Thursday night, the Carolina Hurricanes escaped Amalie Arena with a close victory. The Hurricanes (7-2-1) continued a strong start to the season in an exciting bout with Tampa Bay (6-4-1). Hurricanes Onslaught Early For one of the league’s best goalies in Andrei Vasilevskiy, Thursday night posed a stiff test. The …
Read More »Stanley Cup Finals Preview: Lightning vs. Avalanche
The Tampa Bay Lightning look to accomplish a feat that has not been done in 40 years. The reigning back-to-back Stanley Cup champions are hoping to three-peat for the first time since the New York Islanders did in the 1980s. The Islanders won four straight Cups in 1980, 1981, 1982, …
Read More »Lightning And Rangers Start Eastern Conference Finals
In what will be their third straight Eastern Conference Final appearance, the Tampa Bay Lightning will face a familiar foe in the New York Rangers. The Lightning and Rangers previously met in the 2015 Conference Final but will face off once again with a trip to the Stanley Cup Final …
Read More »Lightning sweep Panthers, Vasilevskiy shines
The Tampa Bay Lightning are officially one round away from securing their third Stanley Cup Final appearance in the past three years. With a shutout in the final game of the second round, the Lightning completed a 4-0 sweep to clinch the Eastern Conference Finals. Andrei Vasilevskiy Show Andrei Vasilevskiy …
Read More »Corey Perry, Lightning Defeat Florida Panthers In Round 2
In his first game as a 37-year-old, Lightning forward Corey Perry scored and assisted on two goals to help Tampa Bay take down the Florida Panthers in Game 1 of the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Florida Panthers started off strong, killing off two penalties then taking …
Read More »Barry Melrose Recaps First Half of NHL Season: Lightning, Surprises and Dissapointments
With only a week until the All-Star Game, the NHL heats up. ESPN’s Barry Melrose recaps the first half of the season and takes a look at the Tampa Bay Lightning as well as the most surprising and disappointing teams this year. Tampa Bay Lightning While the Florida Panthers, New …
Read More »Ondrej Palat reaches 400 career points in Lightning’s 7-2 victory
After losing three straight games, the Lightning, with help from Ondrej Palat bounced back with a dominating 7-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets Tuesday night. Palat contributed on three of the team’s goals. Milestone for Ondrej Palat At 30 years old, the Lightning winger has amassed 400 career points. …
Read More »Tampa Bay Lightning Manhandle Islanders in Physical Battle, Win 4-1
The back-to-back Stanley Cup champions have caught lightening in a bottle over the last three weeks. After starting the season 2-2-2, the Tampa Bay Lightning have won six of their last eight games surging to an impressive 8-3-3 record. Last night, they comfortably defeated the New York Islanders by a …
Read More »Lightning Fall To Hurricanes In Overtime
The Tampa Bay Lightning fell just short in overtime as the Carolina Hurricanes won their 10th game of the season, beating the Lightning 2-1 in overtime. Tampa Bay is now 6-3-3 on the season. A Scoreless First Period Your #CARvsTBL starters! Scratched: Katchouk, Sustr pic.twitter.com/BFGME4S2m4 — Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) …
Read More »Back to Back: The Lightning Win the Stanley Cup Again
The joke that’s been going around since the night of July 7 is “Lightning struck twice.” Cheesy? Sure. But after the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup for the second-straight year, many saw this as the only joke that is relevant to make. It took five games to defeat …
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