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Lightning rout Rangers to spoil coach Tortorellas return LOGINREGISTERHELPYOU ARE NOT LOGGED IN NHLNBAMLBCFLNFLCurlingTennisGolfSoccerNASCARFormula OneIndyCar NASCAR Canadian Tire SeriesNationwideCamping WorldAuto RacingWorld JuniorsSpengler CupMenS WHCWomenS WHCHockey CanadaAHLBoxingCanada GamesCHLCISECHLFigure SkatingLacrosseMMANCAASkiingSummer SportsWinter SportsMoreOlympicsFantasyDaily LineShowsTSN TalentCommunityMainScoresScheduleStandingsStatisticsAnaheimCalgaryChicagoColoradoColumbusDallasDetroitEdmontonLos AngelesMinnesotaNashvillePhoenixSan JoseSt LouisVancouverAtlantaBostonBuffaloCarolinaFloridaMontrealNew JerseyNY IslandersNY RangersOttawaPhiladelphiaPittsburghTampa BayTorontoWashingtonTeamsPlayersInjuriesTransactionsDaily LineNHL on TSNTradeCentreDraftCentreeotText SizeTAMPA Fla John Tortorella tried to put his first game against his former team behind him in a hurry Friday nightWe were simply outplayed tonight from the top line to the goaltender the intense coach said after his New York Rangers 51 loss to the Tampa Bay LightningIm not going to dissect the game tonight because we were outplayed and the best thing about tonight is we play tomorrow and we can push this one right out (of our minds) We stunk tonight! It was an embarrassing loss! Lets leave it at thatTortorella fired by Tampa Bay following the 200708 season spent seven seasons with the Lightning leading them to the 2004 Stanley Cup titleKurtis Foster had two goals Steven Stamkos added his teamhigh 16th and Marty St Louis had three assists Steve Downie and Paul Szczechura also scored and Mike Smith made 26 saves allowing only Ryan Callahans late thirdperiod goalSmittys played well for us Lightning coach Rick Tocchet said Hes really squaring the puck and when hes quiet hes really hard to get aroundStamkos scored six minutes into the game beating Henrik Lundqvist with a wrist shot off a pass from St Louis Rookie defenceman Victor Hedman also assisted on the goalWe played our best 60 minutes as a team in a long time St Louis said I think everybody backed each other whenever it got physical and we played together as a whole in every facetThe Lightning added two powerplay goals against a Rangers team that has the topranked penaltykilling unit in the NHLFoster scored on a slapshot in the first period and Downie added his third goal of the season eight minutes into the secondWeve wanted to keep Foster in the line up Tocchet said He had a couple of goals but he made some defensive plays down in the zone tooFoster who has just three goals this season didnt think the teams play had anything to do with Tortorellas presence but the team stepped up after a poor performance against Toronto on Wednesday nightIt wasnt much of Tortorella being in the building but there were a lot of us not happy with the game against Toronto Foster said We wan...