Julien BriseBois affirms his support for coach Jon Cooper

By Justin G. | May 4th 2025 | 7 min read |

May we be among those offering our condolences to the #FireCooper crowd as it appears, for now, that Jon Cooper’s job in Tampa is safe. During h...

The injury report for the Tampa Bay Lightning

By Justin G. | May 2nd 2025 | 5 min read |

Injuries are never a valid excuse for a team to lose a playoff series. Chances are the team they are playing against is just as beat up as they are. T...

The 2025 NHL Post-season Post Postmortem

By Justin G. | May 2nd 2025 | 6 min read |

This isn’t going to be a long, in-depth post. Quite frankly, it doesn’t need to be. In the end, the undoing of the 2024-25 Tampa Bay Light...

Nikita Kucherov Named Hart Finalist for Second Consecutive Season

By Justin G. | May 1st 2025 | 2 min read |

No one, least of all Nikita Kucherov, is thinking about individual awards after the Tampa Bay Lightning were denied a chance at the ultimate team awar...

Lightning end season with 6-3 loss to Florida Panthers

By Justin G. | Apr 30th 2025 | 8 min read |

The Tampa Bay Lightning got the start they wanted. They finally found success on the power play. They received secondary scoring. All key elements tha...

Panthers at Lightning Game 5 Preview: Time to write a new story in this series

By Justin G. | Apr 30th 2025 | 7 min read |

Game Five: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning (Florida leads 3-1) Time: 7:30 PM EST Location: Amalie Arena, Tampa TV/Stream/Radio: FDSNSUN, Scrip...

Brandon Hagel to miss Game 5, Aaron Ekblad suspended two games

By Justin G. | Apr 29th 2025 | 4 min read |

Early in the day at the Tampa Bay Lightning off-day media session, head coach Jon Cooper was asked about the status of forward Brandon Hagel. He didn&...

Andrei Vasilevskiy named as a Vezina Trophy finalist

By Justin G. | Apr 29th 2025 | 6 min read |

For the fifth time in his career, Andrei Vasilevskiy has been selected as one of the top three goaltenders in the regular season. The one-time winner ...

Lightning lose lead late in 4-2 loss to Panthers

By Justin G. | Apr 28th 2025 | 8 min read |

The Tampa Bay Lightning were three-minutes-and-forty-seven seconds from leaving South Florida with two wins and a tied series. Instead, the Florida Pa...

Lightning at Panthers Game 4 Preview: The series slogs on

By Justin G. | Apr 28th 2025 | 6 min read |

Game Three: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers (Florida leads the series 2-1) Time: 7:00 PM EST Location: Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise TV/Stream/R...