Daily Strike - Tampa Bay Lightning

The Tampa Bay Lightning play at the Boston Bruins in a Saturday matinee for their final road game of the regular season. Tampa Bay and Boston are the 2 winningest programs in the NHL over the past 10 seasons. Erik Cernak will play in his 500th game tonight. Ryan McDonagh is the Lightning nominee for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lose 2-1 to the Montreal Canadiens for their 3rd straight loss. They drop to 3rd place in the Atlantic Division with 3 games to play. Darren Raddysh got the lone goal for his 70th point, Nikita Kucherov is up to 128 points on the season while Anthony Cirelli and Declan Carlile both returned to the lineup. On this date in Lightning history, Steven Stamkos reached 50 goals fo...

The Tampa Bay Lightning play at the Montreal Canadiens tonight looking to snap their 2-game losing streak. The Bolts are now in 2nd place, 2 points behind Buffalo with a game in hand as there are 4 games left in the season. Andrei Vasilevskiy can move up to 21st place in all-time wins, Nikita Kucherov can match his goal total from last season and Darren Raddysh is the nominee for the Bill Masterso...

The Tampa Bay Lightning lose 6-2 in Ottawa as Brandon Hagel, Anthony Cirelli and Pontus Holmberg all missed due to injury. Dylan Duke, Jakob Pelletier and Conor Geekie were recalled from Syracuse and all played. Nick Paul and Corey Perry were the goal scorers. Tampa Bay is now tied atop the Atlantic Division with Montreal and Buffalo at 102 points with 4 games remaining.  See omnystudio.com/l...

The Tampa Bay Lightning lost 4-2 in Buffalo to the Sabres. Nikita Kucherov scored his 400th career goal. He's the 2nd Lightning player to reach that milestone. Jake Guentzel is now up to 86 points this season which is a new career high. Brandon Hagel and Anthony Cirelli missed the game due to injury. Pontus Holmberg left in the 3rd period with an injury that Head Coach Jon Cooper said 'isn't good'...

The Tampa Bay Lightning are in Buffalo to face the Sabres tonight to start a 4-game road trip. Both teams clinched playoff berths on Saturday and the Lightning lead Buffalo by 2 points in the Atlantic Division with a game-in-hand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 to wrap up their 7-game home stand. Darren Raddysh set the franchise record for goals by a defenseman in a single season at 21, Jake Guentzel ties his career-high for points at 84 and Andrei Vasilevskiy gets his league-leading 37th win. The Lightning have clinched a playoff berth for the 9th straight season and 12 times in the last 13 seasons.&nbs...

The Tampa Bay Lightning are wrapping up their season-long 7-game home stand as the Boston Bruins are in town. The Lightning can clinch a playoff berth with a win or a Detroit regulation loss in the afternoon. Anthony Cirelli is moving up the franchise record books, Jake Guentzel has a 6-game point streak and Jon Cooper joins some rare company for 100-point sesaons. See omnystudio.com/listener for...

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 as Anthony Cirelli had his 2nd career hat trick while Nikita Kucherov had another 3-point night. The Lightning reached 100 points for the 9th time in franchise history and they lowered their magic number to clinch a playoff berth to 2 points. Brandon Hagel and Scott Sabourin missed the game due to injury as Mitchell Chaffee was recalled from...

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Pittsburgh Penguins as their magic number is now 4 to clinch a playoff spot. The Lightning have 98 points and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic Division, just 2 points behind the Sabres. Tonight's game is the 6th of a season-long 7-game home stand. Nikita Kucherov is the NHL's first star of the month for March. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lose 4-1 to the Montreal Canadiens to snap their 8-game point streak. Jake Guentzel scored the lone Lightning goal, his 36th of the season. Nikita Kucherov returned to the lineup after missing the last 2 games with an illness, he played over 23 minutes and had 6 shots on goal.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Montreal Canadiens who are just 4 points behind the Bolts in the Atlantic Division. Jake Guentzel is just 4 points from tying his career best season, Darren Raddysh is tied for the 4th most points in a season by a defenseman in franchise history while Brandon Hagel is one goal from setting a new career high for goals in a season. See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 for their 2nd straight win. The Bolts now have points in their last 8 games. Corey Perry scored the game-winning goal, Jake Guentzel and Brandon Hagel had the other 2 goals. Jonas Johansson got the win to move into a tie for 8th most wins by a goalie in franchise history. On this date in Lightning history, Vinny Lecavalier became the first L...

The Tampa Bay Lightning feel behind by 2 goals but rally to beat the Ottawa Senators 4-2. The Bolts are now 12-1-1 in the first half of back-to-back games. The Lightning are just the 3rd team in NHL history to earn standings points in 4 straight games that they trailed by multiple goals in. Nikita Kucherov and Nick Paul were both scratches due to illness. Charle-Édouard D'Astous scored and...

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Ottawa Senators in a Kids Superhero Day matinee. The Lightning have points in 6 straight games. Today's game is the first half of back-to-back home games this weekend. The Bolts are 11-1-1 in the first half of back-to-back games, that's the best record in the NHL. The power play has been the best in the league since January 1st and Nikita Kucherov has 22 PP points...

The Tampa Bay Lightning rally from 2-goals down but lose 4-3 in overtime to the Seattle Kraken. Anthony Cirelli scores his 20th goal, he's the 5th Bolt to do so this season. Jake Guentzel and Corey Perry scored the other goals. You can meet Brandon Hagel today at Ferrell's on the Island. On this date in Lightning history, Victor Hedman set the franchise record for assists in a season by a defensem...

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Seattle Kraken tonight looking for points in their 6th straight game. Nick Paul will play in his 300th game with the Bolts tonight, Erik Cernak will play in his 491st game which is the 3rd most among defenseman in franchise history. Nikita Kucherov is the first player to have 104 points in a 50-game span since Mario Lemieux in 2000. Victor Hedman is on temporary le...

The Tampa Bay Lightning rallied to beat the Minnesota Wild 6-3 to start a 7-game homestand.  Jake Guentzel scored his 300th career goal, Darren Raddysh ties a franchise record of 20 goals in a season by a defenseman and Nikita Kucherov gets his 80th assist for the 4th consecutive season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Minnesota Wild tonight as they begin a 7-day homestand that will last 12 days. Nikita Kucherov is the NHL's First Star of the Week for the 3rd time this season after he scored 6 goals and added 7 assists to take over the NHL's scoring lead. On this date in Lightning history, Lightning player reached 100 points in a season for the first time. See omnystudio.com/list...

The Tampa Bay Lightning rally to force overtime but lose 4-3 in Calgary. Ryan McDonagh, Darren Raddysh and Pontus Holmberg are the goal scorers. Nikita Kucherov gets an assist to extend his lead in the scoring race to 3 points. The Lightning are set to begin a 7-game homestand on Tuesday night when the Minnesota Wild come to town. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 as Nikita Kucherov gets 4 points to take the scoring lead in the NHL. Kucherov scored his 1st career shorthanded goal and he had his 5th career 3-point game on the road. He is just the 3rd player in NHL history to accomplish that. The Lightning are now 3-0 on this 4-game road trip to the Pacific Northwest which they will wrap up tonight in Calga...

The Tampa Bay Lightning are starting a back-to-back tonight in Edmonton as they take on Connor McDavid and the Oilers. McDavid and Nikita Kucherov are 2 of the top 3 in the scoring race as they are all 1 point apart. The Lightning are 10-1-1 in the first half of back-to-back games this season, that is the best in the NHL. The Syracuse Crunch clinched a playoff berth with a 5-3 win over the Rochest...

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-2 on Thursday night as Nikita Kucherov had another 3-point night on the road, Anthony Cirelli had 3 points, Darren Raddysh scored his 18th goal and Jake Guentzel scores 30 goals for the 5th straight season. Hear from Head Coach Jon Cooper, Anthony Cirelli and Darren Raddysh on the game. On this date in Lightning history, Andrei Vasilevskiy sets...

The Tampa Bay Lightning take on the Vancouver Canucks tonight in the 2nd game of their 4-game road trip. Nikita Kucherov has 111 points this season which is tied for 2nd most in the NHL. In his last 45 games, he has 93 points, the beat 45-game scoring mark in 30 years. Andrei Vasilevskiy leads the NHL with 31 wins and is 2nd in save percentage at .914.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Seattle Kraken 6-2 behind Nikita Kucherov's 5-point night. Brandon Hagel had a 4-point game, Gage Goncalves extended his point streak to 4 games and Jake Guentzel became the fastest player in franchise history to reach 150 points. Hear from Head Coach Jon Cooper, Brandon Hagel and Gage Goncalves on the game. On this date in Lightning history Steven Stamkos became t...