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ST. LOUIS -- Goalie Ben Bishop and the Tampa Bay Lightning will be looking to end a couple of long streaks in Thursday nights game against the St. Louis Blues.Bishop, a St. Louis native, has not won a game in his homestand since joining the Lightning, going 0-2-1 in his three games in St. Louis since the 2013-14 season. His last win in St. Louis actually came when he played for the Blues, on March 7, 2011.Coach Jon Cooper did not commit to Bishop getting the start, but he did not play in the Lightnings game Tuesday night in Columbus and is expected to start.Its been even longer since the Lightning won a game in St. Louis -- Dec. 18, 2009. Overall, the Lightning has lost their last five games against the Blues.While the Lightning players know that history, they are more concerned with trying to break out of a current slump which has seen them lose their last three games, being outscored by a combined margin of 14-5.Id love to play against us right now in our own end -- its easy, center Brain Boyle told the Tampa Bay Times after the Lightning lost 5-1 Tuesday night in Columbus. Weve relied on our goalies, theyve been phenomenal. Theyre great teammates because they havent ripped into us yet for how were treating them, for how were defending.The worst part is we know how to do it.Boyle and the rest of the Lightning know their task of ending their slump wont be easy against the Blues, who have won their last five home games and are 8-0-2 in their last 10 home games. They have lost only once in regulation in 13 home games this season.In their two most recent games, the Blues have allowed a late goal with the opponents goalie pulled which tied the game before they rebounded to win, once in a shootout and once in overtime.That is one problem coach Ken Hitchcock wants his team to correct, and he also believes they have taken too many penalties recently, especially in their own offensive zone.He has a new strategy to try to correct that problem.Were not going to talk about that anymore. Were going to use a different approach, Hitchcock said. Its the disease that were not going to speak about. Were just going to go out quietly and find a cure. Were not thrilled by it, but the more we talk about it, the more it seems to manifest itself. ... Its in the DNA; weve got to get rid of it. Well figure out a way.The Blues could have one new player in their lineup Thursday night. 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Tim Murtagh has been given special dispensation to arrive late for Irelands tour of South Africa later this month, in order to play Middlesexs County Championship decider against Yorkshire at Lords.Ireland take on South Africa and Australia in two ODIs at Benoni on September 25 and 27, two days after the conclusion of the final round of Championship fixtures, in which a Middlesex victory would end their 23-year wait for the title.This match means a huge amount to both Tim and Middlesex, said Cricket Ireland Performance Director, Richard Holdsworth. Having played with the club for ten years, it would be the culmination of one of his most fiercely-held ambitions.While the remainder of the squad will travel out tomorrow [Saturday], we felt this was an exceptional situation and a game which we should allow Tim to play in.There has been a long and mutually beneficial relationship between Middlesex and Ireland, and we felt it would further strengthen our close ties by sshowing some flexibility on this occasion.ddddddddddddMiddlesex have agreed to fly Murtagh out to South Africa as soon as the game finishes, in time for him to join the squad ahead of the first ODI against South Africa on September 25.Ed Joyce, meanwhile, has withdrawn from the tour after being diagnosed with a progressive knee injury which requires minor surgery.Joyce, who turns 38 next week, will be replaced in the squad by Leinster Lightning batsman Sean Terry, who made his Ireland debut earlier this summer during the series against Afghanistan.Its obviously a blow to lose someone of Eds calibre, but Sean Terry is a batsman of undoubted promise, said John Bracewell, the head coach. 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