Tag: Nikita Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov leaves game early, status unknown [updated]

By Justin G. | Mar 12th 2025 | 4 min read |

As if the loss to the Carolina Hurricanes wasn’t enough to make it a bad night, they also lost the services of their best player after two perio...

Lightning score quickly and often in 6-2 win over Columbus

By Justin G. | Mar 5th 2025 | 5 min read |

The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Columbus Blue Jackets should play each other more often. It’s never not boring when they meet on the ice. A show...

Andrei Vasilevskiy shuts out Calgary as Lightning win 7th in a row, 3-0

By Justin G. | Feb 27th 2025 | 3 min read |

For once, we didn’t jinx the Tampa Bay Lightning by waxing poetically about the play of Andrei Vasilevskiy in our preview this morning. The Bolt...

Lightning return from break with 4-1 win over Kraken

By Justin G. | Feb 23rd 2025 | 8 min read |

Over the last two seasons there is a fun little stat for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Heading into Sunday’s game against the Seattle Kraken, the Bol...

Solid effort leads to two points as Lightning beat Senators, 4-3

By Justin G. | Feb 4th 2025 | 5 min read |

Don’t look now, but the Tampa Bay Lightning have strung together three straight games with points. Brandon Hagel’s third-period goal gave ...

Kucherov's three points power Lightning to 4-3 overtime win over Blackhawks

By Justin G. | Jan 24th 2025 | 11 min read |

In the third period, the Tampa Bay Lightning had launched 26 shots in the direction of the Chicago Blackhawks net. Of the 16 that made their way onto ...

Lightning don't get what they deserve in 3-2 loss to Canadiens

By Justin G. | Jan 22nd 2025 | 6 min read |

If adversity builds character, then the 2025 version of the Tampa Bay Lightning should be nominated for sainthood sometime around 4:00 PM on Friday. D...

Lightning use special teams to defeat Red Wings, 5-1

By Justin G. | Jan 18th 2025 | 8 min read |

It’s not every day that a goaltender is the best player on the ice when his team wins by four goals, but that was the case as the Tampa Bay Ligh...

Lightning overcome sluggish start, beat Penguins, 5-2

By Justin G. | Jan 12th 2025 | 6 min read |

With the Eastern Conference playoff race developing into a free-for-all, being able to pick up two points in a game where the odds are slightly stacke...

Lightning drop game in overtime to Devils, 3-2

By Justin G. | Jan 11th 2025 | 4 min read |

Let’s not dwell on this one for too long, folks. In a “game of two faces” as Victor Hedman described it, the Tampa Bay Lightning str...