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17Nov/099:27 AM

Tampa Bay skates past Coyotes

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Tampa Bay's Ryan Malone, Andrej Meszaros and Vincent Lecavalier celebrate a goal in a 4-1 win over the Phoenix Coyotes on Monday night.  (Photo: Matt York/AP)

Tampa Bay’s Ryan Malone, Andrej Meszaros and Vincent Lecavalier celebrate a goal in a 4-1 win over the Phoenix Coyotes on Monday night. (Photo: Matt York/AP)

Vincent Lecavalier scored two goals and added an assist and goalie Mike Smith had 30 saves as the Tampa Bay Lightning skated past the Phoenix Coyotes 4-1 at Jobing.com Arena on Monday night.

Tampa Bay jumped out to a 2-0 first period lead on Lecavalier’s first goal 5:59 into the action, and just about 9 minutes later Alex Tanguay made it 2-0 on a power play goal.

Phoenix got on the board just before the first intermission on a power play goal by defenseman Adrian Aucoin, who beat Smith on a one-timer with :40 left in the period.

The Lightning extended their lead to 3-1 4:30 into the 2nd when Martin St. Louis directed a rebound past Coyotes goalie Jason LaBarbera. Lecavalier then closed the scoring on his 2nd of the night at 11:46 of the 3rd.

The loss was the Coyotes’ 5th in their last 7 games, and they’re now tied for 8th place in the Western Conference standings with Dallas and Vancouver. Phoenix hits the road for back-to-back games Wednesday and Thursday in Minnesota and St. Louis before returning to Glendale to host the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night.

Highlights from NHL.com/Fox Sports Arizona

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