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 »Lightning, Bishop Fall at Home to Canucks
Last night, the Tampa Bay Lightning hosted the Vancouver Canucks in a Thursday night matchup. It was not a pretty sight in Amalie Arena. Canucks goalie, Ryan Miller, turned the lights out in Tampa as he made 38 saves on 39 shots. His team was able to quickly rally around …
Read More »Lightning Cruise to 4-1 over Sabres in First Game Without Stamkos
No Stamkos, no problem. At least that’s what it seemed like for the night. The Lightning (11-6-1) rolled to a 4-1 win in Buffalo over the Sabres (5-8-4) on Thursday. Filling Stamkos’ Shoes Valteri Filppula had two assists by setting up the first two goals, and Ben Bishop added some …
Read More »Lightning Force Overtime, Top Panthers in Shootout
The Tampa Bay Lightning hosted the Florida Panthers at Amalie Arena on Tuesday night and earned a 4-3 victory after overcoming a call that went against them, but remained undefeated, keeping a perfect 3-0 record at the start of the season. The first period was scoreless, but Florida was up …
Read More »A Win Tonight Sends Lightning Back to Stanley Cup Finals
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 60 minutes away from going to the Stanley Cup Finals. After a come-from-behind, overtime win against the Pittsburgh Penguins Sunday night, the Lightning have to win just one more game toget to the finals. They don't ask how, they ask how many. #PITvsTBL https://t.co/dqPVPSaYOg — Tampa …
Read More »Series Shifts to Tampa Bay for Game 3
The Tampa Bay Lightning were a goal away from heading back to Tampa with a 2-0 lead over the Pittsburgh Penguins Monday night. Now the Lightning return to home ice tonight after that disappointing overtime loss in Game 2. Both teams head into Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals tied …
Read More »NHL Playoff Roundup
Thursday night featured a nice slate of games as the Penguins dominated the Rangers, the Ducks took down the Predators, the Lightning escaped past the Red Wings and the Blackhawks pulled out a narrow OT win vs. the Blues. The Penguins took a 3-1 lead in their series against the …
Read More »Lightning Advance to Conference Semis After 1-0 Victory Over Detroit
A battle of the goalies came to an end when Alex Killorn scored the game-winning goal with just 1:43 left in regulation. That goal was the only goal scored in Game 5 and would be enough for the Lightning to take down the Detroit Red Wings 1-0 and advance to …
Read More »Tampa Bay Lightning Take Game One in First Round of Stanley Cup Playoffs
Even without leading goal scorer Steven Stamkos, the Lightning showed they still had plenty of offensive power Wednesday night. The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Wednesday to take a 1-0 series lead over the Red Wings in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Tampa Bay …
Read More »Preview: Lightning Prepare for Playoff Game Against Red Wings
If you ain’t first, you’re last. Well, that might not actually be true—but that’s how the Lightning may have been feeling last June when they lost in the Stanley Cup Finals to Chicago. The Tampa Bay Lightning are looking to change that this time around. They will host the Detroit Red …
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