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TAMPA, Fla. Cheap Football Jerseys . -- The Tampa Bay Lightning finally came out on the winning side of a one-goal game at home. Nikita Kucherov scored the lone shootout goal and the Lightning beat the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Thursday night. Kucherov beat Craig Anderson on the first shot during the shootout, while Lightning goalie Ben Bishop stopped all three shots he faced. Tyler Johnson, B.J. Crombeen and Ondrej Palat scored in regulation for the Lightning, who had lost each of their previous five home games (0-3-2) by one goal. Victor Hedman, who sat out a game with a leg injury, had three assists in his return. "We want to be up there in the top of the league," Hedman said. "We have to find ways to win." Tampa Bay moved into a first-place tie with Boston -- which has two games at hand -- in the Atlantic Division. Erik Karlsson, Clarke MacArthur and Chris Neil had the Ottawa goals. The Senators are 2-6 in shootouts this season. "Its a skills competition," Anderson said. "It should be reserved for All-Star games." Neil tied it at 3 from the right circle with 2:18 remaining in the third. It was his 100th NHL goal. "It was a while coming," said Neil, who has played in 824 NHL games. "Obviously, the way I play, just plugging around and sticking around, it is a milestone. Ive got the puck. It will go up in my basement." Tampa Bay went ahead 3-2 at 5:31 of the third when Martin St. Louis extended his point streak to nine games by sending a pass through the slot to Palat, who scored from just below the left circle. "You dont like to give up the extra point to somebody in our division, but I just want to make sure we get two," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. St. Louis (963) moved within two points of tying Maurice Richard (965) for 85th on the NHL list. Crombeens redirection put the Lightning up 2-1 at 3:30 of the second. MacArthur got the Senators even at 2 by putting an in-close power-play shot past Bishop with 3:03 left in the second. Ottawas power play, the NHLs top-ranked road unit, had mixed results in its second opportunity in the first period. After Johnson beat Anderson for a short-handed goal at 14:32, Karlsson tied it at 1 on his third goal and 23rd man-advantage point of the season 40 seconds later. The Senators are 29th in the home power-play rankings. "You tell me. Ive been trying to answer that question for 50 games," Ottawa coach Paul MacLean said. "Im not sure if its a comfort level or what it is, but weve got to keep working on it. We believe that if we continue to work at it, its going to get good everywhere." Anderson was coming off a 2-0 victory Tuesday at Washington, which was the Senators second straight road shutout. NOTES: Tampa Bay star Steven Stamkos, sidelined since breaking his right shin on Nov. 11, was OK after taking a spill during a drill at the teams morning skate. "I was kind of laughing," Stamkos said. "Its the first time Ive fallen in 10 weeks. Just knowing that everything was fine, you get right back up, I didnt feel anything whatsoever. So, thats nice." Stamkos, who hasnt ruled out playing in the Sochi Olympics next month, was scheduled to have X-rays Thursday night to see how the leg is progressing. ... MacLean used the same lineup as the Washington game, including D Marc Methot being scratched. ... Chicago Blackhawks senior adviser and 13-time Stanley Cup winner Scotty Bowman, a regular at Lightning home games, is scheduled to have right knee replacement surgery Friday in Tampa. Wholesale NFL Jerseys USA . GQ Lundqvist quite well.Three rounds, and nearly two months later, will the Kings have the strength to reach the summit of the Empire State to claim the cup?Truer words have never been spoken. Cheap NBA Jerseys . In the Brewers six games this season, no starter has allowed more than three runs. "We see the guy in front of us do a great job and we want to do even better," Gallardo said after the Brewers beat the Red Sox 4-0 on Sunday, his second straight scoreless start. https://www.cheapnfljerseysjustwholesale.com/ . Hollis-Jefferson went 5-for-6 from the field and added six rebounds, while Stanley Jefferson contributed 14 points for the Wildcats, who used their trademark tough defense to dominate the games final 24 minutes and advance to Tuesdays winners bracket matchup with Kansas State.RALEIGH, N.C. - Tomas Tatar and Pavel Datsyuk have been very productive for the Detroit Red Wings whenever theyve been able to play on the same line this season.Tatar scored two goals and Datsyuk added a goal and two assists to lead the Red Wings to a 3-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday.The win came a day after coach Mike Babcock had got his 500th victory as an NHL head coach with a 3-2 comeback win over the New York Rangers.Petr Mrazek made 34 saves for the Red Wings, who have won three in a row and seven of eight.Obviously Pavs line was really good tonight, Detroit coach Mike Babcock said. They have speed and tenacity and the ability to score. All in all, theyre a good line but we should have more good lines.(Carolina) had 34 legitimate shots — I thought Mraz did a great job in that they werent coming off him or anything like that. I thought he was good. (Carolina coach Bill Peters) had his team ready to play. They were organized and played fast.Jay McClement scored for Carolina, which has lost three of four, and Cam Ward stopped 19 shots.It was Peters first game against his former boss and mentor Babcock. Peters was an assistant to Babcock for three seasons in Detroit.Weve got to be in the goalies eyes and make it very tough for him, Peters said. There are too many nights where we talk about we have shots but we dont have net front traffic. I thought the puck was coming off their guy a little bit. Weve got to do a much better job of that.Datsyuk beat Ward from the right circle at with 3:24 left in the first. Exactly 2 minutes later, Tatar scored from the left circle off a pass from Datsyuk, with his shot ricocheting off Andrej Sekeras skate and past Ward glove-side.It was a goood win and we didnt have practice — I like it, said Datsyuk, who has 12 goals and 10 assists in 16 games this season. Cheap MLB Jerseys. There was some energy there. You always have more energy if you win. Its important that the team is sticking together. And (Mrazek) was great — he was a big reason we won today.Tatar scored his 12th goal with 7:46 remaining in the second, beating Ward stick-side from the slot.I think were playing well together right now, Tatar said of the line with Datsyuk and Darren Helm. Were doing a good job and I hope we stay this way. I think Pavel is the best player Ive ever seen. We all know what he can do. When hes healthy hes a big help for us.Carolina got on the board at 17:11 of the second, with McClement redirecting Tim Gleasons blast from the right point.The Hurricanes killed off a high-sticking double minor against Gleason early in the first period.It was the first game for Carolina forward Andrej Nestrasil against his former team. Nestrasil made his NHL debut for Detroit on Oct. 9 and was picked up on waivers from the Red Wings on Nov. 20.NOTES: The Hurricanes host the New Jersey Devils on Monday night. ... Detroit hosts Toronto on Wednesday night. ... Carolina D Brett Bellemore (lower body) missed his sixth straight game while C Brad Malone, D Jay Harrison and LW Chris Terry — just back from a conditioning assignment in Charlotte — were healthy scratches. ... Detroit G Jonas Gustavsson (15th straight game) and LW Justin Abelkader (seventh) were out with shoulder injuries. D Jakub Kindl and C Joakim Andersson were healthy scratches. ... The teams will play three times this season, with the other meetings on April 7 at Detroit and April 11 at Carolina. ' ' '

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