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TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING left wing Alex Killorn (17) and Florida Panthers defenseman Alex Petrovic (6) battle for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game on Monday in Sunrise, Fla. The Panthers won, 3-1.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING left wing Alex Killorn (17) and Florida Panthers defenseman Alex Petrovic (6) battle for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game on Monday in Sunrise, Fla. The Panthers won, 3-1.
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Cal Clutterbuck and Andrew Ladd scored 1:39 apart midway through the third period to lift the New York Islanders over Vancouver 4-2 on Monday night, giving the Canucks their ninth straight loss.

Jason Chimera and Nikolay Kulemin also scored and Jaroslav Halak stopped 30 shots for the Islanders, who won for just the second time in seven games (2-3-2).

Daniel Sedin scored and Ryan Miller had 28 saves for Vancouver, which fell to 0-8-1 with eight straight regulation losses since opening the season with four wins.

Clutterbuck backhanded the rebound of a shot by Johnny Boychuk past Miller’s blocker side at 9:11 of the final period to give the Islanders a 3- 2 lead. It was Clutterbuck’s second of the season and first since the season-opener.

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Ladd, the Islanders’ big free agent signing last summer, got his first goal of the season with 9:10 remaining, firing a one-timer off a pass Nick Leddy.

Panthers 3, Lightning 1

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Reilly Smith scored a tiebreaking goal with 4:28 left, Roberto Luongo made 34 saves and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1.

Jonathan Marchessault got his seventh goal and Derek MacKenzie also scored for the Panthers.

Smith made it 2-1 after grabbing the puck inside the blue line away from Tampa Bay’s Victor Hedman. His shot from the left circle beat goalie Ben Bishop on the stick side.

Ondrej Palat scored for the Lightning, and Bishop stopped 29 shots.

MacKenzie scored an empty-netter with 36 seconds left.


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