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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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Jake vs. Hags for Gold – Men’s Olympic Gold Medal Game

It’s time for the ultimate locker room bragging rights as Jake Guentzel and his USA teammates take on Brandon Hagel and Team Canada for the gold medal in hockey. The two powerhouses didn’t disappoint as they bring perfect records into the gold medal game with Canada coming back from a 2-0 deficit to beat Finland 3-2 and the Americans blowing open a close game against Slovakia with three second…

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Lightning Morning News: Guentzel is Golden.

Jake Guentzel may not have had the biggest impact on the stat sheet, but he has the ultimate bragging rights in the locker room as he was part of Team USA’s historic win in Milan. Guentzel comes back to Tampa with the gold medal as the Americans defeated Team Canada in overtime, 2-1, on Jack Hughes’ goal less than two minutes into the bonus session. Forty-six years to the day of the Miracle…

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Checking in on the Lightning prospects – Part One

While it might feel like we just wrapped up this countdown (because it’s true) it seems like a good time to revisit the Top 25 Under 25 just to see how the kids are doing. With the trade deadlines in the rearview mirror for the Canadian Hockey League, and the college hockey teams starting to wind down their regular seasons it’s a good time to see how things are shaping up for the prospects.

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Lightning Morning News: Victor Hedman highlights returning Lightning players

After talking about the “dream come true” of playing in the Olympics, Tampa Bay Lightning captain Victor Hedman spoke to reporters about returning to action. He confirmed that he is good to go as the team returns to action against the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight. Assistant Coach Rob Zettler also confirmed that all of the Olympic players will be playing and that Emil Lilleberg and Charle…

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Checking in on Lightning prospects – Part Two

After yesterday’s check-in on the first half of the Lightning’s Top 25 Under 25 for 2025 there are thirteen spots left. Thanks to a trade and some waiver activity, there are only ten players left to take a look at. Roman Schmidt (#12), Niko Huutannen (#9), and Jack Finley (#4) are all now in other organizations. Still, some pretty good names are left, so let’s take a look at how they’re doing this…

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Lightning Morning News: Congratulations on 700 assists, Nikita Kucherov

The Tampa Bay Lightning’s talented winger continued his assault on the record books as he became the first member of the organization to eclipse the 700 assist mark. Just for fun, he got started on the next milestone as he added his 701st later in the game. As with every helper he racks up, he sets a new franchise record in assists, and he continues to creep closer to Steven Stamkos’ record of 1…

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Will the emergence of Dominic James cost a veteran a roster spot?

There have been a lot of factors contributing to the success of the Tampa Bay Lightning this season. Andrei Vasilevskiy is putting up a Vezina-like performance. Nikita Kucherov is collecting multi-point games like Pokemon. One of the differences between this year and previous ones is the amount of unexpected players that have stepped up when injuries have forced them into a bigger role.

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Lightning fall behind early, rally, eventually lose 5-4 to Hurricanes

For a red-hot moment, it looked like the Tampa Bay Lightning were going to duplicate their 6-4 win over the Carolina Hurricanes from back in December. They went down 3-0 before rallying back to tie it. Then they gave up a fourth goal before tying it. Unfortunately, they couldn’t find the fifth goal before the Hurricanes did and Sebastian Aho’s power play goal in the third period proved to be in…

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Pierre LeBrun names Lightning as a possible landing spot for Steven Stamkos

Let’s start this off by stating the chances of Steven Stamkos ending up in Tampa between now and next Friday are extremely low. If we were betting people, we would put it at a 17.5% chance, but it’s an off day, it’s the height of trade deadline craziness, and you’re probably bored at work on a Friday, so why not spend a few minutes diving a little deeper into a Stamkosian reunion.

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Lightning Morning News: It’s Hall of Fame night in Syracuse

The Syracuse Crunch are hosting the Laval Rocket at Upstate Medical University Arena tonight in what could be a pivitol game in the division standings. It’s also Hall of Fame night for the Crunch. Prior to the game a ceremony will be held for the newest inductees: Gabriel Dumont, Mike Angelides, Zenon Kenopka, and George McPhee. Dumont retired last season as the Crunch’s longest-serving…

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Lightning wrap up February with important division game: Sabres at Lightning preview

Game Fifty-Eight: Buffalo Sabres (34-19-6) at Tampa Bay Lightning (38-15-4) Time: 7:00 PM EST Location: Benchmark International Arena, First event hosted there – Royal Hanneford Circus TV/Stream/Radio: The Spot, MSG-B ESPN+, 102.5 FM, Lightning App Odds: Lightning -238 Know the Opponents: Die By the Blade Unlike their game against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday…

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Lightning lose to Sabres, 6-2

If losing to the team chasing them in the standings wasn’t bad enough, the Tampa Bay Lightning are also facing the possiblity that two more players on their roster may be injured. In their uninspired 6-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres, Gage Goncalves and Dominik James went to the locker room early. Goncalves was shaken up by hit along the boards in the second period and James had his leg twisted…

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Lightning Morning News: Winning streak ends in Carolina

It was a tough night for goaltenders and public address announcers in Raleigh last night as the two teams combined for nine goals. For the Lightning, who were on the wrong end of the 5-3 score, it meant an end to their latest winning streak. After six victories, the Bolts were on the losing side for just the third time in 2026. During the winning streak they scored 25 goals while allowing…

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No rest for the weary: Lightning at Carolina Preview

Game Fifty-Seven: Tampa Bay Lightning (38-14-4) at Carolina Hurricanes (36-15-6) Time: 7:00 PM EST Location: Lenovo Center, 19 minutes from where Nuke Laloosh pitched to Crash Davis TV/Stream/Radio: The Spot, FDSNSO, ESPN+, 102.5 FM, Lightning App Odds: Lightning +130 Know the Opponents: Canes Country The Tampa Bay Lightning did what they had to do against the Toronto…

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A brief look back at the Lightning’s month of February

The six games played by the Lightning in the month of February were the fewest they’ve played since April of 2022-23 when they went 2-4-0. So, there isn’t much to be gleamed from the numbers, especially considering the long break between the first three games and the last three games, but at least, for the most part, everything trended in a positive direction.

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Lightning Morning News: Injury update before they are off to Minnesota

The Tampa Bay Lightning held a brief practice before jumping on a plane to the Twin Cities yesterday. Noticeably absent were Gage Goncalves and Dominic James, both of whom left the game against Buffalo with injuries. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like they’ll be in the line-up for the near future. Recalls are likely (and we’ll probably find out when/if the Lightning take a morning…

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Getting back to basics: Lightning at Wild preview

Game Fifty-Nine: Tampa Bay Lightning (38-16-4) at Minnesota Wild (35-16-10) Time: 9:30 PM EST Location: Grand Casino Arena, St. Paul Minnesota – Home of Charles Schultz TV/Stream/Radio: TNT, TruTV, HBO Max, 102.5 FM, Lightning App (audio only) Odds: Lightning -142 Know the Opponents: Hockey Wilderness Coach Jon Cooper was as critical of his team after their uninspired…

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