Callahan

Lightning falls out of playoff spot with defeat

February 17, 2016 general

Wednesday, 6 a.m. This is what a slump looks like up close. Other teams are racing toward your net like they’re on a buffalo stampede. You keep giving up breakaways, and eventually, they break you. Your captain remains in a two-goals-in-12 games slump. Good thing that all those trade rumors are cleared from his head, […]

Tagged as: Callahan, Lightning, Sharks, Stamkos

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Callahan lifts Lightning with shootout goal

January 2, 2016 general

  Saturday, 11:04 p.m. Ryan Callahan is not known for his moves. He is not known for his shot. He is not known for his scoring touch. Perhaps, just perhaps, it is time to introduce us to Callahan, the guy who absorbs the punishment to score. After all, it was Callahan who came in on […]

Tagged as: Callahan, Lighting, Lightning, Shootout, Vasilevskiy, Wild

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Lightning lacks power in loss to Islanders

November 28, 2015 general

Saturday, 11:15 p.m. These days, it’s easy to see the problem with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Not enough power. The sputtering Lightning, 11-11-2 on the season, blew a 2-0 lead and lost 3-2 to the New York Islanders Saturday night. Perhaps you thought the Lightning had awakened with a three-game winning streak, but now it […]

Tagged as: Callahan, Islanders, Lightning, Stamkos

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Bishop guts out 36 saves as Bolts win Game 3

June 9, 2015 general

Tuesday, 1:05 a.m. The big thing wasn’t that Ben Bishop started the game. It wasn’t that he somehow managed to finish it. For Bishop, and for his Tampa Bay Lightning, it was the 60 minutes in between that will be remembered. Bishop added another moment to his growing legacy Monday night, gutting it out in […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Blackhawks, Callahan, Hedman, Lightning, Paquette, Stanley Cup

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Lightning face, oh, it-would-be-nice game

June 5, 2015 general

Friday, 2:53 p.m. Together, they make a face. Together, they shake their heads. Must win? No, say members of the Tampa Bay Lightning, this isn’t a must win. This is a gee-it-would-be-good-to-win. This is a wouldn’t-this-series-feel-better-if-you-win. This is a what’s-the-hurry-to-win. And sure, the Lightning could still be in marvelous shape if it won. Even after […]

Tagged as: Callahan, Carle, Cooper, Lightning, playoffs, Stamkos, Stanley Cup

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Lightning could use a few more players to score

June 4, 2015 general

Thursday, 2:25 pm. Sometimes, you need a visitor to happen by the net. Sometimes, you need a unexpected guest. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, one of the two teams left standing, it would be a very nice thing indeed to get a goal from an unexpected source. A fourth-liner. A defenseman. A bit player seizing […]

Tagged as: Blackhawks, Boyle, Callahan, Lightning, playoffs, Scoring

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Lightning prepares to play a familiar face in playoffs

May 15, 2015 general

Friday, 9:15 a.m. There was a time it was Ruth’s town. A little later, it was DiMaggio’s. And Mantle’s. And Namath’s. And Messier’s. And Reed’s. And Jackson’s. It was Taylor’s. And Steinbrenner’s. And Jeter’s. The greats have passed it down like a torch, every one of them taking a bite from the Big Apple. These […]

Tagged as: Callahan, Conference Final, Lightning, St. Louis, Stamkos, Yzerman

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Lightning comes from behind to beat Panthers

March 24, 2015 general

Tuesday, 11:33 p.m. TAMPA At times like these, you wonder how. The other team was more desperate. This team sat on an early lead. The other team needed it more. This team had been so good it was due for a fall. The other team scored three goals in less time than a penalty. This […]

Tagged as: Callahan, comeback, Johnson, Kucherov, Lightning, Vasilevskiy, victory

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Lightning win an easy one over Toronto

March 5, 2015 general

Thursday, 11:38 p.m. Say this for the Tampa Bay Lightning. It knows how to shut the door. Give the Bolts a whiff of victory, and they’ll bring it home. Every time. They’re the best insurance policy in hockey. If they were baseball players, they would all be closers. The Lightning did it again Thursday night, […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Callahan, Killorn third period, Kucherov, Leafs, Lightning, Namestnikov

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Stamkos’ ugly goal pretty enough for Lightning

December 29, 2014 general

Monday, 11:55 p.m. TAMPA Throughout his brief, metoric career, Steven Stamkos has filled a highlight tape with goals. You want speed goals? You want power? You want razzle? You want dazzle? Stamkos can provide a little bit of this, a little bit of that. There are few players who combine the way he blisters on […]

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