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NEW YORK -- For the Tampa Bay Lightning, it was the feel-good game they wanted to prove they are one of the elite teams in the Eastern Conference. The New York Islanders just want to forget about this one.Nikita Kucherov had two goals and two assists, Ben Bishop made 26 saves, and the Lightning beat the New York Islanders 6-1 Tuesday night.Steven Stamkos, Brian Boyle, J.T. Brown, and Valtteri Filppula also scored, and Victor Hedman and Slater Koekkoek each had two assists to help the Lightning snap a three-game skid and finish a 3-3-0 road trip.(Kucherov) is a guy that you want him to have confidence, you want him to get touches early, Lightning captain Stamkos said. Especially coming off that little injury he had. You have a game where you get some points, you start feeling good about your game, its only going to help. He is a huge part of our offense, we are glad that he had a good night tonight.Dennis Seidenberg scored for the Islanders, giving them goals by defensemen in six straight games. Thomas Greiss started in goal and gave up three goals on 11 shots in the first 13:34. He was replaced by Jaroslav Halak, who allowed three goals in the second period and finished with 22 saves.Aint nothing positive, it is what it is, Islanders captain John Tavares said. Got to move on, and get ready for Thursday (against Philadelphia). ... You always try to learn from it. Its a long season and a lot of games still coming up. We just got to put it behind us and get better tomorrow.It was the teams first meeting since the Lightning beat the Islanders in five games in the Eastern Conference semifinals last spring.Tampa Bay, coming off a 6-1 loss at the New York Rangers on Sunday, got off to a strong start.Kucherov took a beautiful cross-ice pass from Stamkos on the power play and beat Greiss on the short side to at 3:21.Kucherov doubled the lead with 7:42 left in the first on a wrist shot from the left faceoff dot for another power-play score and his third of the season. Stamkos tip-in 1:16 later made it 3-0 and chased Greiss.Ive been with this group a little while now and when theyve been pushed up against a wall, they usually have pushback, Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. I thought it was just a complete effort.Stamkos appeared to have tallied another power-play goal in the first but Islanders coach Jack Capuano challenged and the goal was disallowed for offside after a review.The Lightning outshot the Islanders 14-4 in the first.Boyle lifted a backhand past Halak at 6:17 of the second, Brown converted a short-handed breakaway for his first of the season at 9:30, and Filppula picked up his 149th career goal -- and 49th with Tampa Bay -- with 8:41 remaining in the period to make it 6-0.Seidenberg got the Islanders on the board with a hard slap shot from inside the blue line beyond the right faceoff circle with 30 seconds left in the second.Less than two minutes into the game, Islanders defenseman Calvin de Haan laid a big hit on the Lightnings Jonathan Drouin. Ryan Callahan -- playing his second game since offseason surgery -- felt the need to protect his teammate and dropped the gloves with de Haan. Drouin left the game and did not return.You cant get into penalty trouble against good teams, Islanders coach Jack Capuano said. Right from the start, we took the penalty and it just snowballed. . Special teams was a huge factor in tonights game for me.Boyle and Travis Hamonic also fought later in the contest.Hamonic said his team did little to quell the Lightning attack and was eager to get to the Islanders next game, a divisional matchup with the Flyers.They just kept coming and we certainly didnt answer, he said. Its certainly a frustrating night for everybody collectively. We have a quick turnaround. Its a long year. Well right back on it.Game notes A week ago, the Islanders had the leagues best penalty-kill at 95.5 percent (21 for 22) over their first six games. Since then, New York has allowed six goals on 16 power plays over four games. ... Casey Cizikas skated in his 300th career NHL game. ... Islanders rookie Anthony Beauvillier played in his ninth career NHL game. Once the 19-year-old plays his 10th NHL game, it will accelerate his entry-level contract by one season. New Yorks other 19-year-old rookie, Mathew Barzal, has only played two games. ... Tampa Bay scratched C Cedric Paquette and D Nikita Nesterov. . Lightning F Slater Koekkoek made his season debut after being recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Monday.UP NEXTLightning: Host Boston on Thursday night.Islanders: Host Philadelphia on Thursday night. Kenta Maeda Womens Jersey . On Saturday night, the normally free throw-challenged centre did just that. Howard scored 18 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, including 13 of 19 free throws in a 2 1/2-minute stretch, and the Houston Rockets beat the Denver Nuggets 122-111. Ross Stripling Dodgers Jersey . SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. http://www.ladodgersprostore.us/Ross-Stripling-dodgers-jersey/ .Y. -- Sabres forward Drew Stafford has witnessed plenty of turmoil during his eight seasons in Buffalo. Chris Taylor Womens Jersey . -- Bryant McKinnie came out of his stance and lowered his shoulder into a practice squad player, causing a crisp thud to reverberate in the Miami Dolphins practice bubble. Babe Herman Womens Jersey . Tests earlier this week revealed a Grade 2 left hamstring strain for Sabathia, who was hurt in last Fridays start against San Francisco. Its an injury that will require about eight weeks to heal. He finished a disappointing campaign just 14-13 with a career-worst 4. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- After speaking with doctors, agent Scott Boras concluded New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey pitched since spring training with decreased sensation in his fingertips.Harvey had surgery July 18 to correct thoracic outlet syndrome, a compression of nerves in the area between the neck and armpit, after going 4-10 in 17 starts with a 4.86 ERA. That was more than two runs per game above his previous major league high.While Harveys fastball velocity dropped only slightly, by 1 mph to 95 mph, he repeatedly said he was working on changes to his mechanics. He adjusted his arm angle and the rotation of his lower half. Mets manager Terry Collins cited a lack of command with Harveys breaking balls.As the season went on, he complained of the fact that command of his pitches was not nearly the same, Boras said Wednesday at the general managers annual meeting.Mets GM Sandy Alderson says the 27-year-old right-hander will be ready for spring training. Boras said Dr. Robert Thompson, who performed the operation, explained what Harvey went through.You dont really notice or think to notice that the sensation in your fingertips is dull. Only when you get that full-fledged tingling do you know somethings wrong, Boras said. It will affect something about your rrelease point, where you dont have the same sensation you do normally.ddddddddddddHarvey, who missed the 2014 season following Tommy John surgery, is 29-28 with a 2.94 ERA in four big league seasons. Boras said he visited Harvey in New York recently and expects him to be at full strength next year.Theres nothing about shoulders, elbows or anything, the agent said. Its just really getting that nerve free and clear so that it cannot be impacted by the muscle.At past MLB meetings, Boras used metaphors involving supermarket aisles to describe the Mets spending -- fruits and nuts in 2011 vs. freezer section in 2012 vs. ready foods in 2014. New York boosted payroll from about $110 million in 2015 to roughly $150 million this year, so Boras switched to different imagery as he spoke in the sun-lit courtyard of a hotel with Camelback Mountain as a backdrop.To finish the lap in the pool, youve always got to swim in the deep end to get back to the shallow end, and the deep end is a place now that the Mets are regularly visiting, and I think theyve got a good chance of completing their lap, he said. Ive kind of taken it to the resort dynamic. ' ' '