The Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers face off in Game 2 of their Stanley Cup Playoff series Tuesday night. The Lightning lead the series 1-0 after a last minute, third period goal from center Brayden Point who gave the Bolts a 5-4 victory. Showdown in Florida The Panthers got …
Read More »Lightning Bounce Back and Defeat Panthers in Overtime, 3-2
The Tampa Bay Lightning (29-12-2) defeated the Florida Panthers (27-12-5) Thursday night in overtime 3-2. The bounce-back win comes after a tough 7-2 loss against the Predators on Tuesday. Bounce Back It only took 54 seconds into overtime for Tampa Bay to score the go-ahead goal and secure the win. …
Read More »Lightning vs Blue Jackets Preview
The Tampa Bay Lightning face the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight. Records Lightning: 26-11-2 Tampa Bay is on a two-game lose-streak after a defeat to the Blue Jackets Tuesday and the Red Wings Sunday. Blue Jackets: 15-18-8 Columbus is 3-2 against the Stanley Cup Champions this season. Stats Leading in goals …
Read More »Lightning Failed to Strike Against Detroit
The Detroit Red Wings snapped its 17-game losing streak with a road win over the Lightning. Detroit’s 5-1 victory over the Bolts was the first time since 2011 that the team had beaten Tampa Bay at Amalie Arena during the regular season. The Red Wings were 0-16-1 versus the Lightning …
Read More »Lightning Struggle, Still Sit Atop the NHL
The Tampa Bay Lightning have gone 4-3 in their last seven games, but still, top the NHL at 20-6-2. The team took over the league number one spot last week. They start a two-game series against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday. Lightning Recent Struggles In the Lightning’s last three losses, …
Read More »Blake Coleman and the Lightning take NHL’s top spot
Following their win against Detroit, the Tampa Bay Lightning have the NHL’s best record. The Toronto Maple Leafs have lost three straight, which opened the door for Tampa Bay to take the top spot. Blake Coleman scores overtime goal over Detroit The previous game was a win in overtime against …
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 Pick Up Third Win in a Row
The Tampa Bay Lightning notched their third win in a row Thursday night after defeating the Columbus Blue Jackets, 3-2, in overtime. https://twitter.com/TBLightning/status/1352466016375361538 Battling From Behind Early It was a little bit of a slow start for the Lightning (3-0-0) to begin action on Thursday. The Blue Jackets (1-2-2), however, …
Read More »Lightning Lift Stanley Cup Banner in Season Opener against Chicago Blackhawks
The defending Stanley Cup Champions will officially raise their banner in Wednesday’s home opener. The Tampa Bay Lightning will unveil their second championship banner in their season opener against the Chicago Blackhawks. Due to rising COVID cases, the Lightning will not have fans in attendance at Amalie Arena. However, fans …
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