Lightning strikes Tuesday behind the Lewiston skyline as a storm rolls through the Twin Cities. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Lightning strikes Tuesday behind the Lewiston skyline as a storm rolls through the Twin Cities. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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Lightning eliminate Bruins with 3-1 win in Game 5
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning, with a primary assist from a team that handled them during the regular season, are back in the Eastern Conference final for the third time in four years. Thank you, Boston Bruins. “I guess I can say it now. Boston set the bar for us, and we […]
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Lightning beat Bruins in OT to take 3-1 series lead
BOSTON — The Tampa Bay Lightning have a chance to get the last licks on the Boston Bruins at home. Dan Girardi scored 3:18 into overtime to give Tampa Bay a 4-3 victory over Boston on Friday night in a game that featured more face-licking from Brad Marchand but left the Lightning with a 3-1 lead […]
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Resilient Lightning rebound to beat Bruins in Game 2, even series
TAMPA, Fla. — Brayden Point had an empty-net goal and three assists and Tampa Bay Lightning found a way to slow Boston’s high-scoring line of Patrice Bergeron, David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand to beat the Bruins 4-2 in Game 2 of their second-round playoff series Monday night. The victory evened the best-of-seven matchup between the top […]
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Bergeron has goal, two assists as Bruins beat Lightning to take over first place
BOSTON — Patrice Bergeron had a goal and two assists and the Boston Bruins took over first place in the Eastern Conference with a 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night. Tim Schaller and David Pastrnak scored goals 32 seconds apart in the final minute of the first period and Brad Marchand […]
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Rask, Bruins hand Lightning first shutout of season
TAMPA, Fla. — Tuukka Rask stopped 23 shots to hand Tampa Bay its first shutout of the season and lifting the Boston Bruins over the Lightning 3-0 on Saturday night. It was Rask’s third shutout of the season and 41st of his career. It was also the first time the Lightning failed to score a […]
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Storms knock out power and drench Androscoggin, Oxford counties
Lightning seen during a thunderstorm on Tuesday evening in Poland. UPDATE: Maine braces for more storms, possible flash flooding Thunderstorms rolled through Lewiston and Auburn on Tuesday evening causing power outages across the region. If you’re in the dark, or were for a while Tuesday, blame the weather. According to Central Maine Power, more than 3,700 […]
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Lightning is zapping fewer Americans, not more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lightning — once one of nature’s biggest killers — is claiming far fewer lives in the United States, mostly because we’ve learned to get out of the way. In the 1940s, when there were fewer people, lightning killed more than 300 people annually. So far this year, 13 people have died after […]
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Madawaska H.S. student captures lightning in an cellphone video
Wednesday evening the 16-year-old Madawaska High School junior was in the right place at the right time to capture a dramatic lightning strike hit the Grand Isle church steeple on video. “In 2007 on my birthday it was hit by lighting, too,” Bouley said Thursday morning. “When I saw the conditions with the atmosphere were […]
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Bruins jolt Lightning, 3-0
BOSTON (AP) — Clearly, Tampa Bay star Steven Stamkos’ injury was on everyone’s minds. The Boston Bruins were able to get back to playing hockey a lot quicker after it happened.Patrice Bergeron and Daniel Paille scored 20 seconds apart a few minutes after Stamkos was taken off the ice on a stretcher with a broken […]