11/28/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rick Tocchet hasn't brought many wins as the interim head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning. His team will try to change that when they begin a three-game road trip with today's matchup in St. Paul against the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center.
Tocchet has just one victory in five games since replacing the fired Barry Melrose behind the Tampa bench, but three of his four losses have come in shootouts.
The Lightning's most recent setback came in a shootout, as Markus Naslund scored the winning goal of the deciding segment to lift the visiting New York Rangers to a 3-2 decision at St. Pete Times Forum. Naslund also tallied twice in regulation for the Rangers.
On the Rangers' first chance, Naslund beat Bolts netminder Mike Smith with a backhander through the five-hole. Henrik Lundqvist stopped Tampa Bay's Jussi Jokinen and Nikolai Zherdev clinched the win with a wrister through the pads.
Ryan Malone and Mark Recchi lit the lamp for the Lightning, who have lost two straight and seven of eight. Smith was solid in defeat, making 33 saves.
Vincent Lecavalier posted an assist in the loss to extend his point streak to five games. The Bolts captain has three goals and three helpers during the run.
Tampa is 3-4-2 as the visiting team this season and has lost three straight and five of its last six road tests. The Lightning will make a stop in Colorado on Saturday before completing the three-game trek Tuesday in Philadelphia.
The Wild haven't fared well recently either, as they've dropped three of their last four outings. All four of the games in that stretch have been decided by just one goal.
Minnesota is 1-3-0 so far on a five-game homestand that ends today. The Wild, who will visit Nashville on Saturday before returning to St. Paul for another three-game residency, is 6-4-1 as the home team this season.
The Wild are coming off Wednesday's setback against Dallas. Loui Eriksson's third-period score was the game-winner, as the Stars rallied from two goals down to edge Minnesota, 4-3.
Eric Belanger, Owen Nolan and Andrew Brunette tallied for the Wild, who held a 3-1 lead early in the second period only to watch Dallas score the final three goals of the game.
Niklas Backstrom allowed four goals on 30 shots in the loss.
The Wild have won two straight against Tampa after going 0-2 with a tie in the previous three meetings. The Lightning have played just four games all-time in St. Paul and have lost three of those tests.
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Indiana Pacers aim for their second consecutive win
Friday when they welcome the Charlotte Bobcats to Conseco Fieldhouse.
The Pacers snapped a three-game skid on Wednesday when Danny Granger's tip-in
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Antonio Spurs shoot for their fourth consecutive
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Bruins will try to rebound from their first
regulation loss of the month when they host the New York Islanders this
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Portland Trail Blazers will attempt to complete a
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Coming off his first hat trick of the season, Evgeni Malkin
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Preds seek rare victory in Atlanta >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Nashville Predators will try for their first win in
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