It’s Thanksgiving, at least among some of the lesser hockey countries. So today, I’m going to list a reason that I’m thankful for each NHL team. That’s it. No gimmicks, or clever twists. I promise I’m not even going to do the “Thanks for reminding us it could always be worse” backhanded compliment thing to anyone. Just one sincere, if slightly bizarre, reason to say a quick thanks to every team.
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From In the Pressbox
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Look. We’ve all done it. It’s Thanksgiving Day, the turkey comes out of the oven, and you tell yourself you’re going to pace yourself. You’re not going to over-indulge. Yet, twenty minutes later, with cranberry sauce dripping down your chin, you realize that you’ve just consumed the caloric intake reserved for a family of four. The next thing you know, you’re passed out on the couch.
With four goals in the first ten minutes of the game, the Lightning devoured the Flames like they were smo...
From Raw Charge
| 8 days ago
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Game Game Twenty-Three: Calgary Flames (8-13-3) at Tampa Bay Lightning (13-7-2)
Time: 7:00 PM EST
Location: Benchmark International Arena, Stop #8 on the TECO Streetcar Line
TV/Stream/Radio: The Spot, SN360, ESPN+, 102.5 FM, Lightning App
Odds: Lightning -185
Know the Opponents: Flame for Thought
Tonight, the Tampa Bay Lightning close out a long stretch of home games with a pre-Thanksgiving match against a Western Conference team. In the midst of a stretch where t...
From Raw Charge
| 8 days ago
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While the Tampa Bay Lightning’s defense is still, in the words of their goaltender , “Syracuse-ish” it appears that the forwards are getting healthier. Brayden Point’s status might still be in doubt, but based on Tuesday’s practice, it appears that another center could be ready to return to the line-up. Pontus Holmberg, who has been out of the line-up since early line-up was taking a regular shift.
He was also part of the unofficial sign of return as he led the team stretch at practice, a...
From Raw Charge
| 9 days ago
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With a line-up that was missing it’s top center and three of their four most used defensemen, the Tampa Bay Lightning needed their best players to step up and take control against a feisty Philadelphia Flyers team. The Bolts answered the call as Andrei Vasilevskiy picked up his first shutout of the season with 20 saves while Brandon Hagel scored twice and added an assist. His linemates, Anthony Cirelli (1 goal, 1 assist), and Nikita Kucherov (3 assists) provided the rest of the offense as the ...
From Raw Charge
| 10 days ago
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After a pretty exciting week, the Flyers went to Tampa and left without a goal. Brandon Hagel was the star of the game with two goals and an assist, while Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 20 shots fired his direction. A sluggish start lingered well beyond the first period, with the Flyers never really finding their offensive game. In the end, the Flyers left Tampa Bay with a 3-0 loss.
The basics
First period: 15:34 – Brandon Hagel (Emil Lilleberg, Nikita Kucherov) Second period: ...
From Broad Street Hockey
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The Philadelphia Flyers have been kicking it back and after a lengthy break, they earned two fairly solid wins against the St. Louis Blues and the New Jersey Devils last week. Now, to kick off this road trip they are down in Florida facing a fairly ravaged Tampa Bay Lightning squad.
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
It has nothing at all to do with the upcoming game but Flyers prospect Jett Luchanko was traded in ...
From Broad Street Hockey
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Game Twenty-Two: Philadelphia Flyers (11-6-3) at Tampa Bay Lightning (12-7-2)
Time: 7:00 PM EST
Location: Benchmark International Arena, on the shores of Garrison Channel
TV/Stream/Radio: The Spot, NBCSP ESPN+, 102.5 FM, Lightning App
Odds: Lightning -175
Know the Opponents: Broad Street Hockey
First things first. It looks like Nikita Kucherov will play tonight for the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Hockey Fights Cancer Night game against the Philadelphia Flyers. So that’s...
From Raw Charge
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Is Nikita Kucherov going to score a goal when his Tampa Bay Lightning face the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday? The puck drops at 7:00 PM ET — we can help you make the right call via the stats and insights available in this article.
Nikita Kucherov Anytime Goal Odds vs. the Flyers
Anytime Goal Odds: +155 (Bet $10 to win $15.50 if he scores a goal)
Kucherov Goals Betting Stats
Kucherov has eclipsed his points prop bet in each game he’s played with a set points prop (one total opportun...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession
| 10 days ago
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The Edmonton Oilers have tried to push back on talk that something is “deeply wrong” in their room, but one former player is not convinced everything is fine. After TSN’s Jeff O’Neill suggested the team’s flat performances looked like the product of internal friction, the Oilers answered with two of their most energized efforts of the season, first in an overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning and then in an emotional win over the Florida Panthers . Still, former Oiler Ryan Whitne...
From NHL Trade Rumors
| 10 days ago
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The Tampa Bay Lightning may have won their last two matches against the Washington Capitals, but they are happy that they don’t see them on the schedule for the rest of the regular season. On November 8th they beat the Caps, 3-2 , but lost Ryan McDonagh, Victor Hedman, and Dominic James. Hedman and McDonagh haven’t played since. Then, on Saturday, the Lightning won, 5-3 , but it cost them Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov.
As of publication of this post, the status of Point and Kucherov i...
From Raw Charge
| 11 days ago
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C’mon. You didn’t think this would be easy now did you? Even after the 4-1 lead in the first period? This is the Tampa Bay Lightning and Washington Capitals. Nothing is easy. Especially in D.C. where the Lightning seemingly win once every administration. Heading into the night they had a whopping 18 wins in 62 trips to Capital One Arena. So, even with the big early lead, you knew it was going to be an interesting finish.
Sure enough, the Capitals clawed back to within a goal early in the ...
From Raw Charge
| 12 days ago
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Is Jakob Chychrun likely to score a goal when his Washington Capitals face the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday? The puck drops at 7:00 PM ET — we can help you make the right call via the stats and trends provided here.
Jakob Chychrun Anytime Goal Odds vs. the Lightning
Anytime Goal Odds: +425 (Bet $10 to win $42.50 if he scores a goal)
Chychrun Goals Betting Stats
In every game Chychrun has played with a set points prop — one opportunity — he’s exceeded the prop total.
Chychrun h...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession
| 12 days ago
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Game Twenty-One: Tampa Bay Lightning (11-7-2) at Washington Capitals (11-8-2)
Time: 7:00 PM EST
Location: Capital One Arena, The Nation’s Capital
TV/Stream/Radio: The Spot, MNMT, ESPN+, 102.5 FM, Lightning App
Odds: Lightning +100
Know the Opponents: J apers’ Rink
Two weeks ago, these two teams faced off in Tampa with the Lightning pulling off the 3-2 overtime win in a game where everyone got hurt. Okay, not everyone, but Ryan McDonagh blocked a shot and hasn’t pl...
From Raw Charge
| 12 days ago
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No team in the NHL is as desperate for goaltending as the Edmonton Oilers , despite how Calvin Pickard played against the Tampa Bay Lightning in their previous game that should have been a win. The Oilers have two goalies, Pickard and Stuart Skinner, who they can't trust and something has to be done to fix that quickly, as the team isn't holding a playoff spot at the moment and it feels different than the last two seasons. Darren Dreger said, "I can't imagine (Stan) Bowman isn't making calls. ...
From NHL Trade Rumors
| 13 days ago
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By most accounts, you couldn’t ask for much more from the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night. They played in the second half of a back-to-back, arriving in Tampa Bay in the middle of the night, taking on the Lightning hours later. It was one of those games you look at on the calendar and say,…
From In the Pressbox
| 14 days ago
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Well now. Welcome back, Nick Paul.
The Tampa Bay Lightning forward punctuated his first game of the season with a game-tying goal with 2:32 to go in the game. That set the table for Jake Guentzel’s overtime winner on a wake-the-neighbors sequence of plays that started with Andrei Vasilevskiy literally saving the game with a desperation left-pad save and ended with Darren Raddysh’s perfect geed to Guentzel on a two-on-one break the other way.
Paul was in the line-up after missing the ...
From Raw Charge
| 14 days ago
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That’s one hell of a way to lose a hockey game. On Thursday evening, the Edmonton Oilers played the sixth of seven on this road trip. This time, it was a matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning, with the Oilers falling 2-1 in overtime on the second game of a back-to-back, moving their season record…
From In the Pressbox
| 14 days ago
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Based on a few coincidental factors it appears that Nick Paul is going to be back in the Tampa Bay Lightning line-up tonight as they face the Edmonton Oilers. First off, the Lightning re-assigned Scott Sabourin to Syracuse yesterday, indicating that yet another forward was healthy following the return of Anthony Cirelli and Dominic James. Second, at the morning skate, Paul led the stretching from the center of the ice, an unofficial position of honor usually reserved for players getting called...
From Raw Charge
| 14 days ago
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The Edmonton Oilers face the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night at Benchmark International Arena, and nobody really knows what to make of either team. Tampa’s made roster moves in the past couple of days, calling up players from AHL Syracuse to deal with injuries. But let’s be honest—Edmonton’s been shuffling their lineup constantly, too….
From In the Pressbox
| 14 days ago
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There are plenty of lessons the Edmonton Oilers can take from Thursday’s opponent, the Tampa Bay Lightning, because their path from frustration to dominance is a blueprint that should hit close to home. Like most expansion teams, the Lightning spent years stumbling around the basement before finding their footing. By the mid-2000s, they had built…
From In the Pressbox
| 14 days ago
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Game Twenty: Edmonton Oilers (9-9-4) at Tampa Bay Lightning (10-7-2)
Time: 7:30 PM EST
Location: Benchmark International Arena, Located in Pete Alonso’s hometown
TV/Stream/Radio: ESPN+, Hulu, SN, 102.5 FM, Lightning App (audio)
Odds: Lightning -162
Know the Opponents: Oil on Whyte
What sweet sorcery is this? A rested Tampa Bay Lightning team gets to face a team that played last night? Usually, it’s the other way around, or at least that’s what it seems like. Yes, ...
From Raw Charge
| 14 days ago
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It’s unbelievably frustrating to be writing another piece about the New Jersey Devils’ goaltending, but after this past Tuesday’s game against Tampa Bay, it’s the prominent topic at the front of my mind. This is the second season now of the Devils running a Jacob Markstrom/Jake Allen tandem after bringing Allen back just before he […]
From All About The Jersey
| 14 days ago
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After a poor start, the Tampa Bay Lightning have returned to their usual selves. Taking care of a wounded New Jersey Devils team on Tuesday, the Bolts have won nine of their last twelve hockey games. That places them flirting with a playoff spot again, a 10-7-2 record, and back to where one would expect. …
From In the Pressbox
| 14 days ago
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Last Devils Game On Tuesday night, the Devils lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Florida, by a score of 5-1. Dawson Mercer got the scoring started for Tampa Bay with an atrocious turnover right inside the blue line of the Tampa OZ. After passing the puck about 5 feet behind Timo Meier AND outside […]
From All About The Jersey
| 15 days ago
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