4 Most Valuable Playmaking Defensemen in the Second Round Colin Newby | June 3, 2021 The strength of top-pair defensemen is an indispensable advantage in the Stanley Cup playoffs each season, and the eight teams competing for their respective division championships in the second round…
Sunshine State Showdown: Lightning Have Tough 1st Round With Panthers Eugene Helfrick | May 14, 2021 In a season unlike any other in NHL history, there was simply no way to predict how things would go. This was especially true in the Discover Central Division, which…
2021 Norris Trophy Race: Hedman, Josi & Fox Leading the Pack Colin Newby | April 19, 2021 With over three-quarters of the shortened season now complete, competition is starting to round out for the league awards. The Norris Trophy, given annually to the top defenseman in the…
Lightning 3 Stars of the Month – March 2021 Andrew Mulville | April 1, 2021 The Tampa Bay Lightning are having a very successful campaign so far, especially for a defending Stanley Cup Champion. They were the first team to reach 50 points this season,…
Kings’ Doughty Is a Dark Horse Norris Trophy Candidate Quinn McLellan | March 22, 2021 The 2020-21 James Norris Memorial Trophy race is heating up and should be a tightly contended contest. Victor Hedman appears to be the frontrunner for the Norris Trophy. But the…
NHL Players of the Week: McDavid, Zibanejad & More Andrew Mulville | March 22, 2021 Week 10 of the 2020-21 NHL season featured an abundance of high-scoring matchups. A total of five or more goals were scored in 37 of the 54 games played. Moreover,…
Tampa Bay Lightning 2020-21 Midseason Awards Andrew Mulville | March 18, 2021 With 28 games played, the Tampa Bay Lightning are officially at the midpoint of the 2020-21 season. They have a record of 20-6-2, bringing them to a total of 42…
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…
NHL Players of the Week: Ekblad, Stone & More Andrew Mulville | March 8, 2021 With eight weeks in the rearview mirror, we are nearly halfway through the 2020-21 NHL season. This week saw Zdeno Chara’s return to TD Garden, the Tkachuk brothers go head…
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…
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…
NHL Players of the Week: Atkinson, Fleury & More Andrew Mulville | February 15, 2021 Week five of the 2020-21 season featured a multitude of high-scoring affairs, with five goals or more scored in 25 of the 39 games played. Through 212 games, the league…
