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Steven Stamkos scored his 15th goal at 2:56 of overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning their second straight win, 4-3 over the Atlanta Thrashers on Sunday.

Todd Fedoruk, left, has interesting body art and a big family. [DANIEL WALLACE Times] No friends on ice Not many are courageous enough to take on the Wild's Derek Boogaard , below, a 6-foot-8, 257-pound mountain known as a devastating puncher.

Tuomo Ruutu and Jussi Jokinen scored second-period goals, and Manny Legace made 20 saves to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 on Saturday night.

Had the nine-game stretch in which Alex Tanguay had just two assists been buried in the middle of a long season, the fuss likely would have been minimal.

RADIO: 620 AM NEED TO KNOW: Tampa Bay is 4-0-2 in its past six games and 6-1-4 in the past 11.

The last thing Lightning D Kurtis Foster heard from teammate Paul Ranger was positive.

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

Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Mike Smith was just too much for the Phoenix Coyotes tonight.

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

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 .

The Tampa Bay Lightning will try to push their winning streak to a season-high three games when they invite the Los Angeles Kings to St.

After 16 games last season, Lightning players "felt maybe a little lost," Vinny Lecavalier said.

Just when you thought the trade rumours had all but ceased in Montreal the Habs have played inconsistent, and Vinny Lecavalier has been mediocre at best.

The Tampa Bay Lightning began the NHL season with Mike Smith as their No. 1 goaltender, but Antero Niittymaki is making a serious bid for the job.

Teams such as the Montreal Canadiens seem to thrive when a game lasts past regulation.

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 have recalled forward Ryan Craig from their AHL affiliate in Norfolk.

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.

New player, new confidence, same old result. Phil Kessel made his much heralded return to NHL hockey - " his first game in a Maple Leaf uniform.

The Toronto Maple Leafs could see their biggest offseason addition on the ice for the first time this season tonight when they welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning for a battle at Air Canada Centre.