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On the calendar, the gap between the last time the Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning met and Friday night's Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals is less than three months. When the Lightning blew past the Penguins 4-2 on Feb. 20 - a victory that earned Tampa Bay a sweep of its three-game season series with Pittsburgh - Steven Stamkos was still scoring goals, Matt Murray was still the Penguins' third option in net and the Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan's midseason overhaul remained very much a work in progress.
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