The Tampa Bay Lightning (5-1-0) will travel to Montreal today to take on the Canadiens (6-0-1) in an early-season battle between division rivals. Both teams are coming off of wins after the Lightning thrashed the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-3 Tuesday night, and the Canadiens defeated the New York Islanders 3-2 on Wednesday. …
Read More »NHL Preview: Lightning On The Road At Toronto
The Tampa Bay Lightning travel to Toronto to take on the Maple Leafs tonight. This game follows Tampa Bay’s 4-1 victory over Ottawa over the weekend, and marks their second game in a six-game, 11-day road trip. Samkos Thriving This year’s game at Toronto is slightly different from last year’s …
Read More »NHL Preview: Panthers Start Road Trip Against Pittsburgh
Both the Panthers and the Penguins enter Tuesday night’s game with seven points, Florida (3-1-1) is coming off a 5-2 win at home against Colorado while Pittsburgh (3-2-1) will be home trying to bounce back from a 5-1 thrashing by Nashville. The game tonight is the beginning of four straight away …
Read More »NHL Preview: Lightning Take on Panthers at Home
The in-state rival hockey teams from the Sunshine State will battle it in Tampa tonight. Both teams are off to a 2-0-0 start to the season and are at the top of the Eastern Conference. The Florida Panthers won the division this past season. In the playoffs during the 2015-16 season however, …
Read More »Teams Ready for Stanley Cup Chase as NHL Season Begins
The NHL season started 2016-17 with a bang on Wednesday. Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews put on a show, scoring four goals against the Edmonton Oilers in his first game. Auston Matthews had the best NHL debut of all time. pic.twitter.com/swaKCrtvWD — SB Nation (@SBNation) October 13, 2016 The …
Read More »Steven Stamkos Staying In Tampa Bay
Rumors were spreading about the teams that were planning to pursue Tampa Bay Lightning center and captain Steven Stamkos. The Detroit Red Wings. The Boston Bruins. The Buffalo Sabres. The Vancouver Canucks. The Toronto Maple Leafs. With Stamkos set to become an unrestricted free agent on Friday, competition was going to …
Read More »Pittsburgh Penguins win 4th Stanley Cup
It is all smiles for the Pittsburgh Penguins as they earned their fourth Stanley Cup Championship title in franchise history. The Penguins defeated the San Jose Sharks 3-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals Sunday night. A power-play goal by Brian Dumoulin started the scoring and continued with Patric Hornqvist …
Read More »Hockey Legend Gordie Howe Dies at Age 88
Gordie “Mr. Hockey” Howe 1928 – 2016 The sports world now mourns the loss of another legend…after the news broke, the sports world’s heart shattered. The name “Mr. Hockey” was given for more reasons than one. Howe helped the Detroit Red Wings compile four Stanley Cups, he racked up six Hart Trophies, …
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 »Lightning Set to Begin Second Round Series Tonight Against New York Islanders
The Tampa Bay Lightning kick off their Eastern Conference second round playoff series against the New York Islanders tonight at 7 p.m. at Amalie Arena. The Lightning are coming off a 4-1 series victory against the Red Wings that saw Tampa Bay outscore Detroit 12-8. The line of Tyler Johnson, …
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