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NEWARK, N.J. — With Steven Stamkos out for Tuesday’s road game against the Devils, Brandon Hagel was reunited with Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov on the Lightning’s top scoring line.

TAMPA — After falling behind by two goals midway through the second period Sunday night against the Winnipeg Jets, the Lightning had several opportunities to even the score.

Both teams have since doubled down on their respective strategies, with the Hawks continuing to convert all valuable players into draft picks and the Lightning continuing to do the opposite. And Hagel has fully lived up to expectations in Tampa while Taylor Raddysh has flourished a bit in Chicago.

TAMPA, Fla. — This Lightning season has had its share of ups and downs, but one thing the team has avoided is a major injury to one of its top players.

The Hawks’ losses on their three-game road trip all followed similar scripts — including on Saturday, when Brayden Point scored the go-ahead goal with 60 seconds left as the Lightning defeated the Hawks 3-1.

Raddysh snapped a long drought and pulled into the team lead — at least with Max Domi and Patrick Kane excluded — by scoring his 15th and 16th goals Wednesday. Plus, Lukas Reichel moved onto the top power-play unit and Luke Philp received a contract extension.

TAMPA, Fla. — This was the game you were waiting for. This was the team you remembered.

RALEIGH, N.C. — After Tuesday’s 5-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, coach John Tortorella said the team played well at five-on-five, they just couldn’t “freakin’ score.”

PHILADELPHIA — Things got chippy between the Flyers and the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night at Amalie Arena, but with two minutes and 40 seconds remaining in the game, Flyers defenseman Tony DeAngelo took it a step too far.

This run from the Senators has been fun, but it probably won't last.

TAMPA, Fla. — The Lightning have been one of the league’s best teams at home, and reeling from their longest losing streak in nine years, a stretch of games at Amalie Arena was just what this team needed.