Rapid Reaction: Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 1

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PITTSBURGH — The Tampa Bay Lightning took an early lead and held on to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Friday night at Consol Energy Center.

In a game marred by injuries, Ben Bishop’s to the lower part of his left leg was the biggest. Justin K. Aller/Getty Images

How it happened: This game featured just about everything. Let’s start with the Lightning losing goalie Ben Bishop with what appeared to be a left-knee or left-ankle injury. He was taken off the ice on a stretcher with 7:35 remaining in the first period. Before that, Tampa’s Ryan Callahan was given a five-minute major for boarding Penguins defenseman Kris Letang from behind at 2:50 of the …

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