So far the Tampa Bay Lightning have had a quiet trade season. They lost Jack Finley on waivers, made some minor trades, but all-in-all, general manager Julien BriseBois has been pretty content with his often injured, but still conference-leading roster. Could that change over the next 20+ hours? If history is any indication, yes, yes it will.
As usual, there hasn’t been much solid reporting on the Lightning’s trade interests. Yes, there has been speculation and tires kicked on names like ...
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A look at the projected lineups and pre-game interviews.
From In the Pressbox
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Whelp, if nothing else, the Raw Charge Curse is alive and well. Just mere days after writing about Dominic James, the energetic rookie suffered an injury that will effectively end his regular season.
Injury updates for the Lightning:
#GoBolts forward Gage Goncalves is day to day with a lower body injury.
Forward Dominic James had surgery for a lower body injury, he’s out 8-10 weeks. — Benjamin Pierce ( @boltsben.bsky.social ) March 5, 2026 at 8:01 AM
In the loss to the Buffa...
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Game 60: Tampa Bay Lightning (38-17-4) at Winnipeg Jets (24-26-10)
Time: 8:00 PM EST
Location: Canada Life Centre, The Heart of the 204
TV/Stream/Radio: The Spot, ESPN+, TSN3, 102.5 FM, Lightning App
Odds: Lightning -186
Know the Opponents: Arctic Ice Hockey
It wasn’t that long ago where it came so easy for the Tampa Bay Lightning. The goals, the saves, the wins. A month ago the Lightning were riding at the top of the world. It would be a bit melodramatic to say t...
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The trade action around the NHL is heating up as we approach Friday’s trade deadline. We’ve got a bevy of deals sending large, right-handed defensemen to teams that need them, some shutdown centers have found a home, and a whole smattering of trades still percolating around the continent.
While the Philadelphia Flyers have not gotten themselves involved yet with an actual trade, there are countless rumors and reports about their players. Rasmus Ristolainen is suddenly one of the top defen...
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For the record, Coach Jon Cooper isn’t worried about the team right now. Yes, he acknowledges that they’re not playing well, but he’s confident that the team will figure it out. For 55 games or so this has been a tough defensive team that makes opponents work for every goal. Right now that’s not happening and the Minnesota loss was a microcosm of the losing streak.
They gifted the Wild a stretch of power plays that ended with a Mats Zuccarello power play goal to make it 2-0. Then Andrei V...
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It may have a new name, but the home arena for the Minnesota Wild continues to be a house of horrors for the Tampa Bay Lightning. The newly christened Grand Casino Arena witnessed another loss, their fourteenth out of nineteen games played there, for the Lightning as they fell 5-1 to home team. Matt Boldy had three assists while Kirill Kaprizov (after striking iron three times) set Minnesota’s franchise goal record with an empty-netter.
As has been the case since returning from the Olympi...
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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 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday as he’s ever been,
“No push back, no urgency, no driv...
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The tinted visor. The gap-tooth smiled. It’s back. On Tuesday, prior to their game against the Minnesota Wild, the Tampa Bay Lightning announced that they had recalled forward Conor Geekie from the Syracuse Crunch. With injuries to Gage Goncalves, Dominic James, and Nick Paul, there was a need for some help in the middle of the ice, and the Lightning are turning to one of their top prospects to fill it.
The 21-year-old started the season with the Lightning, but after posting just one assi...
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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.
Injury updates: #GoBolts Coach Jon Cooper said Goncalves and James are still being evaluated, will miss some time. Recalls are possible.
“They won’t be playing in the next game or two, but we’...
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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.
5v5 stats and league-wide rankings October 5-4-2 November 11-3-0 December 7-6-1 January 11-1-1 February 4-2-0 GF/60 2.48 (1...
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The Lightning’s 7-0 loss to the Florida Panthers in the final game of the preseason will probably be best remembered for a player assisting on a goal after he was kicked out of the game. Niko Mikkola was originally granted an assist on a goal in the third period before everyone realized he wasn’t even supposed to be playing since he had received a game-misconduct earlier in the penalty-filled contest. The goal was taken off the board and the Panthers had to be content with the 7-0 win.
In...
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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 underneath (similar to the Brayden Point injury against Philadelphia) late in the third.
The injur...
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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, the Tampa Bay Lightning are the beneficiaries of the compressed schedule tonight as they take on a...
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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 just 12 (and 5 of those came in one game) with Nikita Kucherov (who else) leading the way. The winger...
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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 the difference in the 5-4 win for the Hurricanes.
“We allowed them to get behind us,” is how Ro...
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The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning, 5-4, on Thursday night in their first game back following the Olympics. Despite giving up an early three goal lead, the Canes power play was the difference, with Sebastian Aho netting the game winner with 12 minutes left. Carolina has now won nine of its last 11 […]
From Canes Country
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Hurricanes hockey is back. After a three week Olympic hiatus, the Carolina Hurricanes (36-15-6) host the Tampa Bay Lightning (38-14-4) tonight at 7 pm. Carolina had three players bring home medals: Jaccob Slavin won gold with the United States, Seth Jarvis won silver with Canada, and Sebastian Aho won bronze with Finland. All three will […]
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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. Darren Raddysh elevating his game to new levels, Charle-Edouard D’Astous becoming a one-man breakout machine...
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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 Maple Leafs and picked up a 4-2 victory on Wednesday night. Now, it’s on to Carolina to meet a we...
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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 1,137 points overall (Kucherov sits at 1,088).
With 701 apples he is currently tied all-time wit...
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Welcome back, Brayden Point (2 goals, 1 assist).
Welcome back, Charle-Edouard D’Astous (2 assists).
Welcome back, Tampa Bay Lightning hockey.
The Lightning returned to the ice from the Olympic break with a 4-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, spearheaded by a two-goal performance from Brayden Point, who had been out of the line-up since suffering a lower-body injury in mid-January against Philadelphia. Nikita Kucherov also posted a three-point night which included his 700th car...
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Craig Berube addressed the media after his team’s 4-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, which dropped the Maple Leafs’ record to 27-22-9. On the team’s performance: I thought we played a good, solid first period. We had three 2-on-1s in the first period and didn’t get a shot off. We have to execute those […]
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From Maple Leafs Hotstove
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Everyone is getting healthier. On both teams.
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Toronto Maple Leafs hockey is back with a big test and a massive two points on the line in Tampa Bay (7:30 p.m. EST, Sportsnet) Game Day Quotes Craig Berube on whether he will manage Auston Matthews’ workload in the game: I don’t know about that. I will see where he is at later on […]
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