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The Tampa Bay Lightning are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Read More at Wikipedia ›After suffering an overtime loss in the opener, the New Jersey Devils will try to even the Stanley Cup Finals at one game apiece when they host the Los Angeles Kings in tonight's Game 2 at Prudential Center.
Anze Kopitar scored on a breakaway 8:13 into overtime to lift the Kings to a 2-1 victory in Game 1 of this best-of-seven series.With Wednesday's victory, Los Angeles improved to 9-0 away from Staples Center this postseason, outscoring its opponents 32-14 in away games. The Kings' nine consecutive road wins are the most in a single playoff year in league history. They are also the first team to record 11 straight wins away from home over multiple postseasons. The Kings are 13-2 overall in this year's postseason."Every time you get on the road you need a team effort. It showed again tonight," said Kopitar, who is now tied with Dustin Brown for the team lead this postseason in goals (7) and points (16).The Kings will try to extend both of their road streaks tonight before the series sh...TAMPA, Fla. - Dwayne Roloson is close to re-signing with the Tampa Bay Lightning .The two sides worked Wednesday to finalize a one-year contract for Roloson, a major...
TAMPA, Fla. -- Mike Smith was perfect in relief of goalie Dwayne Roloson, and Simon Gagne snapped a tie in the third period for the Tampa Bay Lightning, who erased a...
TAMPA, Fla. -- Martin St. Louis and Teddy Purcell each scored twice, resilient goalie Dwayne Roloson weathered a hat trick by Boston's David Krejci, and the Tampa Ba...
Tampa Bay Lightning assistant coach Wayne Fleming is recovering from an operation to remove a brain tumor.The team said in a statement Saturday that Fleming had the ...
Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Mike Smith is out of the lineup with an injured left knee.Smith was hurt during a morning practice before Monday night's game against Caro...
TAMPA, Fla. -- Tim Thomas made 31 saves for his first playoff shutout this season and second overall, rookie Tyler Seguin scored his fourth goal in the last three ga...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Bold and fearless on the ice during a Hall of Fame playing career, Steve Yzerman is taking the same approach to rebuilding the Tampa Bay Lightning...
The 2012 Stanley Cup Finals will get underway tonight, as the New Jersey Devils host the Los Angeles Kings in Game 1 at the Prudential Center in Newark.The Devils ar...
TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Lightning were sold to Boston fund manager Jeff Vinik on Friday for a reported $170 million."Buying the Lightning and joinin...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Boston Red Sox minority owner Jeff Vinik agreed to buy the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday, taking on the challenge of turning around a franchise th...
TAMPA, Fla. - Steven Stamkos finally has a new deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning .The 21-year-old forward signed a US$37.5-million, five-year contract extension Tues...
Despite posting 102 points during the regular season, the New Jersey Devils quietly entered this postseason as the sixth seed in the East.After going seven games wit...
Steven Stamkos had a goal and assist, and the resurgent Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Saturday night for their seventh win in 10 games.Mathieu G...
(1) Washington Capitals vs. (5) Tampa Bay LightningSeeds: No. 5 vs. No. 1; Lightning beat Pittsburgh in seven games; Capitals beat the New York Rangers in five games...
To say the first season of Steve Yzerman's tenure with the Tampa Bay Lightning was a success would be a colossal understatement.Yzerman, who had a Hall of Fame caree...
TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed centre Adam Hall to a one-year contract.The team announced the deal Wednesday. Financial details were not disclo...
TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed centre Tom Pyatt to a one-year, two-way contract.The deal was announced Wednesday.Pyatt had two goals and seven poi...
TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed right wing Ryan Shannon to a one-year contract.The deal with the free agent was announced Thursday.Shannon played i...
Mathieu Garon made 36 saves to help lift the Tampa Bay Lightning to a sweep of their home-and-home series with the Buffalo Sabres with a 4-3 comeback win on Tuesday ...