by Kenneth Cross | Mar 2, 2021 | Dallas Stars, Homepage, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA – The Tampa Bay Lightning’s penalty killers staked their claim in Saturday night’s 5-0 win over the Dallas Stars and the offense then took the game over. The Lightning’s vaunted penalty kill is fifth in the NHL with an 86.9 kill percentage, but needed to...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 18, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay played Monday afternoon in LA. They faced what they, and every other team, described as a “big, tough, skating” Kings squad, and they won, 2-1. It was a decent performance against a team that may be big and physical but can’t score goals worth a darn. That,...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 16, 2017 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Tampa Bay Lightning
“Kopitar’s sick. Quick, everyone scamble to figure out a plan!” That must have been the cry at Staples Center Monday morning before a super-rare 1pm start against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Maybe even the Lightning themselves said it. Two things happened:...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 17, 2015 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Tampa Bay Lightning
The Kings got some help without even asking for it in the form of Boston beating Calgary Monday night. Wait. That was to be the headline, and when I headed upstairs to the Staples Center pressbox, the Bruins seemed to have the Flames well in hand, up 3-0 with little...