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http://www.officialpredators.com/authentic-adidas-ryan-hartman-jersey , Fla. (AP) — Tyler Johnson, Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point were terrific for Tampa Bay.The top line for the Lightning was much better than the leading trio for Chicago.Johnson scored twice, Kucherov had three assists and the Lightning beat the Blackhawks 4-2 on Friday night.Point and Ryan Callahan also scored for Tampa Bay, which improved to 13-0-2 in the past 15 regular-season meetings with Chicago. Louis Domingue stopped 30 shots.The Lightning (16-6-1) remained on top of the Atlantic Division, one point ahead of Buffalo.The Blackhawks dropped to 2-4-2 under new coach Jeremy Colliton, who took over on Nov. 6. Colliton has been playing Toews, Patrick Kane and Brandon Saad together in search of more offense, but Chicago is still struggling to score.Johnson
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