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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Tampa Bay Lightning take aim at a fourth straight victory tonight as they visit a New Jersey Devils squad looking to put its slow start in the rearview. You can watch the game on TSN2 at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. The Lightning are coming off a 4-3 shootout win over the Florida Panthers on Sunday. Steven Stamkos has a goal and an assist in regulation before notching the game-winner in the fourth round of the tiebreaker. Valtteri Filppula also scored in the shootout and Anders Lindback stopped three of the four skaters he faced after posting 29 saves through overtime. It was his third start of the season. Martin St. Louis and Radko Gudas netted regulation goals for the Bolts, who are tied for first place in the Atlantic Division. "We probably have the quietest 8-3 record in the league," said Stamkos. "And we like it that way." Stamkos has been anything but quiet over Tampa Bays three-game win streak, notching three goals and seven points. He was named the NHLs First Star for the week on Monday. Ben Bishop could return to net tonight for the Lightning. He is 7-1-0 with a 2.47 goals against average in eight games this season and 2-1-0 with a 2.17 GAA in three meetings with the Devils lifetime. New Jersey has gone 2-1-1 in four games since starting the season with seven straight losses (0-4-3). The Devils notched a big 4-3 win over Boston on Saturday, getting a pair of power-play goals in the last 68 seconds of the game. Marek Zidlicky tied the game with 1:08 remaining while the Devils were skating 6-on-3 and Andy Greene scored the game-winner on a 5-on-4 advantage with 44.1 seconds left. Jaromir Jagr assisted on Greenes game-winner, his second helper of the night, giving him six assists over his last four games. "We were due for some good fortune," Devils coach Peter DeBoer said. "I mean, we havent had a lot of it through the first 10 or 11 games. And I thought the guys continued to work hard. "We dug ourselves a little hole early and considering the circumstances, it wouldve been easy to pack it in and we didnt. We kept chipping away and like I said, we were due for some good luck." Adam Henrique and Damien Brunner had the others and Martin Brodeur made 25 saves, including 18 total in the second and third periods, as the Devils snapped a two-game slide with their first road win of the campaign. Brodeur should get the start again tonight after Cory Schneider was placed on injured reserve Monday due to a lower-body injury. Keith Kinkaid will serve as the backup again. Brodeur is 37-16-3 with a five ties, five shutouts and a 2.14 GAA in 63 career meetings versus the Lightning. New Jersey captain Bryce Salvador was also placed on IR Monday due to a foot injury. He blocked a shot against Columbus last Tuesday and has missed the previous two games for personal reasons. 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A last-minute leveler ensured the two-time defending champion remained nine points ahead of Roma, which drew 0-0 at bitter rival Lazio in the capital derby.SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Padres didnt get the Los Angeles Dodgers best shot. It might not have mattered. While the Dodgers are preparing for the playoffs, the Padres showed their future has promise behind two rookies. Robbie Erlin allowed four hits over 7 2-3 innings and fellow rookie Jedd Gyorko hit his 20th homer to lead the Padres to a 2-0 victory over the NL West champions on Friday night. "Hopefully it is a sign of good things to come," Gyorko said. "Robbie has pitched well the last couple of starts and has to be impressing the coaches. Hopefully I can keep swinging it well and stay hot." The Dodgers, fresh from clinching the division title on Thursday at Arizona, let their backups get the playing time. No Dodgers regulars were in the starting lineup after they secured their 12th NL West championship since divisional play started in 1969. Erlin (3-3) matched his career-high with seven strikeouts as only three Dodgers reached second base against him. Gyorko homered in the fifth inning, becoming the fifth rookie second baseman ever to reach that milestone. Gyorko gave the Padres a 2-0 lead when he hit a fastball from Edinson Volquez (9-12) 417 feet to centre field. Gyorko, who had the games only RBIs, is the first second baseman to hit 20 homers in franchise history. "Jedd thinks he can hit anything," Padres manager Bud Black said. "Twenty homers as a rookie? Thats real and good stuff." Erlin is 2-1 with a 1.82 ERA in four starts since being recalled on Aug. 25, his fourth stint with the Padres. Hes improved the command of his fastball by getting it lower in the zone, and complementing it with a curveball and change-up. "Im just keeping it down because even if you miss over the plate and its down, theres a shot you can get a ground ball," Erlin said. Huston Street worked the ninth to notch his 32nd save in 33 chances after Luke Gregerson recorded an out in the eighth. The Dodgers had runners on first and third in the ninth but Street struck out pinch-hitters Yasiel Puig and Matt Kemp. "They dont have much experience pinch-hitting," Street said. "Especially after a well-deserved celebration. They swung and missed aand I was happy.dddddddddddd" Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said while catching the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals for home-field advantage in the playoffs would be beneficial, that didnt trump resting his starters. "The biggest thing we wanted to do was to give guys that have been just grinding it out for months, and are pretty banged up, they just needed a day off," Mattingly said. Volquez pitched well going against his former team, allowing one earned run over 6 1-3 innings. Volquez was the Padres opening day starter the second consecutive season before being released on Aug. 27. "I was excited to come back here and pitch after playing here for almost two years," he said. "Ive got a lot of friends over there. But right now, Im just trying to do my job." While entering the contest 10 games under .500, the Padres had been playing the NLs top teams tough. They were coming off a 6-4 trip in which they took five of seven against the Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates. The Padres scored in the first on Chris Denorfias aggressive base-running. Dodgers shortstop Dee Gordons two-base throwing error placed Denorfia at second with one out. Denorfia stole third before Gyorko grounded out to third baseman Jerry Hairston. Hairston looked Denorfia back, then threw to first baseman Drew Butera. Denorfia broke for the plate when Hairston let the ball go and Buteras relay was just late to get him. "It was a good baseball play," Black said. "Thats good instincts by Deno." Skip Shumaker had three of the Dodgers six hits, including two doubles. NOTES: Mattingly will employ a six-man rotation over the final nine games. LHP Clayton Kershaw, who was pushed back from his regular turn, starts Saturday against the Padres. ... Dodgers OF Andre Either missed his seventh straight game with a sprained ankle. Either did take batting practice. ... Dodgers 1B Adrian Gonzalez was out of the starting lineup with a tender quad. ... Dodgers SS Hanley Ramirez was rested because of sore hamstring and back. ... Before the game the Padres honoured the Municipal de Tijuana Seleccionados which recently finished third in the Little League World Series. ' ' '
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