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Win worth the wait for Lightning

Mike Smith

made 33 saves and the Lightning finished off the Devils 4-2 on Sunday in the completion of a game that was suspended two nights earlier because a lighting problem at Newark's Prudential Center created a safety issue for the players.

Tampa Bay led 3-0 when play was suspended Friday night with 9:12 left in the second period, and it only had to kill off the final 29:12 on Sunday to snap a 10-game losing streak against New Jersey.

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Only about 3,000 fans of the announced crowd of 15,129 returned to see the completion of the game.

The Devils said the lighting problem was caused when a circuit breaker went down and it knocked out the computer that operated the lights in the Devils' defensive zone.

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Play was delayed almost 2 hours while workmen at the 3-year-old arena tried to fix the problem.

The NHL eventually ordered the game suspended around 10 p.m. and the next day ordered the game to resume Sunday at 6 p.m. Referees Steve Kozari and Tim Peel returned for the final 29 minutes, but linesmen David Brisebois and Don Henderson were replaced by Derek Nanson and Jean Moran.

AP


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