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The Tampa Bay Lightning lose 6-2 to the Vancouver Canucks despite having a 2-0 lead and outshooting Vancouver 13-1 in the first period. Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel both scored their 8th goal of the season to lead the team. Hear from Head Coach Jon Cooper, Jake Guentzel, Brayden Point and Erik Cernak on the game. On this date in Lightning history, a 16-game winless streak was snapped.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 3-1 for their 8th win in 10 games. Jack Finley got his first career NHL goal while Emil Lilleberg got his 3rd career goal and Zemgus Girgensons got his 4th this season. The Lightning host the Vancouver Canucks this afternoon in their 4th set of back-to-back games this season for Military Appreciation Night.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are in Sunrise today to face the Florida Panthers for the first time this season. The Lightning are still dealing with injuries as Brandon Hagel, Pontus Holmberg, Ryan McDonagh and Dominic James didn't practice on Friday and Head Coach Jon Cooper says some who did practice may not play. On this date in Lightning history, Brayden Point had a natural hat trick with 3 power play goals.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning return to practice today after having Thursday off. They are preparing for back-to-back games this weekend at Florida and home against Vancouver. They hope to get some injured guys back after having 7 regulars out of the lineup in Thursday's loss to the Rangers. On this date in Lightning history, Andrei Vasilevskiy hit a big milestone.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lost 7-3 to the New York Rangers as they played without Victor Hedman, Ryan McDonagh, Anthony Cirelli, Dominic James and Pontus Holmberg. Brandon Hagel left the game early in the 1st period and didn't return. Scott Sabourin was recalled on Wednesday and scored his first NHL goal in over 5 years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lighting host the New York Rangers at Benchmark International Arena tonight. Head Coach Jon Cooper gave injury updates on Ryan McDonagh, Dominic James, Victor Hedman, Pontus and Holmberg who all may miss the game. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning had the day off from the ice so they took to the water on Monday for Coop's Catch For Kids fishing tournament hosted by Head Coach Jon Cooper. This year's event raised over $500,000. Jared Johnston sat down with defenseman JJ Moser to talk about the event and his season so far. The team will return to practice today as they prepare to host the New York Rangers on Wednesday night.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning practiced on Sunday after their 3-2 win over the Washington Capitals. Several guys were missing for body maintenance days including Ryan McDonagh who is being evaluated further after leaving the game after the 1st period. Jared Johnston sits down with Erik Cernak and on this date in Lightning history, Victor Hedman set the franchise record for assists by a defenseman. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lighting beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 to win for the 7th time in their last 8 games. Emil Lilleberg, Jake Guentzel and Brandon Hagel were the goal scorers. On this date in Lightning history, Victor Hedman scored a goal in his home country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning return home tonight to face Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals. The Bolts have won 6-of-7 as the penalty kill has been fantastic at 3rd in the NHL.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vegas Golden Knights 6-3 as Dominic James scores 3 points including his first career NHL Goal. Nikita Kucherov and Brandon Hagel score 2 goals each and Gage Goncalves gets his first of the season. On this date in Lightning history, Doug Crossman get a hat trick and a franchise record 6 points in the franchise's first overtime win.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are in Las Vegas to wrap up their 3-game win streak against the Golden Knights. The Lightning are looking to sweep the season series with Vegas. The Bolts held a practice on Wednesday as Nick Paul skated in a regular jersey.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lost 3-2 to the Colorado Avalanche, snapping their 5-game win streak. Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point were the goal scorers while Charle-Édouard D’Astous logged his first career NHL fight. On this date in Lightning history, Nick Perbix scored his first goal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are in Colorado tonight to face the Avalanche looking for their 6th straight win. The Bolts outscored the Avs 13-4 last season while going 2-0. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Utah Mammoth 4-2 on Sunday to start their 3-game road trip. The Lightning got goals from Yanni Gourde, Anthony Cirelli, Jake Guentzel and Brandon Hagel to win their 5th straight game. Jonas Johansson made 25 saves to get his 3rd win of the season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are in Utah to face the Mammoth as they start a 3-game road trip. The Bolts are looking for their 5th straight win.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning practiced before they head out on their 3-game road trip that begins on Sunday in Utah. Nick Paul will make the trip and is close to be moved to day-to-day status. The Syracuse Crunch won again and are 7-1 on the season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 2-1 in overtime for their 4th straight win. Brandon Hagel and Anthony Cirelli were the goal scorers as Tampa Bay improves to 5-4-2 on the season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Dallas Stars tonight as they are looking for their 4th straight win. They will also honor Nikita Kucherov pregame to celebrate his 1,000 points in his NHL career.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Nashville Predators 5-2 for their 3rd straight win. Zemgus Girgensons scored 2 goals, Anthony Cirelli got his 300th career point and Charle-Édouard D’Astous scored his first NHL goal in just his 3rd game.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are in Nashville to face the Predators on this 1-game road trip. They are looking to make it 3 straight wins while Anthony Cirelli is looking for his 300th career point. The Lightning placed Mitchell Chaffee on waivers on Monday and on this date in Lightning history, the Bolts beat the Preds in Steven Stamkos' return to Tampa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 in overtime to win both games in their weekend back-to-back. Nikita Kucherov scores the winner while Brandon Hagel got his first goal of the season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 as Nikita Kucherov reached 1,000 points in his career in just 809 games. Victor Hedman reached 800 points in his career and Brandon Hagel hit 300 points in his. The Lightning host Vegas this afternoon to wrap up this back-to-back home games.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning start another set of back-to-back games this afternoon as the Anaheim Ducks are in town. Nikita Kucherov is 1 point from 1,000 in his career while Victor Hedman is 1 points shy of 800. Zemgus Girgensons should return to the lineup today, he's been out since the last preseason game with an upper body injury. On this date in Lightning history, Vinny LeCavalier scored his first goal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lost 3-2 to the Chicago Blackhawks after giving up a goal in the final minute. Dominic James made his NHL debut, Jake Guentzel and Ryan McDonagh scored goals and Andrei Vasilevskiy lost to Chicago for the first time in his career.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Chicago Blackhawks tonight as they are looking to string wins together at home. Former Lightning Asst. Coach Jeff Blashill returns as the head coach in Chicago, Nikita Kucherov will return to the lineup, Dominic James has been recalled from Syracuse and Zemgus Girgensons could return this weekend.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning were back to practice on Tuesday ahead of 3 home games in 4 days starting Thursday night. Nikita Kucherov practiced after missing the last 2 games, Zemgus Girgensons could make his season debut this weekend while Max Crozier will not play this weekend. On this date in Lightning history Brandon Hagel had his 3rd career hat trick.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning return to practice today after 2 days off. They'll practice today and tomorrow ahead of Thursday night's game vs. the Blackhawks. The Lightning recalled defenseman Charle-Édouard D’Astous from Syracuse and they assigned forward Conor Geekie to Syracuse.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have another day off since they don't play again until Thursday night against the Blackhawks. The Lightning have 1 win in their first 6 games but they did get points in 2 overtime losses. The Syracuse Crunch are 4-0 for the first time in nearly 30 years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lose 3-2 to the Columbus Blue Jackets to wrap up their 4-game road trip that had 2 sets of back-to-back games. Ryan McDonagh and Anthony Cirelli were the goal scorers as Nikita Kucherov was scratched for the 2nd straight night due to illness. The Bolts have a couple of days off and will host the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lost 2-1 in overtime at the Detroit Red Wings. The Bolts outshot the Wings 32-31 and scored the tying goal with less than 4 minutes to play. Nikita Kucherov was a late scratch due to illness. The Lightning play again tonight in Columbus to wrap up this 4-game road trip.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are in Detroit to face the Red Wings in a divisional matchup and the first half of a back-to-back that wraps up in Columbus on Saturday night. Nick Paul skated at practice for the first time this season but isn't expected back until November while Max Crozier has been ruled out for the 2 games this week and will be re-evaluated next week. The Orlando Solar Bears open their season tonight and on this date in Lightning history, Ben Bishop set a franchise record.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are back to practice today with another set of back-to-back games ahead this weekend in Detroit and Columbus. The Lightning traded goalie Phoenix Copley to LA and reassigned 3 players from Syracuse to Orlando.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lost 3-2 in overtime to the Washington Capitals as they take 3-out-of-4 points in their first back-to-back of the season. Jake Guentzel and Brayden Point scored the goals and Max Crozier left injured. On this date in Lightning history, Point scored his first point.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning started their 4-game road trip with a matinee win at Boston as Anthony Cirelli scored twice, Yanni Gourde got his 2nd of the year and Pontus Holmberg netted his first goal as a Bolt and it was the game-winner. The Lightning finish the back-to-back tonight in Washington as the face the Capitals.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are in Boston to face the Bruins to start their first road trip of the season. It's also the front half of their first set of back-to-back games this year as they are looking for their first win of the season. Brandon Hagel, Yanni Gourde, Victor Hedman and Nikita Kucherov are closing in on some point milestones and the Syracuse Crunch have started the season 2-0.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lost 5-3 to the New Jersey Devils to drop to 0-2 for the first time in 17 years. The Bolts got goals from Yanni Gourde, Ryan McDonagh and Darren Raddysh while Max Crozier tallied 2 assists for his first multi-point game in the NHL. The Lightning now begin a 4-game road trip on Monday in Boston.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the New Jersey Devils at Benchmark International Arena tonight before the head out on a 4-game road trip. Emil Lilleberg didn't practice on Friday but it was precautionary, Jon Cooper talked about what the tape showed from Thursday's loss, Oliver Bjorkstrand on the power play and Mitchell Chaffee on the hits. Plus on this date in Lightning history, Nikita Kucherov had a hat trick.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lost their season opener 5-4 to the Ottawa Senators despite having a 3-1 lead after 1 period. Nikita Kucherov did score twice, Brayden Point had 3 points and the power play went 2-for-3 while Curtis Douglas got into a fight in his first shift.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are set to begin their season at Benchmark International Arena as the Ottawa Senators are in town. The Lightning are looking to build off last season that saw them win 47 games and get to 102 points. Get to the game early tonight as there will be a Blue Carpet walk with the players, free concert on Ford Thunder Alley and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning return to practice today after having Tuesday off in Naples for team bonding activities. Jack Finley discusses what it's meant to him and Ryan McDonagh on how he's getting ready for the season. Plus on this date in Lightning history, Jason Garrison became the first player to score an overtime winner in 3-on-3 play.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The NHL issued 2 suspensions and more fines for the Lightning's actions in Saturday's preseason game in Florida. JJ Moser is suspended for 2 games while Scott Sabourin is suspended for 4 games. The Lightning were fined $100,000 while Head Coach Jon Cooper was fined $25,000. The Lightning added Curtis Douglas off waivers from Utah and set their Opening Night roster with 13 forwards, 7 defensemen and 3 goalies. On this date in Lightning history, the Lightning played in their inaugural game at the Fairgrounds vs. the Blackhawks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are in Estero for some team bonding as they prepare to open the regular season at Benchmark International Arena this Thursday night as the Ottawa Senators are in town. Gage Goncalves and Roman Schmidt received fines from Saturday night's game at Florida. JJ Moser and Scott Sabourin have hearings with the NHL Department of Player Safety today for their actions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lose to the Florida Panthers 7-0 in a game that saw the two teams combine for over 320 penalty minutes and 13 game misconducts. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy played for the first time this preseason, giving up 6 goals on 26 shots and Zemgus Girgensons left the game after being boarded by Carter Verhaeghe. The Lightning finish the preseason with a 6-1-0 record and now they prepare for Opening Night this Thursday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning will wrap up their preseason schedule tonight in Sunrise as they take on the Florida Panthers for the 3rd straight game. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy will get the start, marking his first appearance this preseason in game action. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 at Benchmark International Arena to improve to 6-0-0 in preseason for the first time in franchise history. The story of the game was the 186 penalty minutes taken between the teams as each side had 9 power plays. The Bolts got two goals from Jake Guentzel plus one each from Brayden Point, Conor Geekie and Anthony Cirelli. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Florida Panthers tonight for their 6th of 7 preseason games, and the last one at Benchmark International Arena. The Bolts did assign 4 players to Syracuse and placed 3 more on waivers for the purpose of reassignment. Victor Hedman's dog, Harry, passed away on Wednesday. He helped raise thousands of dollars for the Humane Society over the years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers to improve their record to 5-0-0 this preseason. Oliver Bjorkstrand, Conor Geekie and Jakob Pelletier were the goal scorers. Earlier in the day, Andrei Vasilevskiy did practice for the first time while Victor Hedman didn't.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning travel to Orlando tonight to face the Florida Panthers in preseason game #5. It will be the first of 3 matchups between the teams this week. Andrei Vasilevskiy didn't practice with the main group on Monday but did skate beforehand. He hasn't practiced yet in Training Camp. On this date in Lightning history, the Boat Parade was started 2 days after winning the Stanley Cup.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning reduced their roster by 22 players on Sunday as the Syracuse Crunch are set to open their Training Camp today. The Lightning will return to practice today after having Sunday off as they prepare to face the Florida Panthers 3 times this week. Happy Birthday to 2004 Stanley Cup Champion Dave Andreychuk and on this date in Lightning history, the Bolts brought the Stanley Cup back to Tampa from the bubble in Edmonton.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Nashville Predators 4-1 to start the preseason 4-0-0 for the first time since 2013. The Lightning got goals from Darren Raddysh, Mitchell Chaffee, Brandon Hagel and Gage Goncalves. They will have the day off today before returning to practice on Monday. On this date in Lightning history, the Bolts won the Stanley Cup.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.