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Tampa Bay Lightning’s losing streak continues against St. Louis

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The Tampa Bay Lightning appears to be moving in the wrong direction. The Lightning lost their fourth straight game Thursday night, 5-4  to St. Louis, despite a late comeback. In their last four games, the Bolts have given up 19 goals in their toughest skid of the season. In their latest defeat, the Lightning fell behind 4-1 (three of the goals coming on power plays), before comebacks narrowed the margin to one goal twice. Ben Bishop stopped nine of 10…

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Lightning absorbs another lopsided defeat against Columbus

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The Tampa Bay Lightning’s slump continued in Columbus Tuesday night. From the looks of it, it may be difficult to get out of. The Lightning lost its third game, and its fourth in its last five games, with a 5-1 drubbing at the hands of the Blue Jackets. The Bolts have now been outscored 14-5 in their last three games. In their last two, they been outscored 9-2, and the two goals came at the end of the game when…

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Quick goals rescue Lightning against Philadelphia, 4-2

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By the time Lightning fans were finished cheering Wednesday night, it was time to do it again. The Lightning scored two goals in 12 seconds and came from behind to beat the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-2. Tampa Bay trailed 2-1 when Alex Killorn scored with 13:28. A dozen seconds later, Ryan Callahan scored to put the Bolts ahead. Five minutes after that, Nikita Kucherov scored his 10th goal to put the game away. “It was a great play, a great look,”…

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Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy wins his second straight shutout

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The way he is playing, Tampa Bay Lightning backup goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy may never give up a goal again. Vasilevskiy threw his second consecutive shutout Saturday afternoon, leading the Bolts to a 3-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. “In today’s day and age, it’s tough to play somebody 70-plus games,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. You need two of them (goaltenders) to give yourself a chance. We’re in an extremely fortunate situation to have two guys the caliber of Vasy…

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Lightning finally take a lead in victory over Ottawa Senators

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A lead! The Tampa Bay Lightning finally held a lead! After failing to score first in four straight games, the Bolts finally took a lead in a 4-1 victory over Ottawa Saturday night. The Lightning liked it so much, they scored again to take a 2-0 lead in the second period. “The season is 82 games long,” said Lightning coach Jon Cooper. “I was hoping we’d score first at some point. I like the way our goaltender (Andrei Vasilevskiy) played. He…

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Lightning has a good history in playing in NHL Game Sevens

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Game Seven is hockey’s answer to a loser-leave town match. Game Seven is a walk across the tightrope juggling chainsaws. Game Seven is the final scene in Star Wars, with one shot to blow up the Death Star. And here come the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Pittsburgh Penguins, playing Game Seven Thursday night for the right to go to the Stanley Cup Finals. Think of it like Final Jeopardy, only the answers are in a foreign language. Does the…

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Lightning hopes to close out Penguins in tonight’s Game Six

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The Tampa Bay Lightning hopes to close out the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight. Otherwise, the Eastern Conference Finals could get dicey yet. The Lightning is home against the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight. But if the Penguins win, then Game Seven is in Pittsburgh. True, the Lightning won the last meeting between the teams there, but it’s not adviseable to try to make a living. Pittsburgh was 26-11-4 at home this season. Then there is this. If the teams were to play a…

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