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| Lightning remain lone NHL unbeaten |
NHL Hockey |
10/26/2002 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - Fredrik Modin's second-period score proved to be the difference, as the Tampa Bay Lightning remained unbeaten by holding on for a 3-2 win over the Washington Capitals. Chris Dingman and Dave Andreychuk also scored for the Lightning, who are off to their best start in team history. Martin St. Louis had two assists and Nikolai Khabibulin made 25 saves for Tampa Bay -- the only undefeated team in the NHL at 5-0-2. The Lightning also snapped a nine-game winless streak against Washington ( |
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| Lucky seven? Bolts put streak on the line against Caps |
NHL Hockey |
10/25/2002 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - The last remaining unbeaten club in the National Hockey League, the Tampa Bay Lightning try to make it seven games without a loss tonight when they welcome the Washington Capitals to the St. Pete Times Forum. Off to the best start in the franchise's miserable history, the Lightning are 4-0-2 through six games, but will face a team they haven't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Washington is 8-0-1 against Tampa since a 5-1 Lightning triumph at home on November 5, 2000. In all, the C |
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| Lightning put unbeaten mark on the line in Columbus |
NHL Hockey |
10/23/2002 |
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| Columbus, OH (MySportsbook) - The lone National Hockey League team without a loss, the Tampa Bay Lightning put their unbeaten streak on the line tonight when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena. The 4-0-1 Lightning, enjoying the best start in franchise history, opened the season with three consecutive wins over Florida, Carolina and Atlanta, before skating to a 3-3 tie with Pittsburgh last Saturday. Tampa then got back on the winning track with a 4-2 victory over the host Rangers two nights |
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| Rangers Team Report: Messier's leadership needed |
NHL Hockey |
10/22/2002 |
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| in the history of North American sports. If the Rangers are going to get out of this early season funk that they are in, they are going to need all the leadership their 41-year-old captain can provide. New York dropped a 4-2 decision to the red-hot Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday at Madison Square Garden. It was not the fact that the team lost, it was the way they lost that caused the Garden faithful to boo their team off the ice for the second consecutive game. The Rangers are now winless in their last three (0-2- |
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| Penguins attempt to stretch unbeaten streak to five in Montreal |
NHL Hockey |
10/22/2002 |
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| beaten streak to five games tonight when they visit the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre. Since opening the campaign with an embarrassing 6-0 home loss to Toronto, the Pens have gone 3-0-1, including Saturday's 3-3 tie with the still-undefeated Tampa Bay Lightning. Alexei Kovalev scored his second of the season to provide a 3-2 lead early in the third, but the Lightning's Dan Boyle tied things with a power-play goal midway through the frame. Jan Hrdina also scored, as did Dan LaCouture. Mario Lemieux, meanwhi |
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| Lecavalier sidelined with knee sprain |
NHL Hockey |
10/22/2002 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Tampa Bay Lightning center Vincent Lecavalier missed Monday's game against the New York Rangers with a sprained right knee. Lecavalier suffered the injury during Saturday's 3-3 tie against the Pittsburgh Penguins when the knee buckled on a shot attempt. He underwent an MRI which revealed the sprain. Lecavalier is also expected to sit out Wednesday's contest at Columbus. Entering Monday's game, he was tied for the club lead in scoring with seven points (three goals, four assists) in |
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| Lightning hope to stay unbeaten against Rangers |
NHL Hockey |
10/21/2002 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Lightning try to remain one of two unbeaten clubs in the National Hockey League tonight when they visit the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. Tampa Bay, at 3-0-1, shares the spotlight with Philadelphia in the ranks of the undefeated. After winning their first three games of the young season -- against Florida, Carolina and Atlanta -- the Bolts skated to a 3-3 tie in Pittsburgh on Saturday night. Tampa Bay battled back from three separate deficits -- two in th |
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| Lightning try to remain hot in Pittsburgh |
NHL Hockey |
10/19/2002 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Lightning will try to improve on their franchise-best start when they travel to Pittsburgh to battle the Penguins at the Igloo on Saturday. Tampa, which is three games over .500 for the first time since October 24, 1996, earned its third straight win with a convincing 8-5 victory over the winless Atlanta Thrashers on Friday. Vincent Lecavalier collected two goals and one assist in the victory and has nine goals in 11 games dating back to last season. Finally startin |
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| Lightning hope to improve on best start ever |
NHL Hockey |
10/18/2002 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Lightning hope to continue their best start ever when they wrap up a three-game season-opening homestand against the Atlanta Thrashers at the St. Pete Times Forum Friday. Tampa, which will embark on a three-game road trip after the game, is off to a 2-0 start following victories over Southeast Division foes Florida and Carolina. Following a season-opening 4-3 overtime win over the Panthers in Sunrise, the Lightning pounded the Eastern Conference-champion Hurricanes, 5-1, |
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| Blues hope for first win behind rookie netminder |
NHL Hockey |
10/15/2002 |
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| rage. In his first four games, he allowed three goals on 55 shots. first four games, he allowed three goals on 55 shots. Carolina, which is wrapping up a brief two-game road trip, will aim to bounce back after an embarrassing 5-1 loss to the hapless Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. The loss was the second game in as many nights for the Hurricanes, who upended the Atlanta Thrashers, 5-3, on Friday for their lone win of the season. Kevin Weekes, who replaced Arturs Irbe at the start of the second period, turned away |
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