TAMPA, Fla. - Tampa Bay Lightning forward Anthony Cirelli scored two goals in his 500th career game while Nikita Kucherov had a goal and two assists as the Bolts struck for a 6-1 decision over the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Lightning moved into fifth in the Eastern...
TAMPA - The Tampa Bay Lightning’s rally over the Buffalo Sabres did not need any unlikely endings, negative scenes, or something suspenseful that could jostle the Bolts’ mindsets after winning 10 of their last 11 games. Jake Guentzel provided a hat-trick and...
TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Lightning scored a pair of goals by 1:37 of the first period, and center Jake Guentzel and defenseman Victor Hedman scored two goals each and Tampa controlled and defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets, 6-2, on Monday evening. Lightning forward...
TAMPA - Edmonton Oilers centers Leon Daisaitl and Connor McDavid are the focal point of the team which has posted 3.26 goals per game as Edmonton and Tampa Bay are two of the best-scoring teams in the NHL. Tuesday evening, the Lightning asserted its defense once again...
TAMPA - Lightning forward Brandon Hagel scored the initial goal and added an assist as Tampa Bay returned from the two-week break with a convincing 4-1 win over the Seattle Kraken in Amalie Arena. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 36 of 37 shots to pace the Bolts to...
TAMPA, Fla. - Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brandon Hagel scored two goals and goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy had 28 saves and the Bolts ascended the throne in a 3-0 win over the LA Kings at Amalie Arena on Thursday. The Lightning stepped up on defense and played...
TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Lightning scored three goals in the first 3:58 of the second period and Nikita Kucherov dished out two assists to equate 600, and the Bolts passed by the Detroit Red Wings, 5-1, on Saturday evening. Kucherov assisted Jake Guentzel’s...
TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Lightning edged the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 Thursday evening when Bolts forward Jake Guentzel scored the lone goal in sudden death. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy turned away shots by Anaheim forward Mason McTavish and Ducks leading scorer Troy Terry...
TAMPA, Fla. - Lightning center Brayden Point scored on a shorthanded goal and he laid down two assists as he and forward Nikita Kucherov assisted each other and the Tampa Bay Lightning vanquished the New York Rangers, 6-2, at Amalie Arena. Lightning special teams was...
By Ken Cross TAMPA, Fla. - Rethinking the music is sometimes a norm when rewriting a formerly popular Blues music score. The Tampa Bay Lightning became composers of their rendition of creating their own Blues musical when they used goals by role players and a sticky,...
TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Bay Lightning Forward Nick Paul had a goal and two assists, and the Bolts took their fifth win in the last six games with a 5-3 sequestering of the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday evening.
TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Lightning have been able to reset and move forward after a long streak or a tough loss. After an 0-3-1 streak in early November, Tampa Bay came back and beat the then-15-1-0 Winnipeg Jets, 4-1, in Amalie Arena.
The Toronto Maple Leafs took a 4-0 lead over the Tampa Bay Lightning after two periods before the Lightning rallied with three goals in the third, but dropped a tough 5-3 decision to finish playing five games in eight days.
The struggles with putting away teams to get the win have been a recent theme in the season for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Philadelphia Flyers forward Owen Tippett added a late goal and the shootout winner to give the Flyers the 2-1 overtime win in Amelie Arena on Thursday evening.
Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 24 of 25 shots to win his 300th career game and Jake Guentzel scored two goals to pace the Lightning to a 4-1 win over the 15-2-0 Winnipeg Jets.
TAMPA, Fla. – On stage, the plays, shows, and movies all feature a primary plot line in the beginning and often, the plot line can change and take the writer’s point of view in a different direction. Tampa Bay edged Nashville, 3-2, in overtime Monday night which most would have solidified as the primary plot line of this “show.”
TAMPA, Fla. – Just 56 seconds into the third period, Minnesota forward Matt Boldy gave the Wild a 3-2 lead over the Tampa Bay Lightning as he took a cross-ice pass from forward Mats Zuccarello and scored on the power play.
The Tampa Bay Lightning struck late in the third period with a pair of goals in Thursday evening’s 4-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights. The Lightning’s late storm served as a metaphor for the power and insight the metaphorical lightning bolts symbolize in the sky.
Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton were a pair of relentless storms that had no restitution in the Tampa Bay Area these last couple of weeks as the duo punished southwestern Florida and Tampa Bay, in general.
After a disappointing finish to the season, Alexander Vasilevskiy and the Tampa Bay Lightning must retool and regroup in preparation for 2024-25.
The Tampa Bay Lightning once again challenged the Florida Panthers in their 6-1 Game Five loss. Still, the Panthers orchestrated a dominance in the third period that propelled them into the second round of the NHL Playoffs.
The Tampa Bay Lightning posted a quick 3-0 lead after the first period and fought off a Florida Panthers comeback in the second before taking a 6-3 win and forcing Game 5 back in Florida on Monday evening.
The Florida Panthers were one of the top defensive teams in the NHL this season and that characterization has allowed Florida to come within one game of advancing past Tampa Bay in the NHL playoffs after Thursday night’s 5-3 win over the Lightning in Amalie Arena.
Reflecting on the Hart Trophy (NHL MVP) for the 2023-24 season, Tampa Bay’s 6-4 win over Toronto on Wednesday evening left no doubt that Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov had already ascended to the top level for being the recipient of the award.
Buffalo forward Dylan Cozens scored two goals to give the Sabres a 2-1 lead at the 5:18 mark of the second period. Buffalo never trailed again in their 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Sabres’ season finale.
While the Tampa Bay Lightning did pick up a point in the 3-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators via the shootout, the Bolts wondered how this game might have played out if they had been able to connect on the 5-on-3 early in the first period.
Tampa Bay center Steven Stamkos recorded his 13th career hat trick and became the first player in Lightning history to score multiple goals in three consecutive games in leading the Bolts to a 5-2 decision over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday evening.
TAMPA – Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy turned away a shot from Detroit defenseman Moritz Seider, but Red Wings forward David Perron tended the lose puck. He drove his backhanded shot on the rebound by Vasilevskiy at 17:20 in the third period to give Detroit a late 3-2 lead in a hard-fought game.
The Tampa Bay Lightning dismissed the Eastern Conference-leading Boston Bruins, 3-1, at Amalie Arena on Wednesday evening with consistency and a high level of play on both ends of the ice. The Lightning picked up points in the eighth consecutive game and that gave them 15 points and they are now in fourth in the Eastern Conference.
Motivation in sports is a tremendous intangible that not every coach can use and it works for him or her. Success and respect has to be two of the major qualities in this part of the acumen of any game.
