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TAMPA, Fla. -- The Detroit Red Wings open their 2016-17 NHL season on Thursday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the team that has ended their last two seasons in the opening round of the playoffs.The two clubs are hoping to extend two very different streaks this season -- the Lightning are aiming to return to the Eastern Conference finals for a third straight year and the Red Wings, after losing in the first round three years in a row, want to extend to 26 their run of consecutive playoff appearances.Weve got to do a better job of making sure that we have a real identity, Detroit coach Jeff Blashill told the Detroit Free Press. Weve talked lots about that as a group. We need to make sure that our team chemistry is great. We need to make sure we win as a hockey team in totality and not as one or two individual players. Those are going to be the focal points of the year.Tampa Bay, which lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference finals, returns nearly intact.The Lightning worked hard in the offseason to re-sign star center Steven Stamkos to an eight-year deal worth $8.5 million a year, then locked up defenseman Victor Hedman with an eight-year extension worth $7.9 million a year.Just this week, Nikita Kucherov signed a three-year contract worth $4.8 million a year, keeping another core player under contract.Hes a big part of our team, make no mistake about it, Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said Wednesday. To see him zipping around out there, its gratifying, because you want to put your best foot forward. Especially early in the season, you cant let games slip ... Hes a big part of that.Detroit has some major changes -- veteran Pavel Datsyuk went back home to Russia and the Red Wings have added two veteran scorers. Frans Nielsen, 32, signed a six-year, $30 million deal to come in from the New York Islanders, where he scored 20 goals and 32 assists last year; and Thomas Vanek, also 32, had 18 goals and 23 assists last season with the Wild.The two newcomers join a returning nucleus that includes veterans like Henrik Zetterberg and emerging stars like Dylan Larkin, who had 23 goals as a rookie last season.The guys didnt take as big a step as we should have last year, center Darren Helm told the Detroit Free Press. Everybody this year knows how important that is. We got some pretty good acquisitions and they are definitely exciting guys.Tampa Bay opens the season with four home games, then has six straight on the road. Detroit opens with two in Florida before returning home for four of their next five games.Detroit returns both goalies from last year in Petr Mrazek and Jimmy Howard, and the Lightning also have Ben Bishop and Andrei Vasilevskiy back from last years run.Tampa Bay has made have some promising additions as well, like 20-year-old forward Brayden Point, who made the Lightning roster with an impressive preseason.All the players made decisions to fit themselves into a situation with us where we were able to keep everybody back together, Cooper said. It shows the team-first mentality of a lot of our players. Its probably why weve had success here the last couple of years.Gary Payton Thunder Jersey . The 18th player to shoot 60 on the tour, Jamieson settled for par on the final hole when his 15-foot birdie chip grazed the edge of the hole and stayed out. After opening with rounds of 66 and 73 to make the cut by a stroke, he had 11 birdies in the bogey-free round. Ray Allen Jersey . Olli Jokinen, Mark Scheifele, and Bryan Little each had a goal and an assist as Winnipeg won 5-2, handing Calgary its record-setting seventh consecutive loss on home ice. https://www.thunderrookiesshop.com/Kevin-Durant-City-Edition-Jersey/ . Now, correct me if Im wrong but I saw one official distinctly pointing at the net indicating a good goal but after an inconclusive review they overturned the goal. Shouldnt the ruling on the ice (good goal) stand after an inconclusive review? Why was this overturned? James Veaudry Pembroke, ON -- Hey Kerry, Youll get a lot of these, but why was the Montreal goal against Nashville Saturday night overturned? Eller puts the puck on net and the on ice ruling from the ref behind the net is a Montreal goal. Mike Muscala Jersey . Bryant, who signed a five-year, $34 million contract as a free agent with Cleveland in March, reported symptoms on Monday morning, a team spokesman said. Shawn Kemp Thunder Jersey . Newcastle dominated in the early stages but City weathered the storm and then raised its game in extra time. Negredo broke the deadlock from close range after a simple move in the 99th minute before Dzeko took the ball round goalkeeper Tim Krul to seal the victory in the 105th.CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Three former officials at a Tennessee high school are seeking a dismissal of a lawsuit filed against them over the rape and assault of a freshman basketball player in an apparent hazing incident, saying they shouldnt be held liable.James Jarvis, Andre Montgomery, Jesse Nayadley are being sued by the victim in the Ooltewah High School case. The lawsuit says school officials knew Ooltewah athletes were being abused and did nothing about it. The Hamilton County Board of Education is also being sued and has filed a similar response seeking the lawsuits dismisssal.ddddddddddddJarvis was Ooltewahs principal, Montgomery the basketball coach and Nayadley was an assistant principal last year. Three former Ooltewah players were convicted earlier this year of juvenile charges in connection with the December assault of a freshman teammate. One was convicted of aggravated rape and aggravated assault, while two others were convicted of aggravated assault.The Chattanooga Times Free Press first reported the filing. ' ' '