Category: ‘Lightning 101 Features’
Tampa Bay Lightning Try to Play Spoiler for Southeast Division Leading Washington Capitals
April 13th, 2013 at 4:27 PM
With their own playoff hopes all but dashed, the Tampa Bay Lightning will look to play a new role in the final few games of the 2013 season.
Trying to keep points out of the hands of their division rival, the Washington Capitals, and striving for some hardware for superstar forwards...
Tampa Bay Lightning Flattened by Playoff-Bound Pittsburgh Penguins
April 12th, 2013 at 11:58 AM
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The Pittsburgh Penguins are headed for the 1st seed in the Eastern Conference when the Stanley Cup Playoffs begin.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are headed for a lottery pick.
Last night's match-up between these two clubs went about how you would expect it to. Pittsburgh dominated play all night long, outshooting the Bolts...
Tampa Bay Lightning Face Pittsburgh Penguins, Top Team in Eastern Conference
April 11th, 2013 at 12:33 PM
The Tampa Bay Lightning will face the Eastern Conference-leading Pittsburgh Penguins tonight at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
The Bolts are 0-2-0 against the Pen this season, dropping a pair of decisions in Pittsburgh earlier this year, allowing 4 or more goals in each game to one of only two teams...
Tampa Bay Lightning Weekend Wrap: Bolts Drop Pair of 4-2 Decisions to New York Islanders, Washington Capitals
April 9th, 2013 at 2:21 PM
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The Tampa Bay Lightning, under new head coach Jon Cooper and new starting goaltender Ben Bishop, showed some signs of weakness this weekend with two losses in both ends of a set of back-to-back games on the road on Long Island against the New York Islanders and in D.C. against...
Tampa Bay Lightning Ride Newly Acquired Goaltender Ben Bishop to 5-0 Thrashing of Carolina Hurricanes
April 4th, 2013 at 11:51 PM
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The game was actually a lot closer than the final score seems to indicate.
Sure, that's said quite a bit in the NHL, but in reality, the Bolts found themselves chasing the play a bit in the first and second periods. They were thoroughly out-possessed and outshot for much of the...
Tampa Bay Lightning Look to Continue Winning Ways Against Florida Panthers
April 2nd, 2013 at 6:09 PM
The Tampa Bay Lightning, under new head coach Jon Cooper, are 1-0 following a 5-4 come-from-behind shootout victory over the New Jersey Devils on Friday.
In the 2013 season, the Bolts are 3-0 against the injury-riddled and struggling defending Southeast Division champion Florida Panthers, picking up 6 out of a possible...
Tampa Bay Lightning Rally Twice to Defeat New Jersey Devils in Shootout
March 30th, 2013 at 3:02 PM
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Despite falling behind twice by two goals -- the Tampa Bay Lightning never quit on rookie NHL coach Jon Cooper and tied the game up twice, including once with less than a minute remaining, to keep faint playoff hopes alive and give Jon Cooper a victory in his first game...
Jon Cooper Era Begins Officially for Tampa Bay Lightning Against New Jersey Devils
March 29th, 2013 at 12:52 PM
Although he's already been the coach for a few days, Jon Cooper will make his NHL debut tonight at the Tampa Bay Times Forum behind the bench for the Tampa Bay Lightning against the New Jersey Devils.
After playing a solid if unspectacular game against Buffalo on Tuesday, the Bolts will...
Tampa Bay Lightning Give Solid Effort, Minimize Mistakes in 2-1 Win Over Buffalo Sabres
March 27th, 2013 at 1:59 AM
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As is common with struggling NHL teams, one thing the Tampa Bay Lightning have lacked all season is consistency.
A strong offensive effort would be wasted by a poor defensive one, or vice versa, and all of a sudden a 6-1 start to the year turned sour fast and ended with...
Tampa Bay Lightning Collapse Early, Fall Short in Comeback Effort in 5-3 Loss to Ottawa Senators
March 23rd, 2013 at 8:03 PM
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Through two periods, the Tampa Bay Lightning looked like one of the worst teams in the NHL -- for one, they took advantage of a relaxed opponent but didn't have enough time left to even the score as they fell to the Ottawa Senators 4-3 in Ottawa this afternoon.
None of...
Tampa Bay Lightning Open up Set of Back-to-Back Games with Future Division Rival Ottawa Senators
March 23rd, 2013 at 1:33 AM
When the NHL realigns next season, road trips to Canada will come with more frequency.
The Tampa Bay Lightning, coming off a 4-2 defeat to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday, will be in Ottawa tonight to face the Senators, a division rival next season, as the Bolts and Florida Panthers...
Tampa Bay Lightning Lose Anders Lindback to Injury in 4-2 Loss to Toronto Maple Leafs
March 21st, 2013 at 1:48 AM
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For the Tampa Bay Lightning this shortened season, the hits just keep on coming.
Every team has had their fair share of injuries during this lockout-shortened season. Just take a quick look at Southeast Division rival Florida to see a team that has struggled mightily due to a rash of injuries...
Tampa Bay Lightning Face Another Must-Win Scenario on Road Against Toronto Maple Leafs
March 20th, 2013 at 12:18 PM
The Tampa Bay Lightning will begin a three-game road swing through Canada tonight versus the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Starting with tonight's road tilt, the Bolts will play three straight road games against teams ahead of them in the Eastern Conference standings with an opportunity to gain points while keeping them from...
Steven Stamkos Scores 200th Career NHL Goal in 4-2 Tampa Bay Lightning Win Over the Philadelphia Flyers
March 18th, 2013 at 11:58 PM
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Just when you thought this team was out of it for good, the Tampa Bay Lightning put out another winning effort and leap-frog over a team ahead of them in the crowded Eastern Conference standings.
A pair of wins at home over the Carolina Hurricanes and now the Philadelphia Flyers have...
Tampa Bay Lightning Wrap up Short Homestand with Game Against Philadelphia Flyers
March 18th, 2013 at 12:14 PM
In this space before this three-game homestand began, I said if the Lightning don't go at least 2-1 with a win over the Carolina Hurricanes, their season is over.
That's two goals out of three accomplished so far.
After being shutout and shut down by the New York Islanders in a 2-0...
Tampa Bay Lightning Defeat Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 Thanks to Rookies, Mathieu Garon
March 17th, 2013 at 1:52 PM
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When Adam Hall was waived and then claimed by the Carolina Hurricanes, a lot of people were puzzled by the move.
One of the better defensive forwards on the roster and the team's only faceoff specialist, he was well liked in the locker room and by the fans for his work ethic...
Tampa Bay Lightning Face Former Bolt Adam Hall and the Carolina Hurricanes
March 16th, 2013 at 2:59 PM
This morning it was announced that the Carolina Hurricanes have claimed forward Adam Hall off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Per Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune:
Adam Hall has been claimed off waivers by Carolina . . . wonder if he will be in the lineup tonight?
— Erik Erlendsson (@erlendssonTBO)...
