Tampa Bay Lightning News & Opinion

Capitals Send Message to Lightning in Statement Win

The Hockey Writers | March 31, 2019

Chances are the Washington Capitals and Tampa Bay Lightning won’t face each other again until the 2019-20 NHL Season. But thanks to the schedule makers, the two teams will be…

Capitals Beat Lightning – Ovechkin Nets 50th & 51st

The Canadian Press | March 31, 2019

TAMPA, Fla. — Alex Ovechkin scored his 50th and 51st goals of the season, leading the Washington Capitals to a 6-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.
Nicklas Backstrom and T.J. Oshie also scored twice, while Braden Holtby finish…

NHL News & Notes: Cooper, Ladd & More

Brandon Share-Cohen | March 26, 2019

In today’s News & Notes, the Tampa Bay Lightning have signed Jon Cooper to a multi-year contract extension, Andrew Ladd has suffered a torn ACL and is out for the…

Lightning Rally Past Bruins for 59th Win – Wings’ Record in Sight

The Canadian Press | March 26, 2019

TAMPA, Fla. — Steven Stamkos scored twice and finished with four points, and the Tampa Bay Lightning became the fourth NHL team to win at least 59 games in a season, rallying from two goals down to beat the Boston Bruins 5-4 on Monday night.
With five …

Lightning Outlast Capitals – Vasilevskiy Makes 54 Saves

The Canadian Press | March 21, 2019

WASHINGTON — Andrei Vasilevskiy made a franchise-record 54 saves, Nikita Kucherov scored twice and the NHL-leading Tampa Bay Lightning won their sixth consecutive game by beating the Washington Capitals 5-4 in overtime Wednesday night in a potential pl…

NHL News & Notes: Filppula, Girardi & More

Brandon Share-Cohen | March 20, 2019

In today’s News & Notes, Valtteri Filppula will be out four weeks after suffering an injury against the Boston Bruins, Dan Girardi is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury and…

Lightning Top Coyotes – Clinch Presidents’ Trophy

The Canadian Press | March 19, 2019

TAMPA, Fla. — Steven Stamkos scored his 36th goal of the season and the Tampa Bay Lightning clinched the Presidents’ Trophy with a 4-1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Monday night.
The Lightning, who have 116 points, will have home-ice advantage th…

Lightning Down Capitals – Killorn Gets Hat Trick

The Canadian Press | March 17, 2019

TAMPA, Fla. — Alex Killorn scored three goals for his first career hat trick, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 6-3 Saturday night in the teams’ first meeting since last year’s Eastern Conference finals.
Tampa Bay set team record…

Lightning Down Red Wings – Stamkos Ties Lecavalier

The Canadian Press | March 15, 2019

DETROIT — Steven Stamkos tied Vincent Lecavalier for Tampa Bay’s career lead in goals, Nikita Kucherov scored twice in the third period and the Lightning rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 on Thursday night.
The Red Win…

Lightning Dominate Maple Leafs – Johnson & Paquette With 2 Each

The Canadian Press | March 12, 2019

TORONTO — Tyler Johnson and Cedric Paquette had two goals each as the NHL-leading Tampa Bay Lightning thumped the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 on Monday night.
Anthony Cirelli and Ondrej Palat also scored for Tampa Bay (53…

Lightning Beat Red Wings – Kucherov Tallies Two

The Canadian Press | March 10, 2019

TAMPA, Fla. — Nikita Kucherov scored twice while breaking Tampa Bay’s single-season record for points, leading the Lightning to a 3-2 victory against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.
Ryan McDonagh also scored for NHL-leading Tampa Bay, which ha…

Wild Down Lightning – Dubnyk Gets Shutout

The Canadian Press | March 8, 2019

TAMPA, Fla. — Jason Zucker scored all three of Minnesota’s goals for his first career hat trick, Devan Dubnyk made 25 saves for his second shutout of the season and the Wild beat Tampa Bay 3-0 on Thursday night to deny the Lightning a chance to become …