The Lightning (36-21-4) have gone from a team battling for a wild card spot in the Eastern Conference to pushing toward the top of the Atlantic Division by going 10-1-1 in their past 12 games heading into their game against the Buffalo Sabres at Amalie Arena on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; ESPN).
After advancing to back-to-back-to-back Stanley Cup Finals between 2020-22 -- and winning two of them -- the Lightning are going all in again.
Outspoken skipper John Tortorella was hired as the fourth head coach in Lightning history midway through the 2000-2001 season. In a little over six seasons, Tortorella coached Tampa Bay to four straight playoff appearances, including a Stanley Cup Final and a Jack Adams Award in 2004.
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Aleksander Barkov scored twice in the second period, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 shots, and the Florida Panthers beat their in-state rival Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Monday night. The defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers won their fourth straight game,
With the goal of entering the final stretch of the NHL season strong, the Tampa Bay Lightning have added two players, one of whom is a Stanley Cup champion, in a major trade with the Detroit Red Wings and Seattle Kraken.
because the Lightning have not picked near the top of the draft for a very long time. And he didn’t need to mention that Tampa Bay has two Stanley Cup titles and 30 more postseason victories ...
Gourde and Oliver Bjorkstrand waited for three hours — until two players cleared waivers for the Lightning — before they could be informed they were heading to Tampa Bay as the main pieces of a three-team trade that also included the Red Wings.
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No one has defeated them in regulation since January.
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New-look Bruins beat Lightning 4-0, day after making a flurry of rebuilding moves at trade deadline
Insider: Lightning Could Turn Trade Deadline Upside Down
The Tampa Bay Lightning have a habit of making big moves at the trade deadline, but whether or not they will do so this year remains a mystery. Tampa Bay is in
Bruins stay focused one day post-Brad Marchand trade, pick up shutout victory vs. Lightning
For today, to get the result after everything that happened yesterday, it goes to show what we have in this locker room even with the new faces.” The post Bruins stay focused one day post-Brad Marchand trade,
Captain Victor Hedman was scratched late despite taking line rushes and warming up with the team ahead of the Lightning's showdown against the Boston Bruins on Saturday afternoon.
The 2025 deadline showcased a shift away from the conservatism that NHL general managers had become known for in previous eras.
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Alex Ovechkin hits historic milestone amid Wayne Gretzky chaseCapitals superstar Alex Ovechkin pulled within single digits of Wayne Gretzky, and he hit a historic milestone in the process.
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