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The Vancouver Canucks (2-6-1) wrap up their six-game road trip this afternoon when they take on the Tampa Bay Lightning (5-2) at Benchmark International Arena. Puck drop is set for 1 pm PT. The Canucks have dropped six straight games (0-5-1), but picked up their first point of the road trip with a 3-2 overtime…
You rarely get slow news days once the NHL season starts, but today was one of them. Today was one of those days when there wasn’t much to report from Vancouver Canucks practice. The club practiced in Tampa Bay ahead of their Saturday matinee matchup with the Lightning, but there were no updates on…
Lightning News What a game by captain Victor Hedman last night! His struggles and triumphs over the last year have been well documented but last night, Hedman scored one of the most memorable goals I can ever remember the Big Swede scoring. There are plenty to choose from in his Hall of Fame career but last night’s goal felt extra special. Hedman looked like the Hedman of old as he scored the game-winning goal in overtime by beating all three Kraken players and a finishing with a beautifu...
Victor Hedman had one goal last season. He’s already matched that total just seven games into the season. His first of the year came at an opportune time as the Lightning’s captain scored at the 2:07 mark of overtime to give the Lightning the 4-3 victory. Brandon Hagel scored twice and Ilya Mikheyev notched his 100th career goal in the victory as Tampa Bay ran their home record to 4-0 on the young season. The first period wasn’t the cleanest twenty minutes of the season for the Lightning ...
Injuries limited Victor Hedman’s production when he was on the ice during the 2025-26 season. A season after finishing fifth in the Norris Trophy voting, the Tampa Bay Lightning’s captain experienced the worst season of his career, playing in 33 games and producing just 17 points (1 goal, 16 assists). Not only was he struggling with physical injuries, Hedman wasn’t in the place he needed to be mentally, and he took time away from the game to deal with his mental health. After a full summe...
Time: 7:00 PM Location: Benchmark International Arena TV/Stream/Radio: The Spot, KONG, ESPN+, 102.5 The Bone Odds: Lightning -250 Know the Opponents: Davy Jones’ Locker Room The Tampa Bay Lightning did not have a great game against the New York Rangers on Tuesday. They failed to keep pace with the Rangers on the way to a 4-1 loss, snapping their four-game winning streak. Now the Bolts hope recent history repeats itself. After all, it was only a few weeks ago that they ...
The Kraken vs Lightning game preview covers Seattle's win streak, projected starters, injuries and the key matchup for Thursday's game in Tampa.
No Igor, no problem. The Rangers continue surging ahead on the stick of Lafrenière and the glove of Garand.
Taylor Hall exits with an injury. Oliver Kapanen is still day-to-day. Jake Sanderson getting close. No timeline for Chris Tanev.
Taylor Hall exits with an injury. Oliver Kapanen is still day-to-day. Jake Sanderson getting close. No timeline for Chris Tanev.
Lightning News The Lightning were once again at Madison Square Garden and once again faltered courtesy of the New York Rangers. The Lightning will fortunately not be returning to MSG again this year after being outscored 9-2 in the two games. The Rangers come to Tampa on March 27th to wrap up the season series. [ Raw Charge ] Yesterday morning the Lightning announced that they called up goaltender Mads Sogaard from Syracuse which caused quite the alarm amongst Lightning fans. Fortuna...
Matt Rempe has already opened his fight ledger for the 2026-27 NHL season in his second game with the New York Rangers. Rempe needed just four shifts to find a willing dance partner in Tampa Bay Lightning forward Jeffrey Viel. The two tough guys dropped their gloves with 5:43 remaining in the first period of
These aren’t exactly final exams — those will come later in the season and, hopefully, during the Stanley Cup Playoffs […]
Alexis Lafreniere scored twice in the first period and the New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden.
Alexis Lafreniere continued the best scoring surge of his NHL career on Tuesday, pumping home two more goals to help […]
If nothing else, the Tampa Bay Lightning can breathe a sigh of relief that they don’t have to play any more regular season games in Madison Square Arena. After a lackluster 5-1 loss to open their season against them two weeks ago, the Lightning followed it up with another sluggish game that led to a 4-1 loss. Alexis Lafreniere scored twice in the first period to give the home team the lead while Dylan Garand stopped 25-of-26 shots to pick up another win in place of the injured Igor Shesterkin....
Dylan Garand made 25 saves in his second straight start as the Rangers’ defense kept Tampa’s top players quiet. The Blueshirts are now 6-2 on the season.
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For the second time in less than two weeks, the New York Rangers host the Tampa Bay Lightning at Madison […]
The Tampa Bay Lightning are making their first recall of the season, and it’s not Dominic James. While they are expected to officially recall the speedy forward soon, he will not be in the line-up for the game against the New York Rangers on Tuesday. Instead, the Bolts added some more size to the goaltending crease as they recalled 6’7″ Mads Sogaard from the Syracuse Crunch. The 25-year-old netminder has appeared in three games this season (started two) with a 1-1-0 record, .937 SV%, and ...
Time: 7:15 PM EST Location: Madison Square Garden TV/Stream/Radio: The Spot, ESPN+, MSG, 102.5 The Bones Odds: Lightning -160 Know the Opponents: Blueshirt Banter Previous Meetings: Rangers 5, Lightning 1 For the second time in less than two weeks the Tampa Bay Lightning are skating under the lights of the World’s Most Famous Arena. Hopefully, the outcome is just a little different. An 0-for-7 performance on the power play and a lack of pushback doomed the Lightni...
Mike and Dan recap a week of close-but-no-cigar games and discuss the season-ending injury to Alexander Romanov (and Igor Shesterkin). In losses to the Rangers and Lightning, the Islanders showed some good things, but ultimately came away with zero points, which is a problem even this early in the season. At 2-3-0, they once again […]
(1) Tampa Bay Lightning (4-1-0, 8 PTS) Goals For: 16 (T-12th in the NHL)*; Goals Against: 12 (T-7th fewest in the NHL)* *As of October 11th Last week: (3-0-0) Monday, October 5, 2026 PHI: 1 TBL: 4 Four goalscorers lead Lightning to 4-1 victory over Flyers Thursday, October 8, 2026 MIN: 2 TBL: 3 Carlson scores twice as Lightning defeat Wild, 3-2 Saturday, October 10, 2026 TBL: 5 NYI: 3 Hagel’s hat trick bails Lightning out in 5-3 win over Islanders Upcoming Schedule: Tu...
It’s Sunday night. What else is going on? Well, yes football is on, but why not read some random hockey thoughts in between plays? Tonight we’re going to take a quick look at the Tampa Bay Lightning power play. It was a talking point at the end of last season, through the summer, and, now to begin the season as it’s one of the few parts of the game that isn’t clicking in the Lightning’s 4-1-0 start to the season that has them atop the Atlantic Division. Some might say that they are strugg...
Brandon Hagel scored three goals, including two late goals, as the Lightning beat the Islanders 5-3 on Saturday. Hagel finished with four points.