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SUNRISE, Fla. -- Roberto Luongo felt desperate to end his four-game losing streak, so the 37-year-old shaved the beard hed sported since training camp.Clean face, clean slate.Reilly Smith scored a tiebreaking goal with 4:28 left, Luongo made 34 saves and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 on Monday night.I want to look like a 25-year-old so I can play like one, Luongo said.Jonathan Marchessault got his seventh goal and Derek MacKenzie also scored for the Panthers.Smith made it 2-1 after grabbing the puck inside the blue line away from Tampa Bays Victor Hedman. His shot from the left circle beat goalie Ben Bishop on the stick side.Im happy that we were able to get a big goal to pull out the two points, Luongo said.In the previous matchup on Oct. 18th at Tampa Bay, the Lightning tied the game with 5 seconds left and won 4-3 in overtime.Weve had enough of them, Smith said. So it was good to turn it around and pick up a win because Lou, hes been standing on his head the last few nights, and its nice to get one for him.Tampa Bay has lost five of seven.I thought we played well enough to win the game, Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. In the end, its how you manage the puck in the last five minutes of the game and we didnt manage it well. It ended up in the back of the net.Ondrej Palat scored for the Lightning, and Bishop stopped 29 shots.I thought we played well. We did everything but score. Luongo played well. It comes down to who makes the last error, Bishop said. Sometimes they go your way, sometimes they dont.MacKenzie scored an empty-netter with 46 seconds left, his first goal of the season and first in 25 games dating to last season.The lone goal Luongo allowed was a flukey one, when the Lightning tied it at 1 on Palats score 1:15 into the third. Panthers defenseman Alex Petrovic lost control of the puck behind the net, and it drifted into the crease. Palat slid the loose puck across the goal line while it was still under Luongos pad.Lou played unbelievable. The sad part is that one goal got by him the way it happened, Panthers coach Gerard Gallant said. We played a real good hockey team and we found a way to get two points, so were pretty happy about that.The Panthers led 1-0 on a power-play goal by Marchessault. His shot from above the right circle went between Bishops pads at 3:10. Marchessault leads the Panthers in goals and points (13).Jaromir Jagr returned to Floridas lineup after missing the last two periods of the game at Washington on Saturday with a groin injury.The Panthers should get more help soon. Jussi Jokinen (knee) is expected back for Thursdays game against San Jose, and Nick Bjugstad (broken hand) could return next week. Jonathan Huberdeau is still months away because of a lower-leg injury, though.Florida started this season with two victories but hasnt won consecutive games since, opening play Monday in last place in the eight-team Atlantic Division -- which it won last season.Im satisfied with the effort and with the play, Panthers president of hockey operations Dale Tallon said in an impromptu state-of-the-team address after the first period. Just got to get healthy. ... Everybodys contributing. A few breaks here and there, we could be above .500. Weve got to keep our head above water here, keep producing, keep getting better until we get healthy. And then we can make a good run.Game notes The Panthers recalled D Jakub Kindl from AHL Springfield on Sunday. ... D Steven Kampfer was placed on waivers on Sunday, cleared waivers, and was a healthy scratch for the 12th time in 13 games. ... The Lightning recalled F Cory Conacher from AHL Syracuse on Sunday. ... 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He has been identified as a long-term Wallaby - ahead of his Super Rugby debut next year with the Melbourne Rebels.No ones getting a jersey for free - no one has and no one ever will, Cheika told reporters on Wednesday in a conference call.Ill look at him at training. Hes obviously a fine player and a profile of out-and-out speed, a linebreaker, a guy whos got a bit of X-factor.Hes got runs on the board - yes, in another code, but hes grown up playing rugby. Its not like he doesnt know the game.(But) hes not going to be jettisoned in there and start from game one. Theres a definite plan in what were doing.Cheika indicated Australias mid-week clash with the French Barbarians - a non-cap game to be played on November 24 in Bordeaux - would be the ideal opportunity to blood Koroibete.Ive had a few discussions with him and met with him a couple of times about game knowledge, hhe said.ddddddddddddHes still very, very well aware of what goes on in rugby and understands the dynamics of the game.Koroibete is one of three uncapped players in the squad, along with hooker Tolu Latu and utility back Kyle Godwin.Cheika said he had spoken to two-Test winger Luke Morahan, the unlucky man seemingly bumped out of the Wallaby reckoning by Koroibetes arrival.Yes, he would have been disappointed for sure, but Im looking to grow the amount of depth of players that we have and (Koroibete) is one of the players that are on this tour who will help us in doing that, he said.Meanwhile, Cheika admits he will have a fight on his hands to ensure in-form halfback Will Genia is available for Australias full tour.The first Test against Wales and the last Test against England dont fall inside World Rugbys regulation nine window, meaning Cheika will need to negotiate carefully with French club Stade Francais.I see that the English clubs have released the Welsh players, they (decided) as a whole to release them as a block. 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