June 17, 2021 Point scores again, Lightning beat Islanders 2-1 in Game 3 Brayden Point kept up his scoring touch with a tiebreaking goal late in the second period, Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 27 shots and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 2-1 on Thursday night to take a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup semifinals.
June 17, 2021 Price makes 29 saves, Canadiens beat Golden Knights 3-2 The Montreal Canadiens vowed to adapt after looking out of sync in the first game of their Stanley Cup semifinal series with the Vegas Golden Knights.
June 16, 2021 NHL semifinals full of 'hunger' for first Stanley Cup title When the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup last year, it was the first time most of their players and coaches had ever lifted the trophy.
June 16, 2021 Kucherov shines, Lightning beat Islanders 4-2 in Game 2 The Tampa Bay Lightning are running out of superlatives to describe the playmaking ability of NHL playoff scoring leader Nikita Kucherov.
June 15, 2021 Vets Pietrangelo, Perry contributing for Vegas, Montreal Alex Pietrangelo and Corey Perry had very different free agent experiences last offseason.
June 15, 2021 Lightning benefit from exploiting cap loophole with Kucherov Nikita Kucherov would have much rather ground through the season with his Tampa Bay Lightning teammates than sit out all 56 games while recovering from hip surgery.
June 15, 2021 Vegas opens Stanley Cup semifinal with 4-1 win over Montreal The Montreal Canadiens’ rich history didn’t mean much when it came to facing upstart Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night.
June 14, 2021 On Point: Center fuels Lightning bid to Cup title repeat bid Brayden Point isn’t the biggest name among stars in the NHL playoffs, though it is difficult to imagine the Tampa Bay Lightning being where they are without him shining so bright.
June 14, 2021 Familiarity and respect among coaches left in NHL playoffs When Barry Trotz's Washington Capitals knocked out Jon Cooper's Tampa Bay Lightning on the way to the Stanley Cup in 2018, the two coaches talked that summer about how it all went down.
June 13, 2021 Semyon Varlamov, Islanders beat Lightning 2-1 in Game 1 Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves and the New York Islanders got goals from Mathew Barzal and Ryan Pulock to beat the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Sunday in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup semifinals.
