Victor Hedman and Anton Stralman are on Team Sweden and Steven Stamkos, the captain, is on Team…

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Lightning wins another, stretches streak to six straight in Boston

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The Tampa Bay Lightning is playing as if it will never lose again. The Bolts won their sixth straight game Sunday night, sweeping past the Boston Bruins with relative ease, 4-1. Ryan Callahan scored twice for Tampa Bay. Steven Stamkos and Alex Killorn each scored once. For Stamkos, it was his sixth straight game of scoring a goal and his 28th of the season. Callahan has had a tough year, but this was his fourth goal in the last four…

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Lightning streaks to fifth straight victory over tired Devils

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The New Jersey Devils were tired. So the Tampa Bay Lightning, as giving as possible, turned out the lights. The Devils, playing their second game in as many nights, could hardly compete with the fresh Lightning Friday night. Tampa Bay won 4-0, winning its fifth straight game. The Lightning has 64 points, tied with Boston for second place in the Atlantic Division. The Lightning visit the Bruins on Sunday night. In this one, goaltender Ben Bishop stopped all 21 shots…

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First-ever penalty shot by Cedric Paquette leads Lightning

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So this is what a penalty shot is like, huh? You take the puck, and you skate toward the goalie. You give a quick move and then lift the puck to the top shelf. Bingo. And just like that, you’ve scored. Forgive Cedric Paquette for not understanding any of this. According to Paquette, he made the first penalty shot, well, ever in the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 2-1 victory over Arizona Tuesday, stretching the Lightning’s winning streak to four straight games.…

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Goaltender Ben Bishop leads Lightning to 3rd straight win

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There are times he seems taller than his 6-foot-seven. There are times he seems to be bigger than his 216 pounds. Take the closing moments of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 4-2 victory over the Carolina Panthers, when Ben Bishop was as huge as you could imagine. Bishop closed out the victory with perfect goaltending, stopping all 17 third period shots. Some of them were terrific saves, prompting coach Jon Cooper to refer to the closing moments as “the Ben Bishop…

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Tampa Bay moves back into second place by beating Pittsburgh

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The Tampa Bay Lightning moved back into second place in the Atlantic Division Saturday, taking a routine victory from the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Lightning won 4-2 despite being outshot 39-20. So which goal impressed you the most? Was it the one by Steven Stamkos, who become the third man in Lightning history to score 300 goals? Or was it Matt Carle, who scored the 13th goal of his career in 701 games? Stamkos scored the Bolts’ second goal to join…

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Somehow, Lightning wins a wild 6-5 game against Winnipeg

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It was a laugher. It was a blown opportunity. It was a comeback. It was a special teams collapse. It was a shootout. In the end, it was wild. The Tampa Bay Lightning ended up with one more good moment than bad one Thursday night, winning a 6-5 game over Winnipeg  in a shootout. Captain Steven Stamkos scored the winner. There were plenty of good things with the win. The Bolts scored three goals in 241 seconds, and they led…

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