playoffs

Lightning excels in Game Six, eliminates Montreal

May 13, 2015 general

Wednesday, 12:14 a.m. TAMPA The seas were rough. The boat was sinking. There were sharks in the water. It was not a good time to be a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning, whose season Content beyond this point is for members only.

Tagged as: Bishop, Cooper, Kucherov, Lightning, Montreal, NHL, Palat, playoffs, Stamkos, Tampa Bay

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Edge or Momentum? Do Bolts have the advantage?

May 10, 2015 general

Sunday, 2:34 p.m. Is it better to be ahead? Or is it better to look unstoppable? For the Tampa Bay Lightning, that is the issue. They lead Montreal 3-2, and while they have been outplayed in three straight games, they are still one game

Tagged as: Cooper, Hedman, Lightning, Montreal, Morrow, playoffs

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Montreal roars back to beat Bolts, come within 3-1

May 7, 2015 general

Thursday, 11:19 p.m. TAMPA There is nothing to worry about here. Nothing to fear. Just keep repeating that to yourself as you wander through the graveyard. Eventually, you might believe it. There for a moment, the Tampa Bay Lightning was cruising along, on its way to a party, and it seemed that nothing could go […]

Tagged as: 3-1, Bishop, Cooper, Montreal, NHL, playoffs, Stamkos

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Once again, Johnson the biggest Bolt of them all

May 6, 2015 general

TAMPA He is bigger now than he was five minutes ago. In another five, he will be larger still. He is faster now, more skilled, more instinctive. The puck loves him. The net loves him. The ice itself loves him. He is Tyler Johnson, and if they had not already named this sport ice hockey, […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Cooper, Johnson, Killorn, Lightning, Montreal, playoffs, Stamkos

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Don’t Look Now! Bishop is on a Roll

May 5, 2015 general

TUESDAY, 11:02 a.m. TAMPA In the playoffs, fortunes can change with the sounding of a horn. That’s all it takes. One moment, a goaltender is strong and regal in the net. The next, the wrong team is celebrating, and head is hung, and his team feels vulnerable. And so a fan of the Tampa Bay […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Lightning, Montreal, NHL, playoffs, Price

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Stamkos finds the net as Bolts win

May 3, 2015 general

Sunday, 10:06 p.m. Forever, he had been missing. Forever, he had been a bystander. It had been so long since Steven Stamkos had scored, odds are that he had forgotten that light comes on. Nine playoff games, eight of them this year, and Stamkos had been just another guy playing in traffic. Oh, he had […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Kucherov, Lightning, Montreal, playoffs, Stamkos

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Bishop shines as Lightning wins Game 7

April 30, 2015 general

Thursday, 12:45 a.m. TAMPA Behind him, the net was a porthole, and it was getting smaller. There was no room for air, for light, certainly not for pucks. This is how they will remember him. Ben Bishop, a tall man by nature, had turned into a giant. His 6-8 frame draped the net, blotting out […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Coburn, Cooper, Lightning, Montreal, playoffs, Shutout, Stamkos

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Tampa Bay triumphs, forces Game 7

April 28, 2015 general

Tuesday, 1:18 a.m. It will help if you don’t worry about breathing. Hunger? It can wait. Thirst? You can be thirsty later. Bathroom? That’s why they have intermissions, right? The Tampa Bay Lightning is heading toward another Game Seven. Time to break out the white knuckles and chew on the fingernails. The Lightning forced Game […]

Tagged as: Garrison, Johnson, Killorn, Lightning, Palat, playoffs, Red Wings

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Lightning trail in series after struggling vs. Detroit

April 22, 2015 general

Wednesday, 12:10 a.m. The Lightning is not on the brink of disaster. But it can see it from here. The Lightning, back to being average on the road, lost a 3-0 decision to the Detroit Red Wings, placing all of the pressure of the series on winning Saturday’s game at Joe Louis Arena. If the […]

Tagged as: defeat, Lightning, Mrazek, playoffs, power play, Red Wings, Stamkos

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Lightning scraps back to even its playoff series

April 18, 2015 general

Saturday, 7:30 p.m. TAMPA This, then, is where it starts. On a lazy Saturday when a team has its back against the wall. On a mid-April afternoon when it can look down and see the rocks. In the the thin air of the post-season where the Lightning was one game from being in trouble. This […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Johnson, Lightning, playoffs, Red Wings, Stamkos

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