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Smith, Malone gain value as Lightning surge

By John Pereira, Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Suddenly, things in Tampa Bay aren't as bad as they used to be. The Lightning used a balanced scoring attack to overwhelm the Montreal Canadiens in front of the Bell Centre crowd to take the first game after the All-Star break 5-3. The Lightning, once and possibly still the laughing stock of the NHL, now have won six of their past eight games and are showing glimpses of the offense that owners Oren Koules and Len Barrie thought they had cobbled together in the offseason. This obviously has fanta ...

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