Lightning Need Stamkos Like a Tall Glass of Water Ryan Szporer | April 29, 2020 Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov may be the reigning Hart Memorial Trophy winner, but they seem to need a healthy Steven Stamkos just as badly. Of course, it’s hard…
Lightning All-Decade Team: Offense Eugene Helfrick | April 1, 2020 Throughout their early history, the Tampa Bay Lightning found success as an offensively driven team. Even when their defense and goaltending struggled with consistency, the Lightning could put enough points…
Stamkos, Kucherov, and Vasilevskiy Lift Lightning Over Penguins The Canadian Press | February 6, 2020 TAMPA, Fla. — Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov scored, Andre Vasilevskiy made 29 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 Thursday night. Vasilevskiy improved to 15-0-2…
Lightning Ready to Strike After All-Star Break Steve Sweitzer | February 2, 2020 The Tampa Bay Lightning are a good hockey club. They may even be a great one. Considering they posted 62 regular-season wins last season and returned the majority of their…
Bolts Breakdown: Still Winning Heading into the All-Star Break Steve Marowski | January 20, 2020 In three games this week, the Tampa Bay Lightning picked up four out of a possible six points against Western Conference teams. They defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 in…
Parise, Suter Score as Wild Beat Lightning 3-2 to Snap Skid The Canadian Press | January 16, 2020 ST. PAUL, Minn. — Zach Parise scored his team-leading 17th goal and Ryan Suter added his seventh as the Minnesota Wild beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Thursday to snap a four-game losing streak. Parise has three goals in the past two games. Joel Er…
Kucherov Scores 2, Lightning Top Coyotes 4-0 for 9th in Row The Canadian Press | January 10, 2020 TAMPA, Fla. — Nikita Kucherov had two goals, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-0 Thursday night for their ninth consecutive victory.…
NHL’s Top 5 Right Wingers of the Decade Eugene Helfrick | January 3, 2020 In a sport where scoring is king, the 2010s can be defined by the prowess of some of the best forwards to play the game. As the decade comes to…
Lightning Respond to Kucherov Benching Steve Marowski | December 20, 2019 In the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 4-3 overtime win over the Ottawa Senators Tuesday night, Nikita Kucherov did not play most of the third period. He hurt his foot blocking a…
NHL Rumors: Byfuglien, Kucherov, Kings, Maple Leafs, Devils, More Jim Parsons | December 19, 2019 In today’s NHL rumors rundown, there is more information coming to light about Dustin Byfuglien’s apparent sudden change of heart when it comes to work with the Winnipeg Jets. Elliotte…
Kucherov Scores in OT to Lift Lightning past Predators 3-2 The Canadian Press | December 3, 2019 NASHVILLE — Nikita Kucherov scored at 2:35 of overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night. Victor Hedman and Ondrej Palat also scored and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 30 shots as the Lightning snap…
Bolts Breakdown: Lightning’s Little Mistakes Causing Big Problems Steve Marowski | December 1, 2019 This was one of the toughest weeks the Tampa Bay Lightning have faced this season. They started the week hosting the Buffalo Sabres and defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis…