The Tampa Bay Lightning welcome the New York Islanders back to Amalie Arena for Game 2 of their Stanley Cup semifinal series. The Islanders claimed Game 1 with a 2-1 victory over the Lightning. Tampa Bay did not produce the dominant offense we’ve seen throughout the playoffs. However, the Lightning …
Read More »NHL Playoff Preview: Lightning look to clinch series over Hurricanes in Game 5
The NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs continues Tuesday night with Round 2 matchups. The Carolina Hurricanes welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning for a potential series-winning Game 5. Tampa Bay currently leads the series 3-1. Series Recap The Lightning enter Game 5 with a chance to advance to the Stanley Cup semifinals …
Read More »Lightning Take Game 3 with 2-0 Lead Over Carolina Hurricanes
The Tampa Bay Lightning and Carolina Hurricanes take the ice for Game 3 of their Round 2 Stanley Cup Playoff series. Tampa Bay enters Game 3 with a 2-0 series lead over Carolina after back-to-back 2-1 wins. Vasilevskiy, Lightning Offense The reigning Stanley Cup Champions have played some of their …
Read More »Lightning Shutdown Panthers to Advance to Second Round of Playoffs
The Stanley Cup Champions have found their way to the second round of the 2021 playoffs. In Game 6 on Wednesday night, the Tampa Bay Lightning’s defense dominated. Each defensive line prevented all of the Florida Panthers’ scoring opportunities. The Bolts won with a shutout by Andrei Vasilevskiy, 4-0. Rest …
Read More »Lightning Face Predators for Last Time This Season
The Tampa Bay Lightning (28-11-2) face the Nashville Predators (23-19-1) in the last matchup between the division foes this season. The matchup will take place at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN and tip off at 8 p.m. Tuesday evening. https://twitter.com/TBLightning/status/1381985536617893888?s=20 The two teams faced off last Saturday where the division-leading …
Read More »Lightning Look to Bounce Back Tuesday Night
Following Monday’s home loss to the Nashville Predators, the Tampa Bay Lightning dropped out of a share for second place in the Central Division standings. The Lightning (19-6-2) sit two points behind the Florida Panthers and just a point behind the red-hot Carolina Hurricanes. The Bolts will return to the …
Read More »Vasilevskiy Two Minutes from History, Lightning Rolling
The Tampa Bay Lightning are rolling as the NHL’s number two team. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy and Center Steven Stamkos lead the way. Vasilevskiy Making History Andrei Vasilevskiy is the NHL’s number one goalie in terms of goals allowed at 1.65 goals allowed per game. The 26-year-old has not allowed a …
Read More »Vasilevskiy’s Stellar Performance Lifts Bolts Over Canes
Nodded up at two goals with 12 minutes to go, Lightning winger, Ondrej Palat relentlessly fired loose rebounds on net before the puck deflected off a defender’s skate and crossed the goal line to break the tie. With under a minute remaining, Bolts winger Alex Killorn scored an empty netter …
Read More »Lightning Remain Perfect at Home
The Tampa Bay Lightning keep up their perfect home record with a 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators. Multiple Lightning players had their moment to shine, but Yanni Gourde was the star of the night, scoring two goals. Captain Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist for this third …
Read More »Lightning Come Up Short Against Hurricanes
The Tampa Bay Lightning dropped their second straight game Thursday night, losing 1-0 to the Carolina Hurricanes in overtime. It was the Lightning’s first contest in over five days and the Hurricanes’ first game in close to two weeks. https://twitter.com/TBLightning/status/1354992663880056839 Not a lot of Offense Tampa Bay (3-1-1) was looking …
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