TAMPA -- Two trends continued on Tuesday as the Tampa Bay Lightning remained very successful, and the Florida Panthers anything but early in the NHL season. The Lightning rolled, 5-2, to win for the fifth time in six games -- including all four at home -- and maintained their lead in the Southeast Division. The Panthers lost their fifth straight -- including all three on the road -- and remained at a league-low two points. While Tampa Bay deflected any speculation of a potential trap game missed with division foe Winnipeg in town on Friday, the Panthers were left trying to keep an early struggle from devouring its season. "I like the fact they said they were going to come out hard tonight," Lightning coach Guy Boucher said. "It made for a great challenge. We can't look at anything as a treat -- just a challenge." Panthers coach Kevin Dineen said that while some individual efforts have encouraged him, "it gets back to our team players and how they...
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PLAYERS:
Guy Boucher,
Kevin Dineen,
Filip Kuba,
Cory Conacher,
Dana Tyrell,
Tom Pyatt,
Steven Stamkos,
Jose Theodore,
Peter Mueller,
Mike Weaver,
Victor Hedman,
Dmitry Kulikov,
Tomas Fleischmann,
Anders Lindback,
Scottie Upshall,
Brian Campbell,
Martin St. Louis
TEAMS: Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning
TEAMS: Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning
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