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| Horton scores twice as Panthers top Lightning |
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03/22/2008 |
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| Sunrise, FL (Best E Casino) - Nathan Horton scored twice, as the Florida Panthers topped the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-2, and kept pace in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Jay Bouwmeester finished with a goal and an assist, and Olli Jokinen tallied for the Panthers, who won the front end of a home-and-home with Tampa Bay. The win improved Florida's point total to 81, tied with idle Buffalo. The Panthers are three points behind Boston and Philadelphia for the eighth and final playoff spot. The Flyers were idle S |
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| Panthers to wrap up successful stand with test from Lightning |
NHL Hockey |
03/22/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Florida Panthers will try to get back on the track to the postseason tonight, when they welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning to BankAtlantic Center for the opener of a home-and-home series. The Panthers tied a club record with seven straight wins to begin the month of March, but had the streak snapped with Thursday's close loss to visiting Carolina. The Hurricanes posted a 2-1 decision in Sunrise as Eric Staal squirted the shootout winner through the pads of Tomas Vokoun. Vokoun stopped Carolina |
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| Penguins down Lightning, keep pace in Eastern Conference standings |
NHL Hockey |
03/21/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (Best E Casino) - Evgeni Malkin posted a goal and an assist, as the Pittsburgh Penguins doubled up the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-2, at Mellon Arena. Jarkko Ruutu, Jordan Staal and Petr Sykora also scored for the Penguins, who have won four of their last five games. Marc-Andre Fleury made 19 saves for his 14th win of the season. "It was big, we were not happy with the way we played in the first two periods," Ruutu said about the two goals in the third period. "We were playing sloppy and it's not accep |
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| Penguins play host to Lightning |
NHL Hockey |
03/20/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Pittsburgh Penguins will try to get back on the right track tonight, as they welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning for a matchup at Mellon Arena. The Penguins are currently fourth in the Eastern Conference with 89 points. They are two points ahead of Ottawa and the New York Rangers in the conference standings, and two behind East-leading New Jersey for first place in the Atlantic Division. Pittsburgh had a three-game winning streak halted on Tuesday, as the club fell in a road test against the ri |
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| Sabres take on lowly Lightning |
NHL Hockey |
03/19/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Buffalo Sabres will try to regain ground in the Eastern Conference playoff race tonight, when they host the lowly Tampa Bay Lightning at HSBC Arena. The Sabres have 79 points and are currently 10th in the East and three points behind Philadelphia for the conference's eighth and final postseason berth. Buffalo was one point behind the Flyers in ninth place, but Washington won in Nashville Tuesday to move ahead of the Sabres with 80 points. Philadelphia also picked up two points on Tuesday wi |
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| Smith earns shutout as Lightning dominate Rangers |
NHL Hockey |
03/15/2008 |
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| Tampa, FL (Best E Casino) - Mike Smith needed to make just 20 saves to post his third shutout of the season as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the New York Rangers, 3-0, at St. Pete Times Forum. Alexandre Picard, Michel Ouellet and Martin St. Louis each scored a goal for the Lightning, who have won three straight. Henrik Lundqvist made 27 saves for the Rangers, who have dropped their last two games in regulation after earning at least one point in the previous 13 games. New York remains in the sixth spot in the |
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| Rangers aim to rebound against Lightning |
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03/15/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The New York Rangers will quickly try to get back on the winning track tonight, as they travel to St. Pete Times Forum to take on the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Rangers went 10-0-3 over 13 games to climb up the Eastern Conference standings, but that run of getting at least a point ended on Friday night after a 3-2 loss to Florida. With 11 games left to play, New York is sixth in the East, three points up on Boston, which hosts eighth-seeded Philadelphia this afternoon. The Rangers are also five p |
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| Smith solid as Lightning strikes Boston |
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03/13/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - Mike Smith made 35 saves, including 15 in the first period, as the Tampa Bay Lightning held on to beat the Boston Bruins, 3-1, at TD Banknorth Garden. Jeff Halpern, Andreas Karlsson and Vincent Lecavalier scored for the Lightning, who had dropped 10 of their last 12 contests entering play. "We played a good game, our goalie played unbelievable and made some huge saves for us so yes, we're happy," Lecavalier said. Chuck Kobasew lit the lamp for the Bruins, who have fallen to 1-4-2 in |
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| Lightning send Roy home with pay |
NHL Hockey |
03/10/2008 |
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| Tampa, FL (Best E Casino) - The Tampa Bay Lightning announced that they sent forward Andre Roy home following the team's game with the Philadelphia Flyers last Thursday. Roy became agitated after an altercation with Philadelphia's Riley Cote and was disruptive in the locker room between periods and on the bench. "Today I met with Andre Roy, and also met with (head coach) John Tortorella and members of his coaching staff, regarding not just the incident that took place between periods and on the bench during the |
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| Jackets strike late to topple slumping Tampa |
NHL Hockey |
03/09/2008 |
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| Columbus, OH (Best E Casino) - Nikolai Zherdev scored the go-ahead goal with 3:44 left in the third period and added an assist as the Columbus Blue Jackets edged the Tampa Bay Lightning, 5-3, at Nationwide Arena. David Vyborny, Derek MacKenzie, Michael Peca and Jiri Novotny also tallied for Columbus, which snapped a three-game losing skid. Rick Nash chipped in with a pair of assists in the win. MacKenzie's goal was the first in his NHL career. Pascal Leclaire stopped 24-of-27 shots for Columbus, which also halte |
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