Islanders shoot for seventh straight win vs. Lightning

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No NHL team is playing better right now than the surging New York Islanders, who will hunt for their seventh straight win when they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.

New York owns the league's longest active winning streak and has soared up the Eastern Conference standings after finishing January 9-3-0. The Islanders entered Friday three places and four points beh