Avalanche 2 - 1 Lightning
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Woeful Lightning face inconsistent Avalanche

Dec 18, 2008 - 11:23 AM Colorado (15-15-1) at Tampa Bay (7-15-8), 7:30 pm EST

TAMPA, Florida (Ticker) -- Unlike the Colorado Avalanche, the Tampa Bay Lightning have been one of the most consistent teams in the NHL.

Unfortunately for the Lightning - who host the up-and-down Avalanche on Thursday, they have been consistently bad.

Tampa Bay had yet another poor performance Saturday, getting blanked for the fourth time in a 2-0 loss to the Ottawa Senators.

The Lightning, who have scored three goals or less in all but two of club's games this season, have lost 10 of their last 11 contests (1-8-2).

The Avalanche went from being a streaky team at the beginning of the season to virtually alternating wins and losses for the last month.

Paul Stastny and David Jones both had a goal Tuesday for Colorado, which suffered a 5-2 setback to the Philadelphia Flyers.

Stastny leads the team with 19 assists and 27 points this season, while Milan Hejduk has a team-high 12 goals.






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    Avalanche 2, Lightning 1  Final - 2OTDec 19 5:53 PM
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    FINAL IN SHOOTOUT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
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    COLORADO 1 0 0 0 (1) 2
    TAMPA BAY 0 1 0 0 (0) 1 FINAL IN SHOOTOUT
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: COL - PAUL STASTNY 9 (RYAN SMYTH, MILAN HEJDUK) 3:46
    2ND PRD: TAM - JEFF HALPERN 1 (MAREK MALIK, ANDREJ MESZAROS) 7:35
    3RD PRD: NONE
    OT: NONE
    SO: T.B - JUSSI JOKINEN (MISS

    Avalanche 2, Lightning 1  Final - 2OTDec 18 10:15 PM
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    END OF OT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
    --- --- --- --- -----
    COLORADO 1 0 0 0 1
    TAMPA BAY 0 1 0 0 1 END OF OT
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: COL - PAUL STASTNY 9 (RYAN SMYTH, MILAN HEJDUK) 3:46
    2ND PRD: TAM - JEFF HALPERN 1 (MAREK MALIK, ANDREJ MESZAROS) 7:35
    3RD PRD: NONE
    OT: NONE
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD

    Dec 18 10:05 PM
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    END OF THE 3RD GOING INTO OT
    1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    COLORADO 1 0 0 1
    TAMPA BAY 0 1 0 1 GOING INTO OT
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: COL - PAUL STASTNY 9 (RYAN SMYTH, MILAN HEJDUK) 3:46
    2ND PRD: TAM - MAREK MALIK 1 (ANDREJ MESZAROS) 7:35
    3RD PRD: NONE
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    COL 7 13 13

    Dec 18 9:55 PM
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    END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    COLORADO 1 0 1
    TAMPA BAY 0 1 1 END OF THE 2ND
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: COL - PAUL STASTNY 9 (RYAN SMYTH, MILAN HEJDUK) 3:46
    2ND PRD: TAM - MAREK MALIK 1 (ANDREJ MESZAROS) 7:35
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    COL 7 13 20
    TAM 10

    Dec 18 9:04 PM


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    COLORADO 1
    TAMPA BAY 1
    2ND PRD: TAM - MAREK MALIK 1 (ANDREJ MESZAROS) 7:35

    Avalanche 1, Lightning 1  2nd - 12:25Dec 18 8:40 PM


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    END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    COLORADO 1 1
    TAMPA BAY 0 0 END OF THE 1ST
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: COL - PAUL STASTNY 9 (RYAN SMYTH, MILAN HEJDUK) 3:46
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    COL 7 7
    TAM 10 10
    GOALIES: COL - ANDREW RAYCROFT
    TAM

    Dec 18 8:11 PM


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    COLORADO 1
    TAMPA BAY 0
    1ST PRD: COL - PAUL STASTNY 9 (RYAN SMYTH, MILAN HEJDUK) 14:35

    Avalanche 1, Lightning 0  1st - 5:25Dec 18 7:47 PM

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