Posts Tagged ‘Valterri Filppula’

Penguins Stars Shine in Tampa

Penguins Stars Shine in Tampa

Tampa, Fla. –  Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin had two goals each as the Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3.  They also had six minutes in penalties (Crosby two and Malkin four). The Penguins came into Amalie Arena tonight struggling on the power play at 15th in the league.  Both Malkin’s lamp lighters and […]

Columbus “Blue Collar” Jackets Out Work Bolts

Columbus “Blue Collar” Jackets Out Work Bolts

Tampa, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning took on the Columbus Jackets earlier tonight at the “Oil Can,” and it was another sell out crowd on this Black Friday and the Bolts were wearing their alternate black jerseys. Former Lightning coach John Tortorella was in the house, as his 10-5-3 Jackets faced-off against Coopers 13-7-1 Bolts. […]

Thankful for a Comeback

Thankful for a Comeback

  Tampa, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning took on the Philadelphia Flyers earlier tonight at the Amalie Arena.  This was the one and only time this 2016-2017 season that the Flyers will make the trip to Tampa.  Down 2-1 in the third to the Flyers the Lightning score two goals in a twelve second […]

B’s Win in Ten Rounder

Tampa, Fla. — It ended with the shootout that went forever as Tuukka Rask and Andrei Vasilevskiy stole the show. The Lightning took to the ice pregame warm up donning their lavender and grey jerseys to support the fight against cancer.             #Hockeyfightscancer night The first period opened up with the Bruins […]

Devil of a Comeback

Devil of a Comeback

Tampa, Fla. — Although the  Lightning won the opening face off, they quickly turned the puck over and just 52 seconds into the game at Devils #2 John Moore wrists one over the left shoulder of Andrei Vasilevskiy, who got the nod tonight between the pipes, and the Devils were on the board with Moore’s first goal of the […]

Don’t Call it a Comeback, Series Tied at 2

Don’t Call it a Comeback, Series Tied at 2

The puck dropped Friday night with the Penguins leading the Eastern Conference Finals series 2-1 and Tampa needed to play like the team everyone knows they are capable of to pull out a win and tie the series. Going back to the “Burgh” being down 3-1 did not sound like a good option. The Tampa party started […]

“Hedman”ing to Conference Finals

The New York Islanders entered the “Oil Can” this afternoon with their backs against the proverbial wall. A win by the Tampa Bay Lightning would propel them into the Eastern Conference Finals.  Victor Hedman would assure that happened. The Lightning commit a penalty just ten seconds in and the the penalty kill was on point […]

Cally’s Late Hustle Play gets Bishop the Win

Cally’s Late Hustle Play gets Bishop the Win

With the Hockey Hottie… The question at 7pm eastern time tonight was: It’s game five at the Oil Can, can the Lightning close the series or would the Wings of the Motor City be dragging Tampa Bay’s beloved blue clad skaters back to Detroit? It ended up being a game that featured both teams playing well […]

The Devil’s in the Details – Bolts Close it on Fan Appreciation Night

The Devil’s in the Details – Bolts Close it on Fan Appreciation Night

This is the second of three meetings tonight between the Lightning and the Devils, the teams will play in New Jersey Thursday April 7th. The last meeting was at the Prudential Center, Tampa Bay shut out New Jersey 4-0. Ben Bishop had 21 saves. This was the last regular season home game here at 401 Channelside Drive in Tampa, […]

Greiss Stars vs .500 Team

Islanders goalie Thomas Greiss was the number one star with a win plus 29 saves, and we learned the Lightning is a .500 NHL team. Both Steven Stamkos and Ryan Callahan said after the game the Lightning is a .500 team. Ryan Callahan said, “We’re a .500 hockey club and we realize that, we put ourselves in this situation […]