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Lightning try to take down Hurricanes in latest clash
Tampa Bay put it together in 60 minutes of winning hockey during its last outing, but the Lightning may have to be even better when the Eastern Conference-leading Carolina Hurricanes visit on Saturday night. ,The East's heavy hitters will meet for the final time this regular season after facing each...
Gage Goncalves, Jake Guentzel lead Lightning to win over Wings
Gage Goncalves and Jake Guentzel each scored two goals as the Tampa Bay Lightning collected just their third win since the Winter Olympics break, beating the visiting Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Thursday night.,Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov had two assists and recorded his 1,100th career point, became th...
Lightning, Red Wings each licking wounds entering clash
The Detroit Red Wings and host Tampa Bay Lightning limp into their third matchup this season coming off bad losses on Tuesday night in Florida. ,Holding the top wild-card spot, the Red Wings had another terrible-looking injury to a forward, this time Andrew Copp, in a 4-3 setback against the Florida...
Conor Garland records another 2-goal outing as Jackets down Lightning
Conor Garland crafted his second straight two-goal game as the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets swept the three-game season series from the Tampa Bay Lightning with a 5-2 victory on Tuesday night.,Acquired from the Vancouver Canucks in a trade last week, Garland broke a 24-game scoreless drought with ...
After high-scoring game, Lightning focus on Jackets
The Tampa Bay Lightning are not disappointed by a bad road trip, losing the Atlantic Division lead, and squandering a chance to win Sunday in what many regard as the "game of the season." ,Now in second place in the Atlantic, the Lightning have plenty to put behind them as they open a three-game hom...
Lightning F Brandon Hagel fined $5K for altercation
Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brandon Hagel received a $5,000 fine Monday for his role in an altercation with Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin the previous day.,The NHL Player Safety department said Hagel served as "the aggressor" in the incident that occurred 3:35 into the second period of the...
Sabres shock Lightning as teams combine for NHL season-high 15 goals
Josh Doan's second power-play goal capped a manic third period as the Buffalo Sabres rallied from a pair of two-goal deficits and took over first place in the Atlantic Division with a wild 8-7 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday.,In their NHL-best seventh straight win, the Sabres all...
Atlantic Division lead on line when Lightning, Sabres meet
The Buffalo Sabres went all-in at the trade deadline on Friday to toughen up for the postseason, and they kept winning in the process. ,Owners of an NHL-high streak of six wins, they added to their roster then beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Saturday night to open a five-game homestand.,The Sabr...
Big first period carries Lightning past skidding Maple Leafs
Jake Guentzel and Brandon Hagel each had a goal and an assist Saturday night and the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Saturday night.,Nikita Kucherov added four assists to give him 100 points (32 goals, 68 assists) for the season.,Ryan McDonagh, Corey Perry and Ol...
Lightning, Maple Leafs seek to escape post-break ruts
The Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Toronto Maple Leafs Saturday night in a clash of teams who have struggled since the Olympic break and dabbled in the trade market on Friday.,The Maple Leafs were more active. They traded forward Bobby McMann to the Seattle Kraken at the trade deadline on Friday for ...
Reports: Lightning acquire Corey Perry from Kings
The Tampa Bay Lightning acquired forward Corey Perry from the Los Angeles Kings on Friday for a second-round pick, multiple media outlets reported.,The pick will come in the 2028 NHL Draft.,Perry, 40, recorded 28 points (11 goals, 17 assists) in 50 games this season with the Kings. The 2011 recipien...
Jets top Lightning as Connor Hellebuyck outduels Andrei Vasilevskiy
Connor Hellebuyck won a battle between elite goaltenders, Morgan Barron and Mark Scheifele scored second-period goals and the Winnipeg Jets topped the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Thursday night.,In a matchup between two of the five active Vezina Trophy-winning goalies, Hellebuyck made 26 sav...
Jets top Lightning as Connor Hellebuyck outdues Andrei Vasilevskiy
Connor Hellebuyck won a battle between elite goaltenders, Morgan Barron and Mark Scheifele scored second-period goals and the Winnipeg Jets topped the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Thursday night.,In a matchup between two of the five active Vezina Trophy-winning goalies, Hellebuyck made 26 sav...
Jets need to keep stacking points vs. suddenly slumping Lightning
The Winnipeg Jets are needing extra time to get points these days during a playoff push, but the points are trickling in. ,All four Winnipeg contests since returning from the Olympic break have gone to overtime entering Thursday's home game against the suddenly struggling Tampa Bay Lightning.,Throug...
Kirill Kaprizov sets all-time Wild goals record in win over Lightning
Kirill Kaprizov set the Wild's all-time goal-scoring record Tuesday night as Minnesota rolled to a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Saint Paul, Minn.,With his club comfortably ahead and the Lightning net empty, the 28-year-old Kaprizov tallied the history-making goal, his 220th, into an e...
Wild, Lightning eager to shed two-game slides
The Minnesota Wild will try to end a two-game losing skid Tuesday evening when they host the Atlantic Division-leading Tampa Bay Lightning in Saint Paul, Minn.,Comfortably locked into the top three in the Western Conference's Central Division, third-place Minnesota will clash with the Lightning to e...
Sabres pile up goals early, cruise past Lightning
Josh Norris scored twice as Buffalo found the net four times in the first period, and the Sabres easily won their third straight outing since the Winter Olympics break in a 6-2 rout of the host Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.,The visitors' victory pushed their road point streak to a season-be...
Sabres seek continued success on road, visit Lightning
Buffalo Sabres forward Tage Thompson is excited about what is at stake over the team's final 23 games of the regular season. ,The Sabres will continue their journey on Saturday when they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning.,"We have something really good going here, and I think every point -- especially a...
Sebastian Aho goal helps Hurricanes edge Lightning
Carolina's Sebastian Aho broke a third-period tie with a power-play goal after the Hurricanes had a three-goal lead vanish in Thursday night's 5-4 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning in a matchup of the Eastern Conference's top two teams in Raleigh, N.C.,Logan Stankoven and Taylor Hall both had ...
Hurricanes eager to regain pre-Olympic form vs. streaking Lightning
The Olympic afterglow is bound to be burning when the Tampa Bay Lightning face the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C.,It will be the first game since the Olympic break for the Hurricanes, who had several players participating in the Milan Cortina Games in Italy and three medalist...