The Tampa Bay Lightning are officially one round away from securing their third Stanley Cup Final appearance in the past three years. With a shutout in the final game of the second round, the Lightning completed a 4-0 sweep to clinch the Eastern Conference Finals. Andrei Vasilevskiy Show Andrei Vasilevskiy …
Read More »Corey Perry, Lightning Defeat Florida Panthers In Round 2
In his first game as a 37-year-old, Lightning forward Corey Perry scored and assisted on two goals to help Tampa Bay take down the Florida Panthers in Game 1 of the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Florida Panthers started off strong, killing off two penalties then taking …
Read More »Barry Melrose Recaps First Half of NHL Season: Lightning, Surprises and Dissapointments
With only a week until the All-Star Game, the NHL heats up. ESPN’s Barry Melrose recaps the first half of the season and takes a look at the Tampa Bay Lightning as well as the most surprising and disappointing teams this year. Tampa Bay Lightning While the Florida Panthers, New …
Read More »Ondrej Palat reaches 400 career points in Lightning’s 7-2 victory
After losing three straight games, the Lightning, with help from Ondrej Palat bounced back with a dominating 7-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets Tuesday night. Palat contributed on three of the team’s goals. Milestone for Ondrej Palat At 30 years old, the Lightning winger has amassed 400 career points. …
Read More »Tampa Bay Lightning Manhandle Islanders in Physical Battle, Win 4-1
The back-to-back Stanley Cup champions have caught lightening in a bottle over the last three weeks. After starting the season 2-2-2, the Tampa Bay Lightning have won six of their last eight games surging to an impressive 8-3-3 record. Last night, they comfortably defeated the New York Islanders by a …
Read More »Lightning Fall To Hurricanes In Overtime
The Tampa Bay Lightning fell just short in overtime as the Carolina Hurricanes won their 10th game of the season, beating the Lightning 2-1 in overtime. Tampa Bay is now 6-3-3 on the season. A Scoreless First Period Your #CARvsTBL starters! Scratched: Katchouk, Sustr pic.twitter.com/BFGME4S2m4 — Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) …
Read More »Back to Back: The Lightning Win the Stanley Cup Again
The joke that’s been going around since the night of July 7 is “Lightning struck twice.” Cheesy? Sure. But after the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup for the second-straight year, many saw this as the only joke that is relevant to make. It took five games to defeat …
Read More »Vasy plays Shutdown As Bolts Go Up 2-0 in Stanley Cup Final
Two wins to go. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, going back to back is within reach. They took down the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 on Wednesday with a strong performance in net and some wild plays. The first period went by without a goal, but it wasn’t exactly quiet. Montreal put …
Read More »Lightning Take Series Lead with Win Over Islanders in Semifinals
The Tampa Bay Lightning took their confidence from their Game 2 victory and shined on Thursday night. In Game 3 of the semifinals, the Bolts defeated the New York Islanders at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 2-1. Tampa’s defense dominated with Andrei Vasilevskiy stopping 27 shots on goal for the Lightning …
Read More »Tampa Bay Lightning Look to Get Closer to Return to Finals in Game Three
Three wins away. That’s how close, yet so far, the Tampa Bay Lightning are from returning to the Stanley Cup Final. A bounce-back in game two helped, but they can’t fall behind again. Onto Nassau After two games at Amalie Arena, the Lightning head to Nassau Coliseum. The Bolts haven’t …
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