by Kenneth Cross | Jan 27, 2022 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, New Jersey Devils, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA – The Tampa Bay Lightning are long noted for consistency of being positioned to make the kill or the goal needed to stoke another victory in the ‘W” column. That’s when Lightning center Anthony Cirelli came to the dance when he pushed in...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 22, 2022 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay needed but four defensemen on Tuesday night to stifle the LA Kings and win 6-4. Six weren’t enough to defeat the Ducks on Friday, though they once again let in just four goals (plus an empty netter). The game featured the return of Corey Perry to...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 19, 2022 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning
After the LA Kings went down to Tampa Bay 6-4, Coach McLellan spared no criticism. He wasn’t angry, on the surface at least. But he methodically dismantled the first three goals against. Make that four, because he added the fourth as a kind of afterthought. “We ran...
by Kenneth Cross | Jan 6, 2022 | Calgary Flames, Homepage, Inside Hockey, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA – For two consecutive seasons, Nikita Kucherov has gone down for months and been unavailable and when he came back, he provided the same wizardry with the puck that he would have if he had been skating through those injured periods. Kucherov delivered two...
by Kenneth Cross | Jan 1, 2022 | Homepage, New York Rangers, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA – Mika Zibanejad punched in the third New York Rangers shot of Friday night’s shootout to lift the Rangers to a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena. The goal came at the hands of Lightning backup goalie Brian Elliott, who had only...
by Kenneth Cross | Dec 17, 2021 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Ottawa Senators, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA – Victor Hedman and Steven Stamkos have had to take more aggressive roles with the Tampa Bay Lightning this season with the addition of new players and the loss of depth in the third and fourth lines. The Lightning took a 2-1 win over Ottawa on Thursday...
