Antero Niittymaki News

It's not immediately known who Tampa Bay Lightning coach Rick Tocchet will start in goal Sunday.

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Rick Tocchet knows it is a coach's cliche, but he also knows there is something to the sentiment: When playing on the road, the best thing to do is to keep it simple.

A year ago, only the Atlanta Thrashers gave up more goals than the Tampa Bay Lightning 's 279 .

The Tampa Bay Lightning will try to stretch their points streak to six games tonight, when they visit the Phoenix Coyotes and Jobing.com Arena.

Controversial OT call costs it a goal, and it fails to score in shootout. Though the Lightning and Kings met Saturday for the only time this season, with the gritty, chippy way they played, you would have thought they were division rivals.

Vincent Lecavalier registered two goals and an assist, as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Phoenix Coyotes, 4-1, at Jobing.com Arena.

The celebration began at the 1:40 mark of overtime. It appeared that Lightning defenseman Andrej Meszaros had just won the game on a shot from the point.

Jonathan Quick and the Los Angeles Kings rebounded quickly from a one-sided loss.

Anze Kopitar scored the lone goal of the shootout to lift the Los Angeles Kings to a 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning at St.

Nitti on Niitty: Gangster Frank is on goalie Antero's mask. [DANIEL WALLACE Times] Keeping suspect company Lightning G Antero Niittymaki has shunned the artistic interpretations of dragons and bikini-clad women generally found on the side of goaltenders' masks for one of the usual suspects: former Chicago gangster Frank Nitti .

Key stats: Lightning goalie Antero Niittymaki, who starts tonight, is 1-0 with a 1.93 goals-against average in two starts against the Kings.

Ryan Malone tied it with 14.7 seconds left in regulation, and Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos scored in the shootout to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 comeback win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.

Paul Szczechura will make his return to the Lightning lineup tonight when Tampa Bay hosts Minnesota to open a two-game homestand.

Injuries are all over the NHL; Alex Ovechkin is week-to-week, Evgeni Malkin is day-to-day, Eric Staal is out two-to-four weeks, and now Cam Ward is out three-to-four weeks.

Hedman skated Monday for the first time since getting drilled by Chris Neil in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Senators, but the effects of getting his heart rate up won't be fully known until after he gets a night of sleep.

James Mirtle Globe and Mail Update Published on Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009 2:56PM EST Last updated on Wednesday, Nov.

One by one Saturday night, Antero Niittymaki's teammates came by to pay tribute.

Not even a concussion could dull Victor Hedman's sense of humor. Asked Friday about the difference between playing in North America and Europe, the Lightning's rookie defenseman and Swedish native talked about the quicker NHL game and making faster decisions.

The only better outcome for the Bolts would have been if they could have won it in the shootout, which would have eliminated all three albatrosses at once.

The Tampa Bay Lightning will try to win consecutive games for the first time in over three weeks when they visit the struggling Ottawa Senators tonight for a test at Scotiabank Place.