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The recap: Isles 5, Lightning 1

-- A breakout night for the John Tavares-Matt Moulson-PA Parenteau line, thanks in part to Victor Hedman's glove and the Hedman-Eric Brewer D pair for Tampa that played a strangely passive game. Hedman tried to throw a rebound into the corner 36 seconds in; he threw it right into the net, giving Tavares his first of a four-point first period.

As Jack Capuano noted, Tavares "puts a lot...

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