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"I thought some of our best chances were the ones we shot wide, let alone the four or five posts that we hit.

Ryan Malone Team Canada may have snubbed the Lightning's top stars in Vinny Lecavalier, Marty St.

The Lightning completed their first full decade since the team began play in 1992, and the 2000s ran the gamut of success.

For a team that can't afford to lose any scoring, the New York Rangers have suffered a big loss.

Edmonton Oilers center Shawn Horcoff is the highest-paid forward on his team and, thus, winds up getting the most grief.

Victor Hedman, left, of the Lightning and John Tavares of the Islanders chase the puck at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, on Monday.

Henrik Lundqvist stopped 35 shots and made coach John Tortorella's decision to bench two veterans look smart as the New York Rangers snapped a five-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Islanders on Thursday night.

Jimmy Howard made 30 saves for his first NHL shutout, and Drew Miller, Todd Bertuzzi and Patrick Eaves scored to help Detroit beat Tampa Bay, 3-0. Tampa Bay Lightning center Zenon Konopka flips the puck away from Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard in the second period of an NHL hockey game in Detroit, Thursday, Dec.

It's not that Richards didn't feel welcomed by the Stars' organization following the February 2008 trade that sent the former Conn Smythe Trophy winner to Dallas in exchange for G Mike Smith , C Jeff Halpern and LW Jussi Jokinen .

He skated straight off to the dressing room and didn't stay in the tunnel, as backup goaltenders do in Tampa .

Whatever feelings a ' special or otherwise a ' John Tortorella has about coaching his first game at Tampa Bay since the Lightning fired him are immaterial as far as hea TMs concerned.

Steven Stamkos, left, fighting for position with Dallas' Nicklas Grossman on Saturday, wants to make Canada's Olympic team.

Kurtis Foster had two goals, Steven Stamkos opened the scoring with his team high 16th goal and Martin St.

Fired Lightning coach John Tortorella plays Tampa Bay tonight for the first time since the Rangers hired him.

Thinking back, it seems preposterous that the Tampa Bay Lightning once won the Stanley Cup.

It's about time Vinny Lecavalier started being a goal scorer. It's about time Mike Smith started being a goaltender.

Rangers Coach John Tortorella started looking down his bench as his team began going deeper and deeper into a shootout Saturday.

John Tortorella started looking down his bench as the New York Rangers began going deeper and deeper into a shootout standoff.

Rangers coach John Tortorella says he 'gets' Vinny Prospal and could use him more this season after the center shed 15 pounds over the summer.

Any other year, and Vincent Lecavalier 's so-so start to the season wouldn't have generated this much attention.