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Scott Niedermayer scored on the power play 52 seconds into overtime Thursday, giving the Anaheim Ducks a 4-3 victory over Tampa Bay.

The Carolina Hurricanes will try to win consecutive games for the first time in over six weeks when they welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning to RBC Center for tonight's Southeast Division battle.

It was not difficult to hear exasperation in Steven Stamkos' voice after Thursday night's 4-3 overtime loss to the Ducks at the Honda Center.

The Lightning entered Thursday on a 4-0-2 streak and with points in 10 of 11 games.

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

At one point or another, Mike Babcock has heard pretty much every name tossed out there.

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

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.

When it comes to goal production this season, the Lightning are so top-heavy at this point that the team would have a tough time bailing out the water in the hull of a ship.

Tampa Bay is 3-0-2 in its past five games and 5-1-4 in the past 10. ... Phoenix is 2-4 in its past six.

Though left wing Ryan Malone has traditionally been a slow starter, he has exploded in this season's first month, becoming an unsung hero for the Lightning.

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.

Sometimes, the arrival comes so quickly, it is easy to forget how far a player has come.

It was a wild night at the St. Pete Times Forum Thursday night as the Tampa Bay rallied from a pair of two goal deficits and defeated the Minnesota Wild in a shoot out, 4-3. The victory was the first shoot out win of the season for Tampa Bay, which had failed to score on 14 shoot out attempts before Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos went ...

The league will study whether it should ban hits to the head. But Lightning coach Rick Tocchet said a better idea is eliminating the instigator rule, which penalizes players who intentionally start fights.

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.

No matter how the Lightning play tonight against the Wild, the aftermath won't be anything like what occurred after the team's 16th game last year.

What a difference a year makes. When Tampa Bay Lighting center Steven Stamkos entered last season following his selection as the top overall pick in the 2008 NHL entry draft, a ton of pressure was placed on the 18-year-old rookie out of Sarnia of the OHL.

Thursday: Chat live with Damian Cristodero, 1 p.m. Want to talk about the Lightning's improved play of late? Steven Stamkos' stellar start? Antero Niittymaki's clutch performance? Join Times Lightning beat reporter Damian Cristodero for a live chat Thursday from 1-2 p.m. In the meantime, feel free to leave a question in the "Comments'' area below.

Tuesday night was unmistakably Phil Kessel's night in Toronto , as the Maple Leafs' big off-season acquisition finally made his debut for the team.