Lecavalier has 2 goals in Lightning win
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Vincent Lecavalier had two goals, including one on a penalty shot, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 on Friday night.
Lecavalier put the Lightning up 3-1 when he deked goalie Scott Clemmensen to ice and lifted home a wrist shot on his penalty shot at 1:27 of the second. The Tampa Bay captain also had a first-period power-play goal.
Ryan Malone and Pavel Kubina also scored for the Lightning, who will be making their first postseason appearance since 2007.
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Florida got goals from Jason Garrison and Mike Santorelli. The Panthers, last in the Eastern Conference, have lost 10 in a row (0-7-3).
Tampa Bay went ahead 2-1 when Malone scored at 16:08 of the first. Clemmensen stopped Malone's backhander — which the left wing took while down on the ice — but the rebound went off Florida center Shawn Matthias and into the net.
Lecavalier gave the Lightning a 1-0 advantage with a power-play goal from the low slot 4:08 into the first. Martin St. Louis assisted on the goal, giving him a career-high 66 assists.
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St. Louis has 37 assists and 41 points on the power play this season. The right wing has seven assists and 11 points during an eight-game points streak.
Kubina extended the lead to 4-1 on a power-play goal with 4:54 to go in the second. Kubina stopped a personal 27-game goal drought.
Garrison tied it at 1 with 8:01 left in the first. The defenseman has two goals — both coming against Tampa Bay — in his last 26 games.
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Santorelli got his 20th goal of the season early in the third.
NOTES: Lecavalier is 1 for 3 on penalty shots this season. ... Tampa Bay D Victor Hedman, who left Tuesday's game against Buffalo with a lower-body injury, was out of the lineup. ... Florida played without C Stephen Weiss (groin), C Ryan Carter (mild concussion), C Scott Timmins (mild concussion), LW Darcy Hordichuk (oblique) and RW Steve Bernier (shoulder). ... Lighnting D Eric Brewer returned after missing two games due to a lower-body injury. ... Kubina played in 900th NHL game.