Sabres down Lightning 8-7
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Conor Garland scored two goals for the second consecutive game and the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Tuesday night. Kiril Marchenko, Dante Fabbro and Ivan Provorov also scored for Columbus,
Doan scores 2nd goal with 4:17 left in 3rd, Thompson has 4 assists for Buffalo, which takes over Atlantic lead
The Tampa Bay Lightning are not disappointed by a bad road trip, losing the Atlantic Division lead, and squandering a chance to win Sunday in what many regard as the "game of the season."
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Josh Doan opens and closes scoring in the Sabres' wild and feisty 8-7 victory over the Lightning
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Doan opened and closed the scoring with power-play goals and the Buffalo Sabres outlasted the Tampa Bay Lightning 8-7 on Sunday night in a wild and feisty showdown for the Atlantic Division lead.
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The Tampa Bay Lightning entered Sunday night’s game with something the Buffalo Sabres wanted. But the Lightning refused to give up first place in the Atlantic Division without a fight — or five fights,
It took Corey Perry almost half a day and 2,175 flight miles to join his new Tampa Bay Lightning teammates in Toronto. It took him less than 14 minutes to show the hock
Since Dec. 22, CBJ have gone 18-6-4 (40 pts, .714 points pct.) and rank third in the NHL in points and points percentage, fourth in penalty kill pct. (84.3), fifth-T in save pct. (.902), seventh-T in goals-against/game (2.82) as well as 11th in goals for/game (3.50).
The Lightning have yielded the first goal in six straight and fell behind by at least three goals at some point in each of five post-Olympic break losses.
TORONTO (AP) — Nikita Kucherov had three assists in a four-goal first period and added another in the third to give him 100 points on the season as the Tampa Bay Lightning cruised past the listless Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Saturday night.