Daily Strike

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-2 on Thursday night as Nikita Kucherov had another 3-point night on the road, Anthony Cirelli had 3 points, Darren Raddysh scored his 18th goal and Jake Guentzel scores 30 goals for the 5th straight season. Hear from Head Coach Jon Cooper, Anthony Cirelli and Darren Raddysh on the game. On this date in Lightning history, Andrei Vasilevskiy sets the franchise record for saves in a game.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning take on the Vancouver Canucks tonight in the 2nd game of their 4-game road trip. Nikita Kucherov has 111 points this season which is tied for 2nd most in the NHL. In his last 45 games, he has 93 points, the beat 45-game scoring mark in 30 years. Andrei Vasilevskiy leads the NHL with 31 wins and is 2nd in save percentage at .914. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Seattle Kraken 6-2 behind Nikita Kucherov's 5-point night. Brandon Hagel had a 4-point game, Gage Goncalves extended his point streak to 4 games and Jake Guentzel became the fastest player in franchise history to reach 150 points. Hear from Head Coach Jon Cooper, Brandon Hagel and Gage Goncalves on the game. On this date in Lightning history Steven Stamkos became the Lightning's all-time leading scorer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are in Seattle tonight to start a 4-game road trip when they play the Kraken. Yanni Gourde and Oliver Bjorkstrand are back in Seattle for the first time since they were traded to the Bolts at last year's trade deadline. Zemgus Girgensons was a full participant in practice after he left Saturday's game after blocking a shot. Emil Lilleberg continued to practice in a red no-contact jersey. On this date in Lightning history, Phil Esposito, Marty St. Louis and Vinny Lecavalier were inducted as the first class in the Lightning Hall of Fame.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are already in Seattle where they will take on the Kraken tomorrow night to start a 4-game road trip. The Bolts have won just 3-of-10 games since returning from the Olympic break. They remain in 2nd place in the Atlantic Division, just 4 points behind Buffalo with 2 games in hand. Pontus Holmberg has tied a career high in points, Victor Hedman is now tied for 18th most points by an NHL defenseman and Brayden Point has points in 8-of-10 games since returning from injury. On this date in Lightning history, Alex Killorn gets his first career hat trick.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lose 4-2 to the Carolina Hurricanes to wrap up their 3-game homestand. Yanni Gourde and Charle-Édouard D'Astous scored the goals in the 2nd period. Nick Paul and Erik Cernak returned to the lineup while Conor Geekie was reassigned to Syracuse. On this date in Lightning history, Ben Bishop set the franchise record for wins by a goalie.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Carolina Hurricanes tonight looking for their 2nd straight win. The Lightning will get Erik Cernak back tonight and could see Nick Paul make his return as well. Nikita Kucherov wins the NHLPA's Player of the Week for the 2nd time this season, Jake Guentzel close to setting the franchise record for fewest game needed to reach 150 points and Andrei Vasilevskiy is just the 6th goal to reach 30-wins in 9 different seasons.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 as Jake Guentzel and Gage Goncalves both score 2 goals. Nikita Kucherov gets 2 assists to give him 1,100 points in his career, Jon Cooper gets his 700th win (regular season and postseason) and Anthony Cirelli riding a 4-game assist streak. On this date in Lightning history, the Bolts raised a Stanley Cup banner to the rafters.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Detroit Red Wings tonight as the Bolts have lost 6 of their last 7 games. Anthony Cirelli is riding a 3-game point streak, Gage Goncalves has set a new career high for points and Nikita Kucherov is closing in on 1,100 points. On this date in Lightning history, the NHL suspended the 2019-20 season for COVID-19.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lose 5-2 to the Columbus Blue Jackets to begin their 3-game homestand. It's the 2nd straight loss for the Bolts and 6th loss in their last 7 games. Gage Goncalves returned to the lineup and scored, as did JJ Moser. The Lightning have the day off before they host the Detroit Red Wings Thursday night.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning begin a 3-game homestand tonight vs. the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Bolts are 0-2 this season vs. Columbus. Andrei Vasilevskiy is looking for his 30th win, Nikita Kucherov is 3 points short of 1,100 in his career while Corey Perry became just 3rd Lightning player to score a goal in each of his first two games after joining the team. Brandon Hagel was fined $5,000 for his altercation with Rasmus Dahlin on Sunday night. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lose 8-7 at the Buffalo Sabres. The Bolts overcame two 3-goal deficits to take a 2-goal lead before giving up 3 straight goals. Buffalo converted on 4 power plays and they scored a shorthanded goal. Corey Perry scored for the 2nd straight game since being acquired at the Trade Deadline, Nikita Kucherov had another 3-point night and Brandon Hagel has scored 30 goals for the 2nd straight season. The game saw each team take 5 fighting majors.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 to snap their 4-game losing streak. Corey Perry scored in his return to the Lightning after being traded to Tampa Bay on Friday. Nikita Kucherov had a 4-assist night to give him his 4th straight 100-point season while Brayden Point skated in his 700th career game. Emil Lilleberg will miss approximately 2 weeks after suffering a facial fracture in practice earlier this week. The Lightning are in Buffalo to play the Sabres tonight.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are in Toronto tonight to face the Maple Leafs looking to snap their 4-game losing streak. General Manager Julien BriseBois traded for Corey Perry ahead of the NHL Trade Deadline. Perry played for two season for the Lightning from 2021-2023. Brayden Point will skate in his 700th game tonight while Nikita Kucherov needs 4 points to reach 100 for the 6th time in his career.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lighting lose 4-1 at the Winnipeg Jets for their 4th straight regulation loss. It's the 2nd time this season they've done that. Brayden Point was the lone goal scorer. Gage Goncalves is day-to-day after being hurt on Saturday while Dominic James is out until mid-May after having surgery for a lower-body injury. On this date in Lightning history, the Bolts scored 3 goals in just 32-seconds to set the franchise record.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning play the Winnipeg Jets tonight as they look to snap their 3-game losing streak. It's the 2nd game of a 4-game road trip. Brandon Hagel is looking for his 200th assist while Jake Guentzel needs 1 more assist to match last season's total. On this date in Lightning history, Alex Killorn scored in overtime to give the Bolts their 9th straight win, a then franchise record.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lose 5-1 in Minnesota as they give up the lead early again and can't get ahead. It's the 3rd straight loss for the Bolts as they now head to Winnipeg to face the Jets on Thursday night. Nikita Kucherov had the lone Lightning goal. On this date in Lightning history, Alex Killorn scores with 0.1 seconds left in overtime to win.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning start a 4-game road trip tonight in Minnesota to face the Wild. Both teams have 80 points and have lost 2 straight games. The Lightning will be without forwards Gage Goncalves and Dominic James who were injured on Saturday night so callups could be coming. On this date in Lightning history, Jeff Vinik bought the franchise.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are back to practice today before they embark on a 4-game road trip to Minnesota, Winnipeg, Toronto and Buffalo. We may get injury updates on Gage Goncalves and Dominic James who both left Saturday's game and didn't return. The Syracuse Crunch have won 9 of their last 10 games and Lightning Prospect Marco Mignosa was named the OHL Player of the Month in February. On this date in Lightning history, Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded his 3 consecutive shutout.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lost their 2nd straight game, this one to the Buffalo Sabres 6-2. Dominic James and Victor Hedman scored goals for Tampa Bay while Gage Goncalves and Dominic James left the game with injuries.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Buffalo Sabres tonight in a battle of the top 2 teams in the Atlantic Division. The Bolts are riding a 10-game home win streak while Nikita Kucherov is looking to tie a career best 13-game point streak. Andrei Vasilevskiy has earned standings points in 18 straight games. Happy Birthday to Darren Raddysh who has 53 points in 51 games this season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning battled back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the game twice but they would ultimately lose 5-4 at the Carolina Hurricanes. The loss snapped their 6-game win streak. Nikita Kucherov extended his point streak to 12 games while Jonas Johansson played in his 100th career NHL game. On this date in Lightning history, Nikita Kucherov scored a natural hat trick with 3 power play goals.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 to extend their streak to 20-1-1 in their last 22 games. Nikita Kucherov scored his 30th goal and grabbed his 700th career assist. Brayden Point returned after missing 11 games, he scored 2 goals and had an assist. The Lightning are in Carolina tonight to face the Hurricanes. On this date in Lightning history, the Bolts played outdoors for the first time in Nashville.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning return to action after 20 days off the Olympics tonight as the Toronto Maple Leafs come to Benchmark International Arena. Brayden Point, Emil Lilleberg and Charle-Édouard D'Astous return from injury for tonight's game. More Olympic players returned to practice including Victor Hedman, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Pontus Holmberg and JJ Moser. All of the Olympians should be in the lineup tonight.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning will be back to practice today after having Monday off. They are ready to resume play after the Olympics break when they host the Toronto Maple Leafs tomorrow night. On this date in Lightning history, Ross Colton scores in his NHL debut.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For the first time since 1980, the US Men's Hockey team are gold medalists at the Winter Olympics as they beat Canada 2-1 in overtime. Jake Guenzel wins a gold medal while Brandon Hagel take home silver. At Lightning practice, Darren Raddysh had to wear a USA jersey after losing a bet on the game with Ryan McDonagh. On this date in Lightning history, Corey Perry scored his 400th goal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The USA and Canada will play for the Gold Medal today at the Winter Olympics. That means with Jake Guentzel or Brandon Hagel will win gold this year. Darren Raddysh and Yanni Gourde on watching their teammates at the Olympics. The Lightning did practice on Saturday as Anthony Cirelli remained in a red no-contact jersey and Nick Paul didn't participate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning will return to practice today after having Friday off. The US and Canada will play on Sunday for a Gold Medal at the Winter Olympics. That means either Jake Guentzel or Brandon Hagel will win gold this year. Erik Cernak will play for a bronze medal today with Slovakia. On this date in Lightning history, Nikita Kucherov became the first Lightning player to reach 100 points in a season multiple times.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning were at practice again on Thursday as they ramp up to next week's resumption of the NHL season. Dan Hinote talks about how they are going about practice this week. The US Women's hockey team wins gold in Italy with a 2-1 overtime win over Canada. The US Men will play Slovakia today in the semifinals, Canada takes on Finland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning were back at practice on Wednesday after a 12-day break for the Olympics. Brayden Point, Emil Lilleberg and Charle-Édouard D'Astous were all full participants and are expected to play next week when games resume. Anthony Cirelli was in a red no-contact jersey with no timeline for his return. Nick Paul wasn’t on the ice and will need some time before he returns while Max Crozier had surgery to repair a core muscle injury and he will miss 10 weeks. Jake Guentzel, Brandon Hagel and Erik Cernak all advanced to the semifinals of the Olympics Ice Hockey Tournament to be played on Friday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning return to practice after a 12-day break for the Winter Olympics. We should get injury updates on Brayden Point, Anthony Cirelli, Nick Paul, Emil Lilleberg and Charle-Eduoard D’Astous. 6 Lightning players will play today in Italy in the Olympic Quarterfinals. Zemgus Girgensons and Oliver Bjorkstrand are done as their teams were eliminated on Tuesday. On this date in Lightning history, Nikita Kucherov broke the franchise record for assists in a season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 6-1 to run their streak to 19-1-1. The 6 goals were all scored by Olympians that are heading to Italy today to play in the Winter Olympics. Andrei Vasilevskiy is now tied for the NHL lead in wins with 27, Nikita Kucherov has his 13th 10-game point streak of his career and the Bolts have won 9 straight games at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning will break until February 18th when they return to practice. They won't play again until Wednesday, February 25th when the Toronto Maple Leafs come to town.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Florida Panthers tonight for the final time this regular season. This is the final game before the NHL breaks for the Olympics. Nikita Kucherov has more points in his last 23 games that the leading scorer on 13 teams have. Darren Raddysh ties Victor Hedman as the fastest defenseman in team history to reach 50 points. Brandon Hagel is 1 assist shy of 200 in his career.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning came from behind to beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in overtime. They are 18-1-1 in their last 20 games. Jake Guentzel scored the game-winning goal for the 2nd straight game, Nikita Kucherov had another 4-point night and Andrei Vasilevskiy has standings points in his last 16 games. On this date in Lightning History, Marty St. Louis earned his 5th career hat trick.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning return to Benchmark International Arena tonight as the Buffalo Sabres are in town for the first time this season. Nikita Kucherov is moving up the NHL record books, Ryan McDonagh enters the Top 5 all-time for blocked shots and Andrei Vasilevskiy is the NHL's #2 star of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins 6-5 in front of over 64,000 fans at Raymond James Stadium as they scored 11-seconds into the game, fell behind 5-1, Andrei Vasilevskiy gets into a goalie fight and they win in a shootout. The Lightning got goals from Brandon Hagel, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Darren Raddysh, Nick Paul and Nikita Kucherov while Jake Guentzel won the shootout. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the 2026 Stadium Series game tonight at Raymond James Stadium against the Boston Bruins. The Bolts are looking to go 2-0 in outdoor games after winning the 2022 Stadium Series game in Nashville. Ryan McDonagh is a perfect 5-0 in outdoor games while Andrei Vasilevskiy is looking to become the 6th goalie to win his first two outdoor games. Captain Victor Hedman is set to make his return tonight after missing the last 22 games with an upper-body injury. Hear from Head Coach Jon Cooper, Anthony Cirelli, JJ Moser and Brandon Hagel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are going to practice today at Raymond James Stadium as the 2026 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series game is 1 day away. The NHL is removing the temporary tent structure 6 hours early as the weather forecast is favorable to maintain the ice for the game. Darren Raddysh and Nikita Kucherov each did well in January, JJ Moser is 2nd in +/- in NHL and the NHL and Lightning make an investment in Adaptive Hockey.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-1 as Dominic James gets his first game-opening goal, Darren Raddysh gets the game-winner for this 15th of the season and Yanni Gourde scores his 7th goal. Ryan McDonagh returned to the lineup after missing the last 15 games, Andrei Vasilevskiy got his 24th win of the season and Nikita Kucherov is now 2nd on goal scored in the franchise record book.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Winnipeg Jets tonight. Ryan McDonagh is ready to return to the lineup after missing the last 15 games with a lower-body injury. Victor Hedman practiced with the team and isn't ruled out for Sunday night's Stadium Series game at Raymond James Stadium. Darren Raddysh is one goal shy of 15 this season, Anthony Cirelli is riding a 4-game point streak and Nikita Kucherov needs 1 more multi-point game to tie Steven Stamkos for the franchise record. On this date in Lightning history, Cedric Paquette becomes the 3rd Lightning rookie to record a hat trick.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning will return to practice today after having Tuesday off. They are coming off a 2-0 win over the Mammoth that saw them score 2 power play goals. Since December 21st they lead the NHL in power play percentage. Darren Raddysh leads NHL defensemen in power play goals while Nikita Kucherov and Andrei Vasilevskiy continue to move up the record books. The NHL unveiled the field design for Sunday's Stadium Series game at Raymond James Stadium. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning returned home on Monday night and shutout the Utah Mammoth 2-0 behind Andrei Vasilevskiy's 28 saves. Nikita Kucherov had 2 points for his 8th 80-point season in his career. Darren Raddysh and Anthony Cirelli both had power play goals and Dave Mishkin called his 2,000th game on radio for the Lightning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Utah Mammoth to start a 6-game homestand. The Bolts had played 10 of their last 12 games on the road. Hear from Anthony Cirelli and Darren Raddsyh about coming home and Head Coach Jon Cooper on this team's 15-game point streak that was snapped on Saturday night. Nikita Kucherov keeps moving up the franchise record books, on this date in Lightning History, the Bolts tied a home-win streak record and Dave Mishkin will call his 2,000th NHL game tonight on radio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lost 8-5 to the Columbus Blue Jackets, snapping their 15-game point streak and 13-game road point streak. The Lightning got 2 goals from Jake Guentzel as well as Darren Raddysh, Nikita Kucherov and Anthony Cirelli. Simon Lundmark made his NHL debut as Max Crozier and Jack Finley were scratched due to illness. Erik Cernak left the game in the 1st period after taking a hit from Mathieu Olivier. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 in a shootout for a 15-game point streak. Andrei Vasilevskiy moves up the NHL record books, Erik Cernak moves up the franchise record book and Dominic James gets his first game-deciding goal. The Bolts will play tonight in Columbus vs. the Blue Jackets.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are on the road again as they begin a back-to-back tonight at the Chicago Blackhawks. The Bolts are riding a 14-game point streak and are 18-4-4 on the road this season, that is the best in the NHL. Coach Jon Cooper gives a Ryan McDonagh injury update, Andrei Vasilevskiy moving up the record books and Jake Guentzel scoring from high-danger areas.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning return to practice today after a day off. They are riding a 14-game point streak, tied for 3rd longest in team history. Nikita Kucherov is 3 multi-point games from tying Steven Stamkos' franchise record.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 to run their point streak to 14-straight game, tied for 3rd best in franchise history. Brandon Hagel had 2 goals while Anthony Cirelli and Jake Guentzel were the other goa scorers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the San Jose Sharks tonight on Hockey Talks Night. The Bolts are riding a 13-game point streak as they are atop the Atlantic Division standings. Pontus Holmberg will play in his 200th NHL game tonight, Andrei Vasilevskiy is the 6th goalie to win 20-games in 10 straight seasons and Nikita Kucherov is 4th in the points race and can move into 3rd tonight.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 4-1 on Sunday to get points in their 13th straight game. They improved their road record to 18-4-4 and are riding a 12-game road point streak. Brandon Hagel scored the game-winning goal, Andrei Vasilevskiy earned his 10th 20-win season and Head Coach Jon Cooper now has half of the Lightning franchise's all-time wins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning wrap up their 5-game road trip this afternoon in Dallas when they face the Stars. The Lightning have points in 12-straight games and they have the best road record in the NHL. You'll hear from Jon Cooper on their winning play, Darren Raddysh on the process and Oliver Bjorkstrand on the power play. On this date in Lightning history, Steven Stamkos scored his 500th goal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.