Daily Strike - Tampa Bay Lightning

The Tampa Bay Lightning are in Seattle tonight to start a 4-game road trip when they play the Kraken. Yanni Gourde and Oliver Bjorkstrand are back in Seattle for the first time since they were traded to the Bolts at last year's trade deadline. Zemgus Girgensons was a full participant in practice after he left Saturday's game after blocking a shot. Emil Lilleberg continued to practice in a red no-c...

The Tampa Bay Lightning are already in Seattle where they will take on the Kraken tomorrow night to start a 4-game road trip. The Bolts have won just 3-of-10 games since returning from the Olympic break. They remain in 2nd place in the Atlantic Division, just 4 points behind Buffalo with 2 games in hand. Pontus Holmberg has tied a career high in points, Victor Hedman is now tied for 18th most poin...

The Tampa Bay Lightning lose 4-2 to the Carolina Hurricanes to wrap up their 3-game homestand. Yanni Gourde and Charle-Édouard D'Astous scored the goals in the 2nd period. Nick Paul and Erik Cernak returned to the lineup while Conor Geekie was reassigned to Syracuse. On this date in Lightning history, Ben Bishop set the franchise record for wins by a goalie. See omnystudio.com/listener for...

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Carolina Hurricanes tonight looking for their 2nd straight win. The Lightning will get Erik Cernak back tonight and could see Nick Paul make his return as well. Nikita Kucherov wins the NHLPA's Player of the Week for the 2nd time this season, Jake Guentzel close to setting the franchise record for fewest game needed to reach 150 points and Andrei Vasilevskiy is jus...

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 as Jake Guentzel and Gage Goncalves both score 2 goals. Nikita Kucherov gets 2 assists to give him 1,100 points in his career, Jon Cooper gets his 700th win (regular season and postseason) and Anthony Cirelli riding a 4-game assist streak. On this date in Lightning history, the Bolts raised a Stanley Cup banner to the rafters. See omnystudio.c...

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Detroit Red Wings tonight as the Bolts have lost 6 of their last 7 games. Anthony Cirelli is riding a 3-game point streak, Gage Goncalves has set a new career high for points and Nikita Kucherov is closing in on 1,100 points. On this date in Lightning history, the NHL suspended the 2019-20 season for COVID-19. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lose 5-2 to the Columbus Blue Jackets to begin their 3-game homestand. It's the 2nd straight loss for the Bolts and 6th loss in their last 7 games. Gage Goncalves returned to the lineup and scored, as did JJ Moser. The Lightning have the day off before they host the Detroit Red Wings Thursday night. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning begin a 3-game homestand tonight vs. the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Bolts are 0-2 this season vs. Columbus. Andrei Vasilevskiy is looking for his 30th win, Nikita Kucherov is 3 points short of 1,100 in his career while Corey Perry became just 3rd Lightning player to score a goal in each of his first two games after joining the team. Brandon Hagel was fined $5,000 for his al...

The Tampa Bay Lightning lose 8-7 at the Buffalo Sabres. The Bolts overcame two 3-goal deficits to take a 2-goal lead before giving up 3 straight goals. Buffalo converted on 4 power plays and they scored a shorthanded goal. Corey Perry scored for the 2nd straight game since being acquired at the Trade Deadline, Nikita Kucherov had another 3-point night and Brandon Hagel has scored 30 goals for the...

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 to snap their 4-game losing streak. Corey Perry scored in his return to the Lightning after being traded to Tampa Bay on Friday. Nikita Kucherov had a 4-assist night to give him his 4th straight 100-point season while Brayden Point skated in his 700th career game. Emil Lilleberg will miss approximately 2 weeks after suffering a facial fractu...

The Tampa Bay Lightning are in Toronto tonight to face the Maple Leafs looking to snap their 4-game losing streak. General Manager Julien BriseBois traded for Corey Perry ahead of the NHL Trade Deadline. Perry played for two season for the Lightning from 2021-2023. Brayden Point will skate in his 700th game tonight while Nikita Kucherov needs 4 points to reach 100 for the 6th time in his career. S...

The Tampa Bay Lighting lose 4-1 at the Winnipeg Jets for their 4th straight regulation loss. It's the 2nd time this season they've done that. Brayden Point was the lone goal scorer. Gage Goncalves is day-to-day after being hurt on Saturday while Dominic James is out until mid-May after having surgery for a lower-body injury. On this date in Lightning history, the Bolts scored 3 goals in just 32-se...

The Tampa Bay Lightning play the Winnipeg Jets tonight as they look to snap their 3-game losing streak. It's the 2nd game of a 4-game road trip. Brandon Hagel is looking for his 200th assist while Jake Guentzel needs 1 more assist to match last season's total. On this date in Lightning history, Alex Killorn scored in overtime to give the Bolts their 9th straight win, a then franchise record. See o...

The Tampa Bay Lightning lose 5-1 in Minnesota as they give up the lead early again and can't get ahead. It's the 3rd straight loss for the Bolts as they now head to Winnipeg to face the Jets on Thursday night. Nikita Kucherov had the lone Lightning goal. On this date in Lightning history, Alex Killorn scores with 0.1 seconds left in overtime to win. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...

The Tampa Bay Lightning start a 4-game road trip tonight in Minnesota to face the Wild. Both teams have 80 points and have lost 2 straight games.  The Lightning will be without forwards Gage Goncalves and Dominic James who were injured on Saturday night so callups could be coming. On this date in Lightning history, Jeff Vinik bought the franchise. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

The Tampa Bay Lightning are back to practice today before they embark on a 4-game road trip to Minnesota, Winnipeg, Toronto and Buffalo. We may get injury updates on Gage Goncalves and Dominic James who both left Saturday's game and didn't return. The Syracuse Crunch have won 9 of their last 10 games and Lightning Prospect Marco Mignosa was named the OHL Player of the Month in February. On this da...

The Tampa Bay Lightning lost their 2nd straight game, this one to the Buffalo Sabres 6-2. Dominic James and Victor Hedman scored goals for Tampa Bay while Gage Goncalves and Dominic James left the game with injuries. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Buffalo Sabres tonight in a battle of the top 2 teams in the Atlantic Division. The Bolts are riding a 10-game home win streak while Nikita Kucherov is looking to tie a career best 13-game point streak. Andrei Vasilevskiy has earned standings points in 18 straight games. Happy Birthday to Darren Raddysh who has 53 points in 51 games this season. See omnystudio.com/...

The Tampa Bay Lightning battled back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the game twice but they would ultimately lose 5-4 at the Carolina Hurricanes. The loss snapped their 6-game win streak. Nikita Kucherov extended his point streak to 12 games while Jonas Johansson played in his 100th career NHL game. On this date in Lightning history, Nikita Kucherov scored a natural hat trick with 3 power play goals. S...

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 to extend their streak to 20-1-1 in their last 22 games. Nikita Kucherov scored his 30th goal and grabbed his 700th career assist. Brayden Point returned after missing 11 games, he scored 2 goals and had an assist. The Lightning are in Carolina tonight to face the Hurricanes. On this date in Lightning history, the Bolts played outdoors for t...

The Tampa Bay Lightning return to action after 20 days off the Olympics tonight as the Toronto Maple Leafs come to Benchmark International Arena. Brayden Point, Emil Lilleberg and Charle-Édouard D'Astous return from injury for tonight's game. More Olympic players returned to practice including Victor Hedman, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Pontus Holmberg and JJ Moser. All of the Olympians should be in...

The Tampa Bay Lightning will be back to practice today after having Monday off.  They are ready to resume play after the Olympics break when they host the Toronto Maple Leafs tomorrow night. On this date in Lightning history, Ross Colton scores in his NHL debut. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For the first time since 1980, the US Men's Hockey team are gold medalists at the Winter Olympics as they beat Canada 2-1 in overtime. Jake Guenzel wins a gold medal while Brandon Hagel take home silver. At Lightning practice, Darren Raddysh had to wear a USA jersey after losing a bet on the game with Ryan McDonagh. On this date in Lightning history, Corey Perry scored his 400th goal. See omnystud...

The USA and Canada will play for the Gold Medal today at the Winter Olympics. That means with Jake Guentzel or Brandon Hagel will win gold this year. Darren Raddysh and Yanni Gourde on watching their teammates at the Olympics. The Lightning did practice on Saturday as Anthony Cirelli remained in a red no-contact jersey and Nick Paul didn't participate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

The Tampa Bay Lightning will return to practice today after having Friday off.  The US and Canada will play on Sunday for a Gold Medal at the Winter Olympics. That means either Jake Guentzel or Brandon Hagel will win gold this year. Erik Cernak will play for a bronze medal today with Slovakia. On this date in Lightning history, Nikita Kucherov became the first Lightning player to reach 100 po...