The highly anticipated beginning of the 2023-24 NHL season finally arrived Tuesday night with a tripleheader. Here’s a brief recap of what went down. Lightning vs. Predators Tampa Bay scored first with a goal from Nikita Kucherov. The Predators tied the game with about four minutes left in the 2nd …
Read More »A Look at the Tampa Bay Lightning Heading into the Postseason
As the NHL season winds down, the Tampa Bay Lightning will need to continue to tap into the magic they found on Tuesday night against the Metropolitan division leading Carolina Hurricanes in order to make some noise this postseason. The Bolts were able to snap a four-game losing-streak with a …
Read More »Lightning Continue to Fight in the Atlantic Division
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 4-2-1 in the last 7 games and are three points behind the second-place Toronto Maple Leafs in the Atlantic Division. But are they true contenders in the Eastern Conference? Battle Tested Since beating the Flyers 5-2 two weeks ago, the Lightning have played a current …
Read More »Tampa Bay Lightning Off to a Rough Second Half
After sending two all-stars to Sunrise, Florida, the Tampa Bay Lightning have not had the second-half start they wanted. Frustrating February Tampa Bay is just 5-3-3 in the month of February. It is by far the worst month of their season. Their 7-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins summarized their …
Read More »Point Nets 200th Career Goal in Lightning Win
Tampa Bay center Brayden Point netted his 200th career goal in a dominant Lightning performance Tuesday night. 200 CAREER @NHL GOALS FOR POINTER!!! pic.twitter.com/NGoHNVFvM0 — Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) February 22, 2023 The Lightning (36-17-3) returned home to take on the Anaheim Ducks (17-34-7) following a 5-4 loss to the …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine May 17th
The Back Nine comes at you after a perfect day for The 26th Bob Dooley Invitational and a nice day for baseball that followed except for the lack of clutch hitting. Sorry there was no Front Nine last week, but the tournament kind of took precedent. 10. I feel like …
Read More »Lightning-quick start guides Tampa to victory over Detroit
As good as they have looked in the opening stages of their Stanley Cup defense tour, the Lightning had arguably the most electric quarter of the young NHL season last night. Tampa Bay (6-1-1) stormed out of the gates and never looked back, blitzing the Detroit Red Wings (2-7-2) 5-1 …
Read More »NHL Opens New Season with New Format
When the NHL left the playoff bubble in Toronto, there was a growing uncertainty on the terms of the 2021 season. Growing speculation led fans to believe that the NHL would opt to wait until fans could return to stadiums. With the coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic still rampant, the NHL had …
Read More »Tampa Bay Lightning top Pittsburgh Penguins With Point’s Hat Trick
Brayden Point scored the sixth-fastest hat trick in NHL history to lead the Bolts to a 4-3 win in Pittsburgh Thursday night. How Exactly Did It Happen? The Penguins started to melt at the end of the first period after taking three consecutive penalties. Phil Kessel and Evgeni Malkin got …
Read More »Capitals Look to Win First NHL Stanley Cup in Vegas Against Golden Knights
The Washington Capitals are one win away from claiming their first NHL Stanley Cup title in franchise history tonight in Las Vegas. The Vegas Golden Knights are looking to keep their hopes alive in a win-or-go-home scenario. After the 6-2 victory in Game 4, the Caps took a 3-1 series …
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