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NHL: Tampa Bay 3, Minnesota 1

ST. PAUL, Minn., April 2 (UPI) -- Dwayne Roloson stopped 29-of-30 shots Saturday and the Tampa Bay Lightning logged a fourth straight win with a 3-1 decision over Minnesota.

Roloson, who played for the Wild from 2001-06, turned aside 10 shots in the second period and 11 in the third, shutting Minnesota out on four power-play opportunities to earn the win.

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Ryan Malone, Steve Downie and Sean Bergenheim scored for the playoff-bound Lightning, who won a fourth straight contest for the first time in more than two months.

Pierre-Marc Bouchard scored for the Wild and Niklas Backstrom made 20 saves in losing to Tampa Bay for the first time in his career, falling to 4-1-1 against the Bolts.

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