Same Old Story - Bolts Close, Not Close Enough
tampabaysportsblog.blogspot.com 12/7/2008 — The Tampa Bay Lightning have been involved in a league high 20 1-goal games. Guess how many of those they have won? That number would be four.... (Story includes video of two fights, including one involving Vincent Lecavalier, video courtesy of hockeyfights.com)

Who's That in Goal? With Bolts, You May Need an Updated Roster List
tbsportsblog.com 2/3/2009 — The Tampa Bay Lightning's wild season dealing with injuries, suspensions, and the like took a almost Machiavellian turn as the Lightning traveled to Long Island without their #1 netminder, Mike Smith - who is nursing an upper body injury he apparently suffered in the 6-1 loss to Philadelphia...

Bolts Win the Battle of the Worst in SE Division
tampabaysportsblog.blogspot.com 1/5/2009 — It's been two years since the Tampa Bay Lightning won a game in Atlanta. That changed Sunday when the Lightning got two goals from Martin St. Louis and Goalie Mike Smith came within 21 seconds of a shutout in route to a 4-1 thrashing of Atlanta...

Bolts Beaten in Boston
tampabaysportsblog.blogspot.com 12/9/2008 — The Tampa Bay Lightning fell behind 3-0 and their rally fell short as they dropped their 8th straight game, this time to the Boston Bruins, 5-3...

Bolts Win For Third Time on Road Trip
tampabaysportsblog.blogspot.com 1/13/2009 — The Tampa Bay Lightning won for the third time in four tries, clinching a winning record for the current five game road trip, by defeating the Los Angeles Kings 3-1.

Thrashers lose to Lightning, lose Little to injury
ajc.com 1/5/2009 — The one real bright spot of the Thrashers’ season walked up the tunnel to the locker room with 5:12 left in the second period Sunday. When the Thrashers returned to their bench for the third period, goal-scoring leader Bryan Little wasn’t with them. ...

Bolts Await Basic Training
www2.tbo.com 12/15/2008 — eerlendsson@tampatrib.com Published: December 15, 2008 TAMPA - Since assuming the head coaching duties a month ago, Rick Tocchet has often spoken about the Lightning's lack of a real training camp. While it's just as likely Tocchet was taking a dig at ...

Bolts Feel Cheated
www2.tbo.com 12/19/2008 — eerlendsson@tampatrib.com Published: December 19, 2008 TAMPA - At various points this season, the Lighting have snatched defeat out of the hands of victory. On Thursday, their fate wound up in the hands of the guys in stripes. After a lengthy ...

Bolts Blow Yet Another Lead, Fall to Canes
tampabaysportsblog.blogspot.com 1/4/2009 — The Tampa Bay Lightning lost another game in which they had a two goal lead and returned to the cellar in the Southeast division. The Lightning jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first but didn't score again as Carolina mounted a come back and gave the Hurricanes a 3-2 victory.

Bolts End Trip With Whimper, Lose 4-0 To Panthers
www2.tbo.com 11/13/2008 — ERIK ERLENDSSON | The Tampa Tribune Published: November 13, 2008 SUNRISE - Through the opening 15 games of the season, the Lightning are a product of false advertising. Tampa Bay was supposed to be a high-powered offensive juggernaut. But after a 4-0 ...

Jussi Jokinen Should be Picked up by Florida Panthers — Bleacher Report - NHL 12/21/2008
The Panthers could use a player like Jokinen, Jussi that is. The young Finnish forward was recently released by the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Florida Panthers' biggest problem this year has been scoring, and although Jokinen is not a true scorer, he ...

Shaky Lehtonen wins in Thrashers return (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NHL News 12/21/2008
Kari Lehtonen gave up goals on the first two shots he faced in his first game in seven weeks, but didn't let another puck get past him until late in the Atlanta Thrashers' 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night. Lehtonen had been ...

Thrashers end home losing skid, edge Lightning — ESPN.com - NHL 12/21/2008
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Lehtonen leads Thrashers past Lightning, 4-3 — Boston.com -- Hockey news 12/21/2008
Kari Lehtonen gave up goals on the first two shots he faced in his first game in seven weeks, but didn't let another puck get past him until late in the Atlanta Thrashers' 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.

Thrashers 4, Lightning 3 — NYT > Hockey 12/21/2008
ATLANTA (AP) -- Kari Lehtonen gave up goals on the first two shots he faced in his first game in seven weeks, but didn't let another puck get past him until late in the Atlanta Thrashers' 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night. >  ...