Shutout of Jackets Rings in New Year Homecoming for Bolts

Tampa, Fla. — It’s a new year for the Tampa Bay Lightning but their winning ways continue just the same as their first home game of 2019 finished with a 4-0 victory over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets. The first period was fast, with both teams going back and forth early, but no one on […]

Johnson Hits the Hat Trick as the Lightning Double up the Canes

Tampa, Fla. – It was a battle for sixty minutes on Tuesday night as the Lightning, led by a Tyler Johnson hat trick, earned the 4-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. “I don’t worry too much about hat tricks,” Johnson said. “I’m more happy that we won that game. I was probably more pumped that […]

Canucks Win as Lightning Miss Opportunities

  Tampa, Fla. — Tyler Johnson returned to action for the Lightning on Wednesday night as the Bolts notched their first loss of the season, falling 4-1 to the Vancouver Canucks. The Lightning dominated the first period but missed opportunities set the tone for the night. Tampa outshot the Canucks 17 to five in the […]

Lightning Defeat The Bruins in Game Five to Advance to ECF

Lightning Defeat the Devils 5-3 in Game 2

Go Johnny Go

Tampa, Fla. – This was one of those nights where the lightning didn’t have their best effort sloppy passing, bad penalty kill and at points in the game on Tuesday night the Carolina Hurricanes outplayed the Tampa Bay Lightning but it didn’t matter the bolts won 5-4 led by Tyler Johnson’s first hat trick of […]

LIGHTNING ISSUE QUALIFYING OFFERS TO NINE PLAYERS

  TAMPA FLA.  – The Tampa Bay Lightning have issued qualifying offers to nine players today, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced. Below is the list of players receiving qualifying offers: Pos.  Player                    F       Michael Bournival D       Jake Dotchin G       Kristers Gudlevskis F       Tyler Johnson D       Slater Koekkoek F       Tye McGinn F       Ondrej […]

Vasilevskiy is Growing to be an NHL Force

Tampa, Fla. – –  Maybe there is more to this mental game in professional sports then we think.   Since Ben Bishop was moved to the bright lights of Tinsel Town Andrei Vasilevskiy has been on fire.  Coming into tonight before facing the best in the West, the Minnesota Wild, Vasilevskiy is 3-1 with 131 […]

Hedman Hits Big Extra Point

Tampa, Fla. – More trade ripples in Tampa Bay on Wednesday as Valtteri Filppula was the player that joined Bishop and Boyle on the list of former Tampa Bay Lightning.   The Lightning hosting cellar dweller Carolina at home would be a great barometer if this Lightning team would keep hanging on to what appears only […]

Four Point Swing goes to the B’s

Tampa, Fla. — It was an uneventful first period with the shot count Boston 4, Tampa 8.  It was somewhat at least refreshing the Lightning led the shot count.  The next forty minutes the Lightning go listless and only get 13 shots over the next forty minutes. Alex Killorn scored the lone goal for the […]