Tampa Bay Lightning Grades After 20 Games Lydia Szyjka | November 28, 2022 With 20 games in the books, the Tampa Bay Lightning find themselves fourth in the Atlantic Division, with 25 points. They started the season 5-4, having lost three of their…
Lightning Stock Up, Stock Down: Perbix, Hedman, Shortys & More Jim Bay | November 7, 2022 Welcome to this edition of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Stock Up and Stock Down, a weekly column detailing the highs and lows of the team’s performance. The Tampa Bay Lightning…
Lightning Stanley Cup Hopes Not Dashed by Slow Start Lydia Szyjka | October 30, 2022 Eight games into the season and the Tampa Bay Lightning were tied for last place in the Atlantic Division before beating the San Jose Sharks on Oct. 29 to move…
NHL’s Top 5 Goaltending Duos Eugene Helfrick | October 7, 2022 The role of an NHL goaltender is one of the most complicated in all of sports. While hockey is a team game, ultimately the success or failure of a franchise…
Lightning Now Chasing Avalanche for Stanley Cup Lydia Szyjka | September 25, 2022 Last season when the Tampa Bay Lightning were the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions, they were always predicted among the top teams to win the Cup. “You’re the champions until…
Ranking the Atlantic Division’s Goaltending Duos Andrew Forbes | September 5, 2022 There is some argument to be made that when it comes to overall goaltending, the NHL’s Atlantic Division might be the worst of any division in the league this year.…
Lightning Shouldn’t Worry About Winning Division Lydia Szyjka | September 3, 2022 The last time the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Atlantic Division, they were swept in the first round of the playoffs in 2019. That year, they won the Presidents’ Trophy…
Lightning Need to Give Vasilevskiy More Rest in 2022-23 Jim Bay | August 31, 2022 There is little doubt that goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy has been nothing but spectacular since he was drafted in the first round, 19th overall, by the Tampa Bay Lightning at the…
Montreal Canadiens Must-Watch Games in 2022-23 Matt Grazel | August 18, 2022 The Montreal Canadiens open their regular season just under two months from now in October. How they progress with Martin St. Louis in his first full season as their head…
Lightning Need to Avoid Blackhawks’ Downward Spiral Jim Bay | August 10, 2022 On June 15, 2015, the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 to win their third Stanley Cup Championship in six years. Since then, the teams have had two…
4 Ways NHL Teams Are Adjusting to High-Speed Offense Mike Fink | August 10, 2022 Goals were up last season, and offensive production stood out more than in recent seasons. In the 2021-22 season, 18 of the 32 teams averaged over 3.00 goals per game,…
Lightning Will Face Stiff Competition in Atlantic Division in 2022-23 Lydia Szyjka | July 30, 2022 No one is imagining that the competition in the Eastern Conference is going to be a cake walk for the Tampa Bay Lightning during the 2022-2023 season; it never has…