Okay. Sorry for missing a week there, but we’re back on the Syracuse Crunch coverage. You know who else is back? It’s Conor Geekie. The Tampa Bay Lightning reassigned him earlier in the month after he was off to a bit of a slow start in Tampa, but he hasn’t missed a beat at the AHL level. In three games he has three points (two goals, one assist) with both goals coming on the power play. Last season, he put up 20 points (11 goals, 9 assists) in 27 games, so, if nothing else, we know that he’s ...
The Tampa Bay Lightning closed out the October slate of their schedule with a 2-1 victory over the Dallas Stars. Tonight’s star – Anthony Cirelli. After Brandon Hagel made a nice defensive play in his own zone to force a loose puck, Cirelli bumped the puck to open ice and outraced the Stars’ defenders for a semi-breakaway. He tucked the puck in on the near post to beat Jake Oettinger to earn the bonus point.
Anthony Cirelli (6) [Unassisted]
"A BACKHAND DEKE, CIRELLI!!! He wins it for...
Game Eleven: Dallas Stars (6-3-1) at Tampa Bay Lightning (4-4-2)
Time: 7:00 PM EST
Location: Amalie Arena, City of Lightning
TV/Stream/Radio: TNT, TruTV, HBO Max 102.5 FM, Lightning App (radio broadcast)
Odds: Lightning -145
Know the Opponents: Defending Big D
It seems like the Tampa Bay Lightning have shaken off some of their early-season struggles as they’ve pulled off wins in their last three games. Is it enough to say that they are definitively “back”? Well, l...
In an 82-game season, a team will have to find many different ways to win. Some will come on the back of dazzling offensive play, some by luck, some by a heroic goaltending effort, and some by a staunch defensive effort aided by goals from unlikely contributors. Tonight was such a game. The Lightning beat the Nashville Predators, 5-2, with Zemgus Girgensons scoring twice and Charle-Edouard D’Astous finding the back of the net for the first time in his NHL career.
Andrei Vasilevskiy picked...
Game Ten: Tampa Bay Lightning (3-4-2) at Nashville Predators (4-4-2)
Time: 7:45 PM EST
Location: Bridgestone Arena, Smashville USA
TV/Stream/Radio: Scripps, TVAS (JIP), FDSNSO, ESPN+, 102.5 FM, Lightning App
Odds: Lightning -160
Know the Opponents: Predlines
What’s up with that crazy start time? Oh, didn’t you know that every NHL team is in action tonight and it’s ESPN’s Frozen Frenzy? Glad their marketing is working. That’s right, it’s the one night a year where ...
It seems Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois will not let a non-game day go by without making a move this season. His latest transaction involves yet another forward as the Lightning placed Mitchell Chaffee on waivers on Monday. The 27-year-old will be assigned to the Syracuse Crunch should he clear. Like many of the Lightning forwards Chaffee, who has appeared in seven of the team’s nine games, has yet to register a point.
Chaffee was signed by the organization prior to ...
I’m going to change things up a little bit in this week’s subscriber-only post. Instead of talking about the Tampa Bay Lightning, I’m going to get a little more personal. For those around here that might not be aware, up until about three weeks ago, my time at Raw Charge, both as an independent blog […]
There is no need to get too crazy in breaking down this game. The Tampa Bay Lightning found a way to win a game that, a week ago, they would have lost. Nikita Kucherov finished off a feed from Brandon Hagel in overtime to give them a 2-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights. For the first time this season they have back-to-back wins and a win away from leveling their record on the season.
With both teams having played tough games less than 24 hours prior, it could be forgiven if they loo...
Game Nine: Vegas Golden Knights (5-1-2) at Tampa Bay Lightning (2-4-2)
Time: 5:00 PM EST
Location: Benchmark International Arena, The Lightning Capital of the World
TV/Stream/Radio: Scripps, SN, SN1, TVAS, ESPN+, 102.5 FM, Lightning App
Odds: Lightning -140
Know the Opponents: Knights on Ice
On a night where the Lightning celebrated some individual milestones, they found a way to pick up two points after blowing a two-goal, third-period lead. The game was played a...
For a moment in the second period, the Tampa Bay Lightning had shook off the shackles of their slow start and appeared to be on their way to a comfortable win against the Anaheim Ducks. Back-to-back milestone goals gave them a 3-1 lead and it seemed like they were headed to victory against a plucky Anaheim squad. The Ducks rocked the faith of the Lightning fans as they scored twice within a minute in the third period to tie things up. However, Anthony Cirelli, aka Tony Two Goals, lived up to h...
Game Eight: Anaheim Ducks (4-2-1) at Tampa Bay Lightning (1-4-2)
Time: 5:00 PM EST
Location: Benchmark International Arena, Cigar City, USA!
TV/Stream/Radio: Scripps, Victory+, KCOP-13, ESPN+, 102.5 FM, Lightning App
Odds: Lightning -190
Know the Opponents: Pucks of a Feather
One of the things we miss most about HBO no longer doing the Road to the Winter Classic is that we don’t get the intermission speeches. Without it, we would never have this classic rant from ...