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Tampa Bay Lightning battered by Pittsburgh’s potent attack

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Here comes another one. And another. Close your eyes, and the pucks are still flying. From here. From there. From everywhere. The Tampa Bay Lightning lost again in the finals of the Eastern Conference championship Wednesday, as the high-powered Penguins took back home ice advantage and battered the Bolts for the second striaght night in a 4-2 victory. This time, Pittsburgh got off a staggering 48 shots. They had 41 in their victory Monday night, and they have 124 in…

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Tampa Bay’s nine-game winning streak ends against Flyers

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The record nine-game winning streak for the Tampa Bay Lightning has ended. The Lightning came out cold against the Philadelphia Flyers Monday, getting off a season-low of 18 shots in a 4-2 defeat. The Bolts gave up three goals – including an empty-netter – in the third period. Tampa Bay had taken a 1-0 lead on a shot by Ondrej Palat, and goaltender Andrej Vasilevskiy was playing well. But Vasilevskiy faced 39 shots and, eventually, gave up the go-ahead goals.…

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However you spell it, Andrei Vasilevskiy (?) leads the Lightning

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Who was that masked man in goal for the Tampa Bay Lightning? The one who stopped 30 shots? The one who had his first shutout of the year? The one who led the Bolts to their ninth win in 11 games going into the All-Star Break? Well, the team would tell you it was Andrei Vasilveskiy. His father’s passport, however, spells the name “Andrei Vasilevskii.” His mother’s passport, to make it even more confusing, spells it “Liudmila Vasilevskaia.” Lightning coach…

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Lightning beat Vancouver in overtime for 2nd straight win

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For the second time in two nights, the Tampa Bay Lightning won a dramatic hockey game. And look who’s back in the playoff picture. As quickly as the Bolts’ 3-2 overtime win against Vancouver Saturday night, Tampa Bay pulled into the eighth and final playoff spot on the first night of the second half of the season. The Bolts had rallied for a 3-2 regulation win over Edmonton the night before. It was the first time since mid-December the Bolts…

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Vasilevskiy stars as Lightning beats Minnesota in shootout

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At this point, perhaps Andrej Vasilevsky should buy a lottery ticket. The Tampa Bay Lighting’s kid goaltender had quite the week. He became a father for the first time, he was promoted to the major league team and, Saturday night against Minnesota, he took his first shootout victory as the the Bolts beat Minnesota 3-2. Vasilevskiy forced Charlie Coyle to his left, and Coyle hit the goalpost to provide the Lightning with the victory. Ryan Callahan had scored the Lightning…

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Kings finish Lightning’s west coast trip with 3-1 defeat

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The Tampa Bay Lightning started their second period off with a quick goal and a tie score Sunday night. It lasted 12 whole seconds. The Los Angeles Kings took care of the Lightning 3-1 in the final game of the Bolts’ California trip as Tampa Bay’s goaltending faltered. Brian Boyle scored to tie the game 1-1 only 27 seconds into the second period, but Brayden McNabb scored 12 seconds later as the Kings took the lead. Andrei Vasilevskiy started in…

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Lightning’s winning streak ends at hands of Washington

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A three-game winning streak ended rudely for the Tampa Bay Lightning Friday. The Washington Capitals took a 4-2 victory from the Bolts after building a 4-0 lead. It was Washington’s fifth win in the last six games. Three of the Caps’ goals were on the power play. Alex Ovechkin scored the first of them, and Jason Chimera and T.J. Oshie followed. For the Lightning, Brian Boyle and Victor Hedman scored to make it sound closer than it was. It was…

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