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Lightning need someone to step forward

Updated: May 21, 2011, 2:53 AM ET
By Scott Burnside | ESPN.com

TAMPA, Fla. -- These are the defining moments of a playoff series.

The moments when a team stops the snowball from rolling down the hill or is buried by said snowball.

When a team rises to the occasion or becomes a casualty of that occasion.

We delight in these moments. But do the Tampa Bay Lightning love them?

We'll find out Saturday when they try to stop a two-game losing streak that threatens their playoff lives.

Yes, we recall ...

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