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NEW YORK — It could have passed for a changing of the guard in Lightning history, from one mighty mite to another.
From Marty to Johnny.
Marty St. Louis has been gone from Tampa Bay for more than a year. He hasn’t looked back.
Neither has Tyler Johnson. He’s full speed ahead, busy buzz-sawing into Lightning playoff lore.
Throw in a hat trick.
The Lightning evened the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night at Madison Square Garden. They won 6-2 over a Rangers team that had played nothing but one-goal playoff games.