RALEIGH, N. Clinton McDonald Buccaneers Jersey .C. -- Mark Barberio can finally get a haircut. The Tampa Bay defenceman scored his first two career goals, and the Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 on Sunday to move into a tie for first place in the Atlantic Division. Barberio promised himself as a minor leaguer two years ago that he wouldnt cut his hair until he made it to the NHL and scored there. Now its time for those shoulder-length locks to come off. "I was just going to let it grow, and I think its gotten a little too long," Barberio said. "Its got to go, though," he added. "I made a promise." Ondrej Palat had a goal and two assists, and he and Barberio scored 1:23 apart during the Lightnings three-goal first period that also included a goal from Nikita Kucherov. Teddy Purcell also scored to help the Lightning pull even with Boston atop the division. Ben Bishop made a career-high 48 saves for Tampa Bay. He shut out the Hurricanes in his only other two appearances in Raleigh, including a 3-0 victory on Nov. 1. "Im sure they were frustrated," Bishop said, "but thats what youre supposed to do." Alexander Semin, Eric Staal and Ron Hainsey each scored after Carolina fell behind 4-0. "A lot of what we wanted to do was throw pucks at the net, attack," Staal said. "All those goals that can deflate you, they capitalized on. We didnt sulk or cry. We continued to work and compete and had a lot of other chances and fought hard to try to get back into it. Just was a little too big of a hill to climb." Justin Peters gave up three goals on seven shots and exited with 4:53 left in the first. Anton Khudobin finished it by making 15 saves for the Hurricanes, who have lost three of four since a season-best five-game winning streak. They made this one interesting midway through the second, with Semin and Staal scoring 3:54 apart to cut their four-goal deficit in half. But Barberio followed with his second goal, a one-timer that beat Khudobin with 11:48 left in the second to put Tampa Bay up 5-2. Hainsey pulled the Hurricanes back within two goals by ripping a rebound past Bishop with 13:46 left in the third, but Bishop held off the Hurricanes the rest of the game. "It felt like we were coming back on the attack," Staal said. "And then they turned around and took the momentum back with a goal." The Lightning continued their dominance of their former Southeast Division rivals, sweeping the three-game season series while winning their seventh in eight meetings and sixth in a row in Raleigh. "I dont think we had our best game tonight," Barberio said. "Carolina was really on top of us, as you can see from the shot total. But sometimes you need your goalie to come up big, and (Bishop) did it again." And that three-goal first certainly helped. Tampa Bay, which entered having scored a power-play goal in four straight games, wasted little time extending that streak to five by converting their first chance at 6:09. With Riley Nash in the box for tripping, Barberio slipped through the back door, took a pretty backhand, cross-net feed from Ryan Malone and pushed the puck past Peters for his first goal. "I just had to throw it in the net," Barberio said. Palat made it 2-0 by beating Peters with a one-timer on a rush at 7:32, and Kucherov sent Peters to the showers at 15:07 when he put a wrist shot past him. NOTES: Carolina defencemen Justin Faulk and Andrej Sekera were on the ice for all five Lightning goals. ... Tampa Bay RW Martin St. Louis, who assisted on Palats goal, extended his point streak to eight games. ... Carolina C Manny Malhotra skated in his 900th career game. Tim Wright Womens Jersey . Ranked 32nd in the world, Pospisil was due to play Frenchman Gael Monfils, but he withdrew with a wrist injury. 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The team qualified by beating Turkey in the playoffs, but in return they were handed a tough draw. Croatia will open Group C against Ireland on June 10 in Poznan before facing Italy and defending champion Spain. "Croatia have always been capable of winning big games against the favourites," midfielder Darijo Srna told UEFA. "We can choose between an easy way of qualifying, or a harder way of doing it -- the easy way being to win the first game against Ireland, take three points, and then try to get those additional points in the other two matches." Croatia has a number of creative talents -- including Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric and Bayern Munich striker Ivica Olicc -- that will look to unlock the Irish defence, which has only conceded three goals over the past year. Austin Seferian-Jenkins Jersey. "They are tough, strong, well-organized and defend very well," Bilic said. "The only surprise would be if Trapattoni made them more attacking ... but that would only make us happier." Much will rest on the silky skills of Modric, who has been an integral part of a Tottenham team that briefly challenged for the Premier League title. Olic, who is headed for Wolfsburg and at 32 may be playing in his final major international football tournament, could also be key, especially if he manages to win the Champions League with Bayern later this month. Bilic will also have one of the most inform European strikers at his disposal. Though he has yet to establish himself in the first team, Nikica Jelavic will be hoping to carry his form from English club Everton into the tournament. He has scored 10 goals in 15 appearances since his arrival at the end of January. "Modern football is so competitive, physical and tight so you need a player up front who can hold the ball but is always very dangerous in the box," Bilic said. "Nikica is good in the build up, good in every part of the game really, and is also very hard for an opponent to mark." ' ' '
