The Tampa Bay Lightning earned their third straight victory on Monday night after defeating the New York Rangers 3-2 in Madison Square Garden. Tampa’s Brayden Point had the best game of his rookie season on Monday, which also happened to be his 21st birthday. Point recorded his first two-goal game in …
Read More »Tampa Bay Lightning Stays Busy On and Off the Ice
The Tampa Bay Lightning were active in both the NHL trade deadline and on the ice last night. Lightning’s goaltender Ben Bishop was traded to the Los Angeles Kings for Erik Cernak and the team beat the Carolina Hurricanes in overtime, 4-3. The Trade Ben Bishop has been traded for Erik Cernak and will …
Read More »Nikita Kucherov’s Hat Trick Pushes Lightning to Defeat Senators
Nikita Kucherov gave the trade-depleted Tampa Bay Lightning a much-needed win after scoring three consecutive power-play goals in the second period. The hat trick kept Tampa’s playoff hopes alive after they earned a 5-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Monday night at Amalie Arena. The Senators entered with a 2-1 …
Read More »Tampa Bay Lightning Stays Afloat
The Tampa Bay Lightning geared up last night to face the Edmonton Oilers at home. Edmonton came into this game as the second best team in the Pacific Division and the third best team in the western conference. The Lightning had their hands full to say the least. But the …
Read More »Tampa Bay Lightning Look to Fight for A Spot in The Stanley Cup Playoffs
The Tampa Bay Lightning played a close game last night against the Colorado Avalanche. They blew a two-goal lead in the third period, allowing the worst-in-the-NHL Avalanche to tie it up with 41 seconds remaining. The game continued into overtime with a score of 2-2. The Lightning are fighting for a …
Read More »As Final Stretch of Season Approaches, NHL Playoff Picture Still Open
The NHL Playoff picture is still wide open for many teams heading into the final stretch of games this season. The Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning are on the outside looking in right now. As it stands right now, the Panthers and the Lightning are 11th and 14th in the …
Read More »The Lightning lose 4-3 to the Boston Bruins
The Lightning are not off to a good start with their four-game home stand, losing to the Boston Bruins last night with a final score of 4 – 3. If the team has any hopes of redeeming this season and possibly putting themselves in the playoff picture, they need to make a …
Read More »Lightning Finding their Identity?
Just over halfway through the season, the Tampa Bay Lightning (22-22-5) are still trying to find their identity. After finishing with a 46-31-5 record a season ago, the Lightning are not currently on pace to repeat that. Tampa Bay finished second in the Atlantic division and sixth in the Eastern conference. …
Read More »Blue Jackets vs. Lightning Tonight
The Columbus Blue Jackets and the Tampa Bay Lightning will be facing each other once again after the 5-1 victory by the Blue Jackets on November 29th. A victory that was the beginning of a 16-game winning streak for the Blue Jackets. Columbus and Tampa Bay are currently in first …
Read More »Lightning Look to End Losing Streak
2017 has not been the year for Tampa Bay Hockey. The Lightning (19-19-4) are now 0-4 on the season after losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins (26-8-5) on Sunday. In Sunday’s game, the Penguins showed no mercy to the Lightning outscoring Tampa 6-2. With the two goals coming from Jonathan Drouin …
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