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NHL: Tampa Bay 5, Vancouver 4 (OT)

Sun, 12/12/2010 - 13:40 by Prince damin

Vancouver, British Columbia -- Steven Stamkos got his second goal of the game 34 seconds into overtime Saturday, handing the Tampa Bay Lighting a 5-4 decision over Vancouver.

With Ryan Kesler off on a high-sticking call, Tampa Bay held a 4-on-3 advantage and Stamkos got the game-winner on a slap shot off assists from Martin St. Louis and Ryan Malone.

The decisive tally was the 24th goal of the year for Stamkos, second-most in the NHL behind Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby. He also scored in the second period and added an assist for the Lightning, who won in Vancouver for the first time in franchise history.

Teddy Purcell had a goal and an assist and Nate Thompson and Brett Clark also scored in Tampa Bay's win. Dan Ellis turned aside 23-of-27 shots.

NHL: Tampa Bay 3, Boston 1

Tue, 11/23/2010 - 10:23 by Rakhi

Tampa, Fla. -- Steven Stamkos got his 20th goal of the season Monday, leading the Tampa bay Lightning to a 3-1 victory over Boston.

Stamkos became the first in the NHL to reach the 20-goal plateau and has five more tallies than his nearest competitors. His latest score was part of a three-goal, second-period outburst for Tampa Bay, which posted a season-high fourth straight win.

Teddy Purcell and Dana Tyrell also lit the lamp and Mike Smith turned aside 26 shots for the victors.

The Bruins got their lone goal from Michael Ryder while dropping their second straight game.

Tuukka Rask went 33-of-36 in net for Boston.

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NHL: Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 0

Wed, 11/10/2010 - 10:08 by Rakhi

Tampa, Fla. -- Steven Stamkos notched a pair of goals and Dan Ellis posted his second shutout of the year Tuesday in the Tampa Bay Lightning's 4-0 win over Toronto.

Stamkos collected his 12th and 13th goals of the season, tops in the league, and Nate Thompson and Dominic Moore added markers as Tampa Bay snapped a three-game losing streak.

Ellis turned aside all 28 shots he saw to collect his 12th career shutout and was particularly tough in the second frame, when he stopped all 13 Toronto scoring attempts.

The struggling Maple Leafs, meanwhile, dropped their sixth straight, going 0-for-5 on the power play. Kris Versteeg managed four shots, all of which were stopped.

Jean-Sebastian Giguere made 21 saves on 25 shots for the Leafs.

NHL: Tampa Bay 5, Atlanta 2

Sat, 10/23/2010 - 09:41 by Rakhi

Atlanta -- Steven Stamkos had a hat trick and Mike Smith made 28 saves Friday, sending Tampa Bay to a 5-2 decision over Atlanta.

The Lighting won for the fifth time in seven games. Tampa Bay's 11 points are the most in the Eastern Conference.

Stamkos scored the last of Tampa Bay's three first-period goals with 2:10 left in the stanza, gave the Lightning a 4-1 lead with 2:38 left in the second and added an empty-net goal with 32 seconds to go in the third.

He ran his early-season goal total to eight, tops in the NHL. Smith improved his record to 4-0 even though he gave up 13 goals in his first three wins.

NHL: Tampa Bay 4, Atlanta 3 (OT)

Mon, 11/23/2009 - 07:32 by harsheeb

Atlanta -- Steven Stamkos scored in overtime Sunday, boosting the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers.

Stamkos, assisted by Martin St. Louis, got the game-winner at 2:56 of the extra session.

Stephane Veilleux, Ryan Malone and Kurtis Foster scored for Tampa Bay in regulation and St. Louis ended up with three assists.

Antero Niittymaki blocked 28 shots in a win that improved his record to 14-0-0 against the Thrashers.

Slava Kozlov, Tobias Enstrom and Evander Kane scored for Atlanta, which has lost three straight games after winning four in a row.

Thrashers goalie Ondrej Pavelec had 36 saves.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

NHL: Tampa Bay 5, Ottawa 2

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 09:58 by shalini.bahadur

Tampa, Fla. -- Steven Stamkos scored two power-play goals Thursday and the Tampa Bay Lightning produced the first five scores of the game to overwhelm Ottawa 5-2.

The Lightning won for the second time in three games, getting a goal and two assists from Ryan Moore. Mike Smith made 21 saves in the victory.

Smith did not allow a goal until Jarkko Ruutu tallied with 9:43 left in the contest.

Stamkos was credited with the first goal of the game when the puck caromed off his stick and hit the foot of Ottawa defenseman Filip Kuba before getting past Brian Elliott 7:20 into the opening period.

The other goal by Stamkos came at 7:09 of the third, giving Tampa Bay a 4-0 lead.