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Celtic assistant coach John Kennedy believes Celtic showed their mettle to earn a 2-1 victory over Motherwell at Fir Park. Motherwell goalkeeper Connor Ripley looked like he was going to frustrate the league leaders with a string of impressive saves in a first-half in which Celtic also missed a penalty from Leigh Griffiths. A round-up of all of Saturdays action from the Scottish Premiership. But Griffiths finally beat Ripley a minute before the break before he took his tally for the season to 37 with 15 minutes remaining at Fir Park after Scott McDonald had levelled for the home side. In spite of his heroics, Ripley was at fault for the winning goal, but the stopper denied Celtic a third goal on a couple of occasions after they had restored their lead.Kennedy felt Celtic should have been out of sight by half-time, but he praised the players for standing firm as Motherwell made a contest of the game after the break.With a Aberdeen losing 2-1 to Hearts on Friday, Celtic now require just seven points to clinch a fifth successive Scottish Premiership title with just five matches remaining.It was important that we took advantage of Aberdeen slipping up last night, Kennedy said..The first half performance was good, we had some good chances but we didnt quite capitalise and in the second half we had to dig very deep but at this time of the season it is about results, that is the most important thing.It gives us an extra cushion but take nothing for granted in this game.With five games to go and eight points clear I would like to think we could see the job through. Celtic assistant John Kennedy (left) and Motherwell boss Mark McGhee (right) either side of Ronny Deila Motherwell boss Mark McGhee was involved in an exchange of words with Ronny Deila at full-time and refused to shake hands with his Celtic counterpart.Both McGhee and Kennedy played down the incident which apparently rose from a misunderstanding from the Well manager.And while McGhee had few complaints about the result, he believes his side should have been awarded a goal when McDonald put the ball in the net just after the interval.Sky Sports replays showed the striker had strayed marginally offside though and referee Willie Collum and his assistant made the correct call.McGhee said: We were beaten by the Champions elect. They deserved to win the game but we are very aggrieved that once again a decision has gone against us.I have watched it over and over and I know the linesman has only one look at it but for me it is onside and it should have stood. But we cant have any complaints. 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TAMPA, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Lightning arent in a hurry to anoint themselves championship contenders.They expect to be in the hunt for the NHL title after reaching the Stanley Cup final two years ago and coming within one victory of a return trip last spring, however theyre not taking anything for granted.Weve accomplished a lot and weve done a lot, but at the same time that doesnt really matter. This time of year every team starts 0-0 and it doesnt matter that we won a conference title two years ago, forward Tyler Johnson said.Whether were picked first or last were thinking were a team thats going to win, Johnson added. Obviously were happy people have faith in us and want us to do well and think we have a chance to do well. But at the same time we have our own expectations, and thats to win.General manager Steve Yzerman enhanced the chances for another deep run in the playoffs by keeping a talented nucleus intact, beginning with re-signing captain Steven Stamkos to an eight-year, $68 million contract.Defenseman Victor Hedman received an eight-year, $63 million deal. Backup goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy got a new deal worth about $3.5 million per season after filling in admirably for an injured Ben Bishop during the playoffs.I dont really talk about the Stanley Cup today because its so far off and so much needs to happen between now and then, Yzerman said.Our focus is to make the playoffs, and we go through the steps to get there, the GM added. Last year, our record wasnt great. I thought we played reasonably well, but we didnt score goals. We lost a lot of games and points because we didnt score enough.The Lightning lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2015 Stanley Cup Final. They made it back to the Eastern Conference finals last season, falling to the Pittsburgh Penguins in seven games.I think last year was good practice for this year, Bishop saiid.dddddddddddd Going into last year we had a big target on our backs and that hasnt changed this year. I think you look around our division and you see every team added a lot.JOHNSONS JOURNEYCenter Tyler Johnson feels rejuvenated and is looking for a bounce-back year after a wrist injury affected his production last season. He said the wrist didnt feel like it did pre-injury until July. After scoring 13 times in the playoffs two years ago, Johnson had just 14 goals during the 2015-16 regular season.WHERES THE JUICE?Surprisingly, the usually potent Lightning offense struggled last season on the power play. Tampa Bay finished tied for 26th in the NHL, converting 15.8 percent of its chances. The team was last in road power play at 10.1 percent.Our power play wasnt effective, but in general we didnt score enough goals, Yzerman said.BISHOPS RETURNBishop got an early start on his comeback from an ankle and shin injury that sidelined the last six games of the Eastern Conference final against Pittsburgh, taking part in last months World Cup of Hockey. I feel good, the goalie said, adding he faced some pretty intense practices up there against some really good shooters. Definitely kind of a step in the right direction.HOME-ICEThe Lightning saw a dip in their home record last season, going 25-13-3. Tampa Bay had a 32-8-1 record en route to the Eastern Conference championship two years ago.Our team plays hard, these guys are very competitive, they are very professional, Yzerman said.I think going through the start of last season it was a grind coming back after making the finals. They will be better prepared for the grind this year, the GM added. But talking about whos the favorite for the Stanley Cup and what not, thats too far off. ' ' '