Game Sixty-Five: Carolina Hurricanes (41-18-6) at Tampa Bay Lightning (40-20-4)
Time: 7:00 PM EST
Location: Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, whose origins as a city date back to 1824 with the founding of Fort Brooke (yes, that’s what the parking garage is named after)
TV/Stream/Radio: The Spot, FDSNSO, ESPN+, 102.5 FM, Lightning App
Odds: Lightning -135
Know the Opponents: Canes Country
The Tampa Bay Lightning picked up a win against Detroit on Thursday, and ...
This week we asked two Rays specific questions related to the WBC. First up, I was curious to see how much of our readership was invested in watching the WBC, even in the early rounds. The answer was a resounding yes! 12% of y’all were ready to watch the knock out stage, and I hope […]
Comparing Matvei Michkov and Owen Tippett to each other without knowing which stat line belongs to who.
The Tampa Bay Lightning reassigned Steven Santini the Syracuse Crunch on Friday, a move that indicates Erik Cernak is ready to return to the line-up. The right-shot defenseman missed the Lightning’s win against Detroit on Thursday, but was listed as day-to-day by Coach Jon Cooper. It looks like he’s been upgraded as assistant coach Rob Zettler confirmed that Cernak is “good to go”.
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Declan Carlile missed the last few minutes of the Red Wings game, and didn’t practice on Friday...
The Pittsburgh Steelers are introducing their newest acquisitions on Friday, which includes brief press conferences with the media. First up was former Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Jamel Dean. The lockdown cornerback will play opposite Joey Porter Jr and create one of the league’s top defensive back duos, at least on paper. Dean mentioned that he […]
The Tampa Bay Lightning aren’t going to let something as trivial as a trade deadline stop them from improving their franchise. While they were taking on the Detroit Red Wings on the ice last night, they were also making a deal with their opponents. Tampa Bay acquired defenseman Ian Mitchell from the Red Wings in exchange for forwards Michael Milne and Wojciech Stachowiak.
Yes, the NHL trade deadline has passed, but the AHL trade deadline rolls on until 3:00 PM today. With all three player...
The Tampa Bay Lightning finally beat a team not named the Toronto Maple Leafs. A 24-save performance from Andrei Vasilevskiy and two-goal efforts by Jake Guentzel and Gage Goncalves led the Lightning to a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. Nikita Kucherov had a pair of assists to reach 1,100 points in his career. J.T. Compher had the lone goal for the Red Wings while John Gibson stopped 25-of-28 in the losing effort.
There were a couple of line-up changes as Darren Raddysh returned t...
Free agent linebacker and special teams ace Grant Stuard is signing with the Los Angeles Rams on a two-year deal worth $5.05M. Stuard met with the Rams before the 2021 NFL Draft. He was ultimately selected with the final pick by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers where he remained for one season. Since then he’s spent […]
Yes, we know the NHL trade deadline passed last Friday at 3:00pm Eastern. But trades can still be made with the restriction that p layers acquired after the deadline are ineligible to play in any remaining regular-season games or the Stanley Cup Playoffs for their new team. With that, the Detroit Red Wings and Tampa Bay Lightning completed a trade of three AHL players. TRADE: #LGRW acquire F Michael Milne and F Wocjiech Stachowiak from #GoBolts for D Ian Mitchell — NHL News (...
The Texas Rangers are signing lefthanded reliever Jalen Beeks to a one year deal, per Evan Grant. Beeks, 32, first debuted in 2018 with the Boston Red Sox, and was traded to Tampa mid-season for Nathan Eovaldi. He was with the Rays until the 2023 offseason, when he was claimed on waivers by the Colorado […]
When forward Artemi Panarin signed in New York, he was one of the premier free agents in 2019. Leaving the Columbus Blue Jackets after sweeping the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first-round, he was highly coveted, and he chose to seek greener pastures after all was said and done. His friend Sergei Bobrovsky would exercise his rights to escape to Florida. The difference between the two is that Bobrovsky has two Stanley Cups to his name, while Panarin has nothing but disappointment to ...
The Detroit Lions are very much in need of defensive end help, and their situation may be only getting worse. According to several reports, Lions’ free agent edge defender Al-Quadin Muhammad is visiting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. UPDATE: Per Ian Rapoport, Muhammad is signing a one-year deal with the Buccaneers worth up to $6 million. […]
Pittsburgh Steelers special teams ace Miles Killebrew is signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, per Jeremy Fowler of ESPN. Killebrew joins former Steelers special teams coach Danny Smith, who is now the special teams coach in Tampa. Killebrew joined the Steelers in 2021, not missing a game from 2021-24. He earned two Pro Bowl nods […]
The Washington Commanders only had one running back on the roster, Bill Croskey-Merritt who will be entering his second season. Now he’s got some company after Rachaad White reportedly agreed to terms on a 1-year deal. White was a third-round pick by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2022. He played at Arizona State with Jayden […]
Rutgers football is set to hire former NFL assistant coach Mike Sullivan as a senior offensive assistant, according to Pete Thamel of ESPN. Sullivan spent time with several different NFL teams before coming to Rutgers, including the Giants, Steelers, Jaguars, Broncos, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where he worked as an OC under current Rutgers head […]
The Rays gave up quite a bit to acquire Ben Williamson this offseason. They parted ways with a 4th OF profile in Colton Ledbetter and a Comp B pick. Coming into Spring Training, the expectation for Williamson seemed fairly straightforward: compete for a utility infielder role. That likely meant coming off the bench to spell […]
The Detroit Lions inked their first defensive addition in free agency, agreeing to terms with defensive back Christian Izien. Formerly with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the team opted not to give him a restricted free agent tender, allowing him to hit free agency. It’s not clear what kind of deal the Lions are getting, but […]
Game Sixty-Four: Detroit Red Wings (36-22-7) at Tampa Bay Lightning (39-20-4)
Time: 7:00 PM EST
Location: Benchmark International Arena, Where the first event hosted after changing the name was Monster Jam featuring Grave Digger and El Toro Loco
TV/Stream/Radio: The Spot, ESPN+, 102.5 FM, Lightning App
Odds: Lightning -205
Know the Opponents: Winging it in Motown
Tonight’s match-up between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Detroit Red Wings feature a couple of banged up...
According to NFL insider Jordan Schultz, the Detroit Lions are signing defensive back Christian Izien to a one-year deal. More terms were not immediately available. Izien went undrafted in 2023, but impressed during training camp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, made the 53-man roster, and ended up playing in all 17 games his rookie season. […]
We had heard in the days leading up to the trade deadline that pending unrestricted free agent Corey Perry wanted to stay in L.A. He did not want to be a trade deadline casualty and was willing and hoping to sign an extension for next season. The Kings seemed to be on board with that. But then, seemingly out of the blue, Perry was traded at the 11th hour, just before the deadline hit last Friday, to the Tampa Bay Lightning . So what happened? According to insider David Pagnot...
At the top line, Spencer Strider looked really good on Wednesday afternoon: four innings, one walk, five strikeouts. When you consider that it was a visiting Rays team, maybe that’s more akin to something expected, but… I thought that this was a nice outing for him. When Strider returned from injury last year, my amateur […]
The New England Patriots have made another signing in free agency, this time addressing their linebacker group. K.J. Britt, a fifth-round draft pick by the Buccaneers in 2021 who spent last season with the Dolphins, is coming to Foxborough on a reported one-year contract. Let’s put a grade on the signing based on everything we […]
Lost in the frustration and gloom of the Lightning’s 5-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets was the fact that Nikita Kucherov picked up his 70th assist of the season as he had the helper on Gage Goncalves’ deflection goal in the first period. The goal gave the Lightning a lead (their first against a non-Toronto team since the Olympic Break) and notched a little history for Kucherov.
According to the Lightning, Kucherov is now the 10th player in NHL history with at least five career 70-assi...
Another night, and another loss for the Tampa Bay Lightning. A team that just a month ago couldn’t lose, looks completely lost on the ice as they drop their sixth game out of their last seven. Despite scoring first, a three-goal second period by the Columbus Blue Jackets left the Lightning asking more questions as they kicked off their homestead with a 5-2 loss to the hard-charging Metro Division team.
Gage Goncalves scored in his return from injury and J.J. Moser cut the lead to one goal...
While losing reigning Super Bowl MVP running back, Kenneth Walker III may have felt like a gut punch, the offseason acquisition window for the Seattle Seahawks is far, far away from being over. Seattle is rumored to be weighing one option in particular to join the Pacific Northwest galaxy of stars that just won a […]