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Lightning suffers fourth shutout in last 12 games in loss

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The painful season of the Tampa Bay Lightning continued Monday night, with the Florida Panthers pulling out a last-gasp victory. There were only 20.2 seconds to play when Aaron Ekblad fired a shot that hit Victor Hedman’s skate and spun over the shoulder of goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy for the only goal of the game. It was the fourth time this season the Lightning has been shutout. There have been five other games where the Bolts scored only once. It was…

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The Lightning sputters again behind Andrej Vasilevskiy

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Here’s how bad the hockey season is going for the Tampa Bay Lightning. It can’t even count on Buffalo anymore. The sputtering Tampa Bay Lightning lost for the first time this season to the Sabres Tuesday night, dropping a 4-1 decision to a team it had previously beaten three times (in its seven victories). It was the eighth time this season the Bolts have been held to one goal or fewer. The Lightning (7-8-2) bears little resemblance to the team that…

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Lightning claims Islanders goalie Kevin Poulin as backup

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The Tampa Bay Lightning may have made one of its biggest saves of the preseason. The Lightning claimed goaltender Kevin Poulin off of waivers from the New York Islanders, giving them a bit more insurance behind Ben Bishop and giving backup Andrei Vasilevskiy time to heal from his surgery to remove a blot clot in his collar. Because to the move, the Lightning released Ray Emery from his tryout. Poulin, 25, has some 50 games of NHL experience. He is…

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Tampa Bay’s Ben Bishop is either good to go, or he isn’t

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And now starting in goal for the Tampa Bay Lightning…Marcel Marceau. Goaltender Ben Bishop, who is either hurt or he is not, who is either in agony or feeling waves of pleasure, met with the media Monday morning. He was happy to be there. Or not. The Tampa Bay Lightning continued to play it coy with Bishop’s availability for tonight’s Game Three. Bishop had to leave the ice twice in the third period of Saturday night’s game, then skipped the…

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