Daily Strike

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.

The Tampa Bay Lightning lose 3-2 in a shootout at the St. Louis Blues to snap their 11-game win streak. They do get a point out of the game so they have points in 12-straight and in 11-straight road games. Nikita Kucherov had another multi-point game, his 10th in the last 11 games. On this date in Lightning history, Anthony Cirelli recorded his first career hat trick.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are in St. Louis tonight where they are looking for a franchise record 12th straight win. The Bolts are the best road team in the NHL this season. You'll hear from JJ Moser about the win streak, Nick Paul on playing with Nikita Kucherov and Head Coach Jon Cooper on the team being more physical this season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning return to practice today after having Wednesday off. They'll board a plane this afternoon for St. Louis where they'll take on the Blues Friday night. Yanni Gourde and Zemgus Girgensons are both riding 4-game point streaks, JJ Moser continues to lead NHL defensemen in +/- and the Bolts are 21-4-1 when scoring first this season. The NHL announced that Tim McGraw will perform at the Stadium Series game at Raymond James Stadium on February 1st.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 in a shootout to win their 11th consecutive game, tying the franchise record set in 2020. The Lightning now sit atop the Eastern Conference standings and are riding the longest win streak of any team this season. JJ Moser scored the lone Lightning goal while Gage Goncalves and Nikita Kucherov both converted in the shootout.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-1 for their 10-straight win, that ties for the 2nd longest in franchise history. Nikita Kucherov extended his multi-point game streak to 9 which ties Steven Stamkos for the longest streak among active players. Brayden Point scored a goal but was injured on the play, he didn't return to the game. Head Coach Jon Cooper wins his 600th game in just his 1,005 games. The Lightning now play the Penguins tonight in the 2nd half of a back-to-back.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning begin back-to-back games tonight with another contest at the Philadelphia Flyers. The Bolts beat Philly 7-2 on Saturday behind another 4-point night for Nikita Kucherov. Head Coach Jon Cooper can win his 600th game tonight and he would become the 2nd fastest coach to reach that win total. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Philadelphia Flyers 7-2 to start their 5-game road trip. The win is the Bolts 9th straight win which is a season-high. Nikita Kucherov had another 4 points night, Gage Goncalves scored 2 goals and Yanni Gourde got his first goal in 18 games. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning begin a 5-game road trip tonight in Philadelphia as they'll play 2 straight games vs. the Flyers. Jon Cooper talks about his team's success on the road, Darren Raddysh on his play this year and JJ Moser to play in his 300th game tonight.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are back to practice today before they head out on a 5-game road trip that begins Saturday night in Philadelphia. General Manager Julien BriseBois gives his thoughts on this year's team and Gary Bettman explains how the fans in Tampa Bay helped get the Stadium Series game that will take place on February 1st at Raymond James Stadium.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have a few days off after they beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Tuesday night, an 8th straight win. Nikita Kucherov had another multi-point game as he's on a 7-game multi-point streak. Darren Raddysh is also on a 4-game multi-point streak, the most for a Lightning defenseman. Gary Bettman was in town on Tuesday and discussed how the upcoming Stadium Series game has been 10 years in the making.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 to win their 8th straight game, a season best. The Lightning got goals from Jake Guentzel, Zemgus Girgensons, Brandon Hagel and Anthony Cirelli. They have the day off, their next game is Saturday night in Philadelphia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Colorado Avalanche tonight in a matchup of two of the best teams in the NHL. Nikita Kucherov was named the NHL's First Star for the 2nd straight week, Max Groshev was reassigned to Syracuse and Jon Cooper will be honored pregame for coaching in 1,000 games.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are in first place in the Eastern Conference at the midpoint of the season. They are at 53 points which is 4 points ahead of last year at this time. Nikita Kucherov is 4th in scoring, JJ Moser is 5th in +/- and the team is 2nd in goals/game. The Bolts will practice today and then they host the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the San Jose Sharks 7-3 to make it 7 straight wins and a clean sweep of their California road trip. Darren Raddysh had his first career hat trick, just the 3rd in franchise history by a defenseman. Nikita Kucherov had 5 points while Brayden Point scored in his 3rd straight game.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Lightning hit the road today against San Jose and some players have an added boost ahead of a chance to sweep the California road trip. Charle-Édouard D'Astous signed a one-year contract extension, while Jake Guentzel and Pontus Holmberg join the Lightning list of Olympians.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tampa Bay showed impressive will on the road with a late, third period comeback in Los Angeles. Brayden Point kept up his hot hand, J.J. Moser added his 100th point with an assist, and the Lightning earn a well-deserved day off before a chance to sweep the California road trip.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Lightning are fresh off a 4-3 overtime win in Head Coach Jon Cooper's 1000th NHL game behind the bench. Cooper will also coach Brayden Point and newly announced Brandon Hagel and Anthony Cirelli during the 2026 Winter Olympics. Meanwhile, a few future Bolts also take to the international stage at World Juniors.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning start their 3-game California trip with a day game in Anaheim vs. the Ducks. Erik Cernak could make his return after missing the last 17 games, Scott Sabourin has been placed on injured reserve after his fight on Sunday and Coach Jon Cooper will coach in this 1,000th game today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are in Southern California where they will practice today and then start a 3-game, 4-day road trip in Anaheim on New Year's Eve. Nikita Kucherov was named the NHL's #1 star for his 4 goals and 2 assists in 3 games last week. Head Coach Jon Cooper will coach in his 1,000th game on Wednesday as he has the 2nd most wins at the millennium mark in NHL history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tampa Bay Lightning hold on to beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-4 in a shootout at Benchmark International Arena. Nikita Kucherov nets 2 goals for the 2nd straight game, Nick Paul and Pontus Holmberg score and Jonas Johansson stops both shots in the shootout. Brandon Hagel returns from IR after missing 4 games, Ryan McDonagh is back on IR and Max Groshev makes his NHL debut and gets an assist.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.