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Love it or hate it, it’s time for Olympic Hockey

For some members of the Tampa Bay Lightning, a much-needed break in the regular season gets underway today. The NHL is officially shut down for the next few weeks as the attention of the hockey world shifts to Italy and the 2026 Winter Olympics. After 12 years, NHL players are back for a best-on-best tournament (minus, of course, the Russians) and the players are excited to be heading overseas for…

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[Update] Jack Finley claimed on waivers and Douglas takes a financial hit

Just because the games aren’t being played doesn’t mean there aren’t things going on in the NHL world. The Tampa Bay Lightning were in the news a bit on Friday as there was some off the ice action. Jack Finley was placed on waivers and Curtis Douglas had to cut a check due to his actions against the Florida Panthers. Other than that, it was a lovely Friday afternoon. First up was the news…

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Lightning’s long and successful road trip, a look back at January

The Tampa Bay Lightning’s strong finish to 2025 rolled right into 2026 as they kept piling up the wins and those sweet, sweet Marriott Bonvoy points as they spent a grand portion of the month away from Benchmark International Arena. Nine of their thirteen games were on the road, and two of their trips back home were for single-game home stands. Despite the travel, they managed to keep piling up…

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That 6-0 beatdown of the Panthers was something else. You love to see it, especially at home where Florida just can't seem to figure things out. 40 regular season losses at that building is a pretty wild stat.

The third period chaos was entertaining in its own way - 147 combined penalty minutes, Paul Maurice getting tossed... these two teams really can't help themselves when they get together. At least the Lightning had the game well in hand before everything went sideways.

January was impressive with all that road travel. Going 9 games on the road in a single month is brutal, but 36-14-4 heading into the Olympic break is a solid position to be in. The team's been consistent even without the home cooking.

Speaking of the break, it'll be interesting to see how the guys representing their countries do in Italy. Nice timing for the rest of the roster to recharge though. Losing Finley on waivers stings a bit for depth, and Douglas paying the price for the Panthers game shenanigans was expected. Can't be too surprised when things get that heated.

Should be a good stretch run when play resumes. Division's tight but the Lightning look like they're in good shape to make some noise in the playoffs again.
 
Lightning Round: Men’s Olympic Hockey gets underway and other notes from around the sport

The long-awaited return of NHL hockey to the Winter Olympics finally gets underway today as the mens portion of the tournament begins with Finland hosting Slovakia at 10:40 AM EST. That is followed up by Sweden versus Italy at 3:10 PM EST. No injury was going to keep Victor Hedman from his first Olympics [Tampa Bay Times] After being snubbed in 2014, Victor Hedman had his heart…

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Lightning Evening News: Checking in on the Olympics

The men’s Olympic hockey tournament is fully underway over in Milan with each country having completed at least once. While things got off to a bit of a shocking start as Slovakia upset Finland and Italy gave Sweden all they could handle, the second day of hockey went chalk as Switzerland took down France 4-0, Canada took out Czechia 5-0, the United Stated upended Latvia 5-1 with Zemgus thinking…

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Lightning Morning News: The Knockout Round is Set

Well folks, the fun part is over. From here on out, it’s win or go home at the Olympics. Sunday night, Team USA closed out the preliminary round with a 5-1 victory over Germany. The win helped them to the second seed with Canada taking the number one position. Now that the round is over let’s check out the updated Tampa Bay Lightning standings (now with Erik Cernak!

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Lightning Morning News: Moser and Stachowiak advance to quarter finals

In early Tuesday action over in Milan Switzerland defeated Italy 3-0 and Germany ended France’s run in the Olympics. Both outcomes were expected and the two victors will move on to the quarter-final round. J.J. Moser was held off the scoreboard, but registered two shots in his 17:38 of action. Meanwhile, Wojciech Stachowiak was a healthy scratch in Germany’s 5-1 victory over France.

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Lightning Morning News: Welcome to the Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals are all set and there are some intriguing match-ups as teams look to push through to the semifinals and a chance to reach the medal round. We mentioned the first two wins in yesterday’s post as Germany and Switzerland advanced. Czechia held off Denmark as Oliver Bjorkstrand became the first member of the Lightning to see his gold medal dreams dashed. Sweden handled Latvia with…

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Max Crozier and Victor Hedman add to injury woes on the Lightning blueline

The day started out pretty nice. It was in the mid-70s in the Tampa Bay area with a bright blue sky and a light breeze stirring the fronds of the palm trees. The type of day Northerners relish as they descend upon the beaches to escape the bitter cold back home. Even better, the Lightning were back on the ice. Over at the practice facility in Brandon, the non-Olympic players were practicing as…

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Lightning Morning News: The Bolts are back (on the ice)

While the pressure is ramping up in Milan for the four teams left in the Olympic tournament, things are starting to wind back up in Tampa (well, Brandon to be exact). The Tampa Bay Lightning were back on the ice on Wednesday as practice resumed for the players not over in Italy. It’s good to see Charle-Edouard D’Astous in a regular sweater based on some of the news from yesterday…

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Lightning Morning News: USA Clinches Gold

It took overtime, but Megan Keller’s overtime goal proved to be golden as Team USA took down Canada, 2-1, in the women’s gold medal game at the Olympics. Unlike the 5-0 blowout in the preliminary rounds, the two hockey powerhouses battled all game long with Canada taking the early lead on a Kristin O’Neill short-handed goal. Hilary Knight, playing in her final Olympic game, dialed up the heroics…

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