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Lightning captures one of its most memorable wins

May 4, 2016 general

Wednesday, 6 a.m. There was the night Marty St. Louis forced Game Seven of the Stanley Cup with an overtime goal. There was the game Tyler Johnson scored with one second to play. There was Ruslan Fedotenko, who scored the winning two goals as the Lightning won the Stanley Cup. There were all those wins […]

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Lightning loses playoff opener to the Islanders

April 28, 2016 general

Thursday, 6 a.m. “It’s just one game.” “It’s a seven game series for a reason.” “We were in the same shape last year.” And so it went. All around the locker room of the Tampa Bay Lightning were the soft, disappointed sounds of the familiar cliches of a team that had finished second in a […]

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Lightning wins, but loses defender Stralman

March 25, 2016 general

Friday, 11:52 P.m. The team had seven goals by seven players. It broke out in the third period for the win. It took over first place. Why, then, did this one feel like a loss? The mood in the Lightning locker was subdued, perhaps even somber. Along the way in a 7-4 victory over the […]

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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 […]

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