In the closing seconds of regulation against the Dallas Stars, the Tampa Bay Lightning lined up to take a defensive zone face-off following an icing call with about six seconds left on the clock. The Stars won the face-off and Thomas Harley wristed a shot towards the net. As he has done 1,991 times previously in his 15-year career Ryan McDonagh blocked the shot. The veteran was … [Read more...] about Lightning defender’s status unknown after taking a puck to the face
Lightning run winning streak to two as Vasilevskiy shuts out Flyers, 2-0
Andrei Vasilevskiy was perfect on a night when the Tampa Bay Lightning and Philadelphia played an entertaining, but low-scoring game that ended with the Bolts victorious by a score of 2-0. Nikita Kucherov scored on a breakaway, and then assisted on Jake Guentzel’s late power-play goal to broach the 95-point milestone on the season. Ivan Fedotov was the had-luck loser in net as … [Read more...] about Lightning run winning streak to two as Vasilevskiy shuts out Flyers, 2-0
Lightning Morning News: Is there an 84-game schedule in the future?
Pierre LeBrun kicked off his latest column for The Athletic talking about next year’s schedule. It sounds like the league and the NHLPA are working to figure out the 2025-26 schedule which will include an All-Star Game and an Olympic break. With a tentative start date on October 7th and an expected end date around June 21st, it’s going to be another compacted schedule. Get … [Read more...] about Lightning Morning News: Is there an 84-game schedule in the future?
Lightning drop second in a row as Hurricanes outskate them, 4-1
After a listless loss to the Boston Bruins on Saturday afternoon, the Lightning wanted to come out and set the tone against the Carolina Hurricanes. There was an extra hop in their step early, but Carolina started to outwork them midway through the second period, and took the victory, 4-1. Gage Goncalves had the lone goal for the Lightning while Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped … [Read more...] about Lightning drop second in a row as Hurricanes outskate them, 4-1
Some final thoughts on….the 2025 NHL trade deadline
Whelp. We made it through yet another trade deadline. The roster are set (for the most part) and roughly three-quarters of the NHL seems to be in contention for the sixteen playoff spots available. If nothing else it should be an interesting race to the end. As usual the Tampa Bay Lightning were in the thick of it, and may have been partly responsible for setting the high … [Read more...] about Some final thoughts on….the 2025 NHL trade deadline