Lightning Fans Are Too Quick to Dismiss Jan Rutta Kyle Knopp | March 13, 2021 When your favorite team has been playing as well as the Tampa Bay Lightning have in the first half of the 2020-21 season, it is easy to forget how competitive…
3 Takeaways From Lightning’s 6-Game Road Trip Andrew Mulville | March 13, 2021 On Feb. 11, the Tampa Bay Lightning wrapped up their longest road trip of the season. They played 6 games in 10 days, featuring matchups against the Dallas Stars, Chicago…
Lightning Need To Add Defensive Depth Before Trade Deadline Eugene Helfrick | March 12, 2021 In order to win a Stanley Cup, a team needs a lot of things to go right, from a lucky bounce scoring a game-winning goal to star players remaining healthy…
THW Power Rankings: Lightning Back on Top John Kreiser | March 11, 2021 Welcome to The Hockey Writers’ Power Rankings, the top-13 teams in the NHL this week as ranked by members of The Hockey Writers. This week’s panel is Greg Boysen (Chicago…
Lightning’s Cirelli Bounced Back Well From Injury Andrew Mulville | March 11, 2021 On Feb. 11, Anthony Cirelli suffered an upper-body injury in the third period against the Florida Panthers. He left the ice in the middle of his shift, headed straight to…
Blackhawks Prove They Can Hang With the Lightning Gail Kauchak | March 8, 2021 It’s tough to be positive after the Chicago Blackhawks’ disappointing 6-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning Sunday afternoon. But if you look at the bigger picture, this young team…
Lightning Have Flourished While Stars Have Floundered This Season Frank Quartarone | March 4, 2021 Last season’s Stanley Cup Final featuring the champion Tampa Bay Lightning and the runner-up Dallas Stars was a close affair between two evenly matched teams. The team from Texas rode…
Lightning Original Six Road Trip Likely to Be a Success Kyle Knopp | March 4, 2021 The confines of Amalie Arena have been very friendly to the Tampa Bay Lightning this season, as they have started the 2020-21 campaign with an outstanding 9-1-0 record for a…
Blackhawks’ Eye on the Enemy: Avoiding Another Lightning Strike Gail Kauchak | March 4, 2021 The Chicago Blackhawks head into March in surprisingly good shape with a 12-7-4 record and in a playoff spot, having won nine of their 13 games in the month of…
NHL Players of the Week: Kane, Vasilevskiy, & More Andrew Mulville | March 1, 2021 Week seven is in the books! In a week that featured Crosby versus Ovechkin and Tkachuk versus Tkachuk, there was no shortage of action. Let’s take a look at this…
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Stars of the Month – February 2021 Kyle Knopp | March 1, 2021 After a hot start in January, finishing the first month of the 2020-21 season 4-1-1 and tied for fourth place in the Central Division with nine points, the Tampa Bay…
Lightning Overcome Adversity to Take 3 of 4 Against Hurricanes in Potential Playoff Preview Kyle Knopp | February 26, 2021 In what felt like a miniature playoff series, the Tampa Bay Lightning and Carolina Hurricanes wrapped up a four-game set with a 3-1 win on Thursday night. Thanks to inclement…