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Maple Leafs aim to snap skid against Lightning

The Tampa Bay Lightning are looking to get back into the playoff picture following a big win on Monday.The Toronto Maple Leafs are just trying to get back into the win column.The Leafs try to avoid a sixth straight loss on Wednesday evening and deny the visiting Lightning a third victory in a row.Toronto is 0-3-2 in its last five games and is in danger of dropping six in a row for the first time since Feb. 18-29 of last season (0-5-1). The Maple Leafs lost 22 of their final 29 games in 2011-12 to miss the playoffs for a seventh straight year.With the recent slide, Toronto is tied for sixth in the Eastern Conference with 32 points along with three other teams.It was the Jets that handed the Leafs their most recent loss, a 5-4 home shootout setback on Saturday. Toronto gave up four straight goals in the second period to fall behind by three, but Nikolai Kulemin and Joffrey Lupul scored just 25 seconds apart in the frame and Phil Kessel forced overtime on a goal 5:50 into the third.The sh...

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