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Lightning roast Red Wings fan for Twitter typo

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Playing near lightning is bound to get you burned.

Detroit Red Wings fan Zander - or @NyquistSnipe on Twitter - came up with a playful but ill-conceived description of Tampa Bay Lightning supporters Wednesday:

Several hours later, he tried to get validation from the Lightning team account:

The Lightning replied Thursday with the ultimate comeback:

Zander actually posted an entire series of tweets about various NHL teams with the same clapping emojis, but only one of them was deserving of a thunderous response.

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