Posts Tagged ‘Nikita Kucherov’

Two for the Road

  Tampa, Fla. — Last night’s game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Arizona Phoenix Coyotes is a monumental one of sorts. Congratulations to Valterri Filppula for playing in your 700th career game tonight (483 games with Detroit, 216 with the Lightning.)  Tampa Bya’s second longest tenured player and the second Lightning player to reach […]

Johnson & Bolts Ice down Hot Pens

Johnson & Bolts Ice down Hot Pens

  The Tampa Bay Lightning coming into tonight had won nine of their last ten games. The Bolts current seven game home winning streak is tied with Chicago for the longest active home win streak in the NHL and tonight the Bolts took on the Pittsburgh Penguins. The puck drops, and just seconds later Pittsburgh’s star […]

The Lightning Silence the Madhouse on Morgan

  (with #1 Star Victor Hedman Post Game Audio) Got Storylines? I’d say. The Stanley Cup Champions streaked into Amalie Arena on Thursday night. Sorry ladies, Jonathan Toews kept his clothes on but the Blackhawks came to Tampa riding a 12 game winning streak, while the Lightning were also screaming hot, winners of their last […]

Lightning Strikes Oil, Score 6 Times

The Lightning earlier this month beat the Oilers in Edmonton, which was the start of their 5 game winning streak they are currently on. It was the first win in Edmonton for this franchise since March 7, 2007 and it marked the start of the hottest streak of the year for the Lightning. The  Lightning came […]

Bonus Hockey goes Bolts Way

The Lightning returned home Friday night after a successful road trip to take on the Pittsburg Penguins at Amalie Arena. The Bolts got off to a quick start as they mounted early pressure and it paid off as Vladislav Namestnikov wristed one past Marc-Andre Fleury. Assisting on the play was Steven Stamkos who continued his […]

Lightning Win a Wild One

The Tampa Bay Lightning played The Minnesota Wild in front of a sell out crowd for just the 20th time in the franchise’s history. The Minnesota Wild started playing in the 2000 – 01 NHL season and recorded their very first win against the Tampa Bay Lightning. This would be the 2nd and last time […]

Blue Jackets say, “We seen Stamkos”

Blue Jackets say, “We seen Stamkos”

The season seems to be turning around for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Then again, it could just be the Lightning were playing the Columbus Blue Jackets. Winners of six of their last 10 games, the Lightning came in with an 8-2-0 all-time record at home against the Blue Jackets. The last time these two teams […]

It’s an Un-Power Play

It was the last game of a six game road stint for the Pacific Division Vancouver Canucks. The Lightning have been pretty successful against the Canucks with a record of 7-5-2 all time at home, but 10-13-3 overall with two ties.  Tonight the Canucks would give every opportunity for the Lightning to come away with the 11th overall win over […]

Valtteri Finnishes as the King

Valtteri Finnishes as the King

It was a matchup of the West Coast vs. the East Coast Thanksgiving Eve by the Bay. This was the first of two meetings between the LA Kings and the Tampa Bay Lightning for the 2015-16 season. The Kings came into to town with a record of 13-8-0 and 26 points.  For the Kings this […]

Happy Birthday Goal Support

  Coming into the “Oil Can” tonight you might think the Lightning would be challenged by the red hot Anaheim Ducks.   Not the case as the Lightning blow out the Ducks on Ben Bishop’s birthday. It was the first of two meetings with this West Coast rival. The Lightning will meet the Ducks in So Cal within 12 days. […]