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New head coach Barry Melrose will try again to get his first win with the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight when they host the New York Islanders, who are still without All-Star goaltender Rick DiPietro. (AP Images)

Olaf Kolzig is expected to get the start tonight for the Bolts. He is 26-10-2 with two ties and a 2.31 goals-against average lifetime against the Islanders. Maybe this is the game Vincent Lecavalier busts out from a slow start. He has 18 goals and 34 points in 35 career games against New York, including a hat trick in the  most recent meeting, an 8-4 Tampa Bay win on March 11.

The Islanders are coming off a horrible game where they allowed 11 power plays and were blown out 7-1 by Buffalo on Monday. It does not help that the Islanders are 1-6 in the last seven meetings in Tampa Bay.

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