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The Tampa Bay Lightning are eager to take another shot at the Montreal Canadiens. A year after being swept by their Atlantic Division rivals in the opening round of the NHL playoffs, the confident Lightning will be looking for redemption when the teams meet again in the Eastern Conference semifinals. ''This sure does make us feel better about ourselves,'' coach Jon Cooper said Wednesday night after Braydon Coburn snapped a scoreless tie in the third period and Ben Bishop stopped 31 shots to beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-0 in Game 7 of a tougher-than-expected opening-round series, The Lightning advanced beyond the first round for the first time since 2011. They head to Montreal for the start of the next series Friday night, feeling they are a much better team than the one the Canadiens eliminated last year.
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