From: wilson@cs.ucf.edu (tom wilson)
Subject: LIGHTNING NEWS: San Jose vs. TB 1/23
Organization: University of Central Florida, Orlando
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 00:08:18 GMT

SJ - 1 0 0 - 1
TB - 2 0 3 - 5

1 - SJ Odgers 6    (Kisio, Gaudreau)   16:29 (pp)
    TB Creighton 9 (Andersson, Kontos) 16:45
    TB Bureau 8    (Bradley, Zamuner)  19:11

2 - none

3 - TB Bureau 9    (Bradley, Bergevin)  5:33
    TB Beers 8     (Bureau, Kasper)    18:56 (en)
    TB Kasper 4                        19:29 (en)

Shots on goal: SJ  8-13-18--39  (shots throughout article don't match)
               TB 11-12-13--36
Power plays:   SJ 1 of 9
               TB 0 of 9
Goalies:       SJ Irbe 2-6-0, 35 shots, 31 saves (1st en goal wasn't shown)
               TB Jablonski 8-13-2, 39 shots, 38 saves
Attendance:    10,130

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* Lightning put end to 7-game skid

The shark is known for its penchant of smelling blood in the water. Saturday,
with the San Jose Sharks in town, Tampa Bay played a little role reversal on
its expansion foes: Call it smelling blood on the ice.

It was a shot at victory far too appetizing to pass up. The Lightning (16-32-2)
broke free of their month long slide in front of 10,130 at Expo Hall, getting
two goals from Marc Bureau and some timely goaltending from Pat Jablonski (37
saves - says 38 above) in a 5-1 triumph.

"Tonight," Tampa defenseman Peter Taglianetti said, "we finally stopped the
bleeding. We needed this."

The victory snapped a season-high, seven-game losing streak and was the
Lightning's 16th victory, leaving them one shy of the Sharks' victory total
in their inaugural season. San Jose was 17-58-5 in 91-92.

It was the 10th consecutive loss for San Jose, which is winless in its last
13 overall and last 16 on the road. The Sharks are 1-25-1 since Thanksgiving.

Tampa knows what the Sharks are going through. After watching his team drop
its last seven games (and 12 of 13 since beating Philadelphia at home Dec. 20),
coach Terry Crisp shook up the lineup, hoping to change the team's fortunes.
The tinkering worked.

He split what has been his team's most productive pair -- center Brian Bradley
and right wing John Tucker -- by putting Bradley between Bureau and rookie Rob
Zamuner. Tucker skated mostly on a line with Adam Creighton and Chris Kontos.

The result was Bureau's first multiple-goal in the NHL, with Bradley (61 points
in 50 games) assisting on both goals. Bureau's second goal -- a 45-foot slap
shot that broke off the glove [huh?] of goaltender Arturs Irbe  -- put the
Lightning in command, 3-1, at the 5:33 mark of the third period.

"As a coach, I'm not afraid to change my lines around," Crisp said. "I'll do
whatever it takes to win. Maybe this game was the tonic we needed to get back
on stride. For us, any win is a big win."

The four-goal deficit was deceiving, as Tampa's Bob Beers and Steve Kasper both
scored empty-net goals in the final 1:04. Tampa also had to kill a four-minute
high-sticking penalty to Mark Bergevin in the closing minutes, protecting a
3-1 lead.

Jablonski, winless in his last eight starts, made 20 [?] of his 37 [?] saves
as the Sharks unsuccessfully circled his net in the third period.

"We certainly had enough opportunities to win the hockey game," San Jose coach
George Kingston said. "The difference tonight was goaltending. The thing about
these teams is that there is very little margin for error. One opportunity or
mistake looms large."

The Sharks struck first, as Jeff Odgers redirected a slap shot by Rob Gaudreau
past Jablonski and beneath the crossbar on the power play at 16:29 of the
opening period.

But Tampa's Adam Creighton scored just 16 secods later, hammering the puck
through the pads of Irbe (32 [?] saves) from the top of the crease, and the
Lightning went on top, 2-1, on the first of Bureau's goals with 49 seconds
left in the period.

Bradley, carrying the puck high in the slot, lured Irbe into thinking he was
going to shoot, then fed a pass to Bureau basically had an empty net to shoot
at, and slid in a shot from the faceoff circle to give the Lightning the lead.

"It was a good time for a win," Bureau said. "It's good to see the smiling
faces in this locker room once again."

Tom