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Taking the show on the road, Lightning at Predators Preview

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 ...

3 months ago | 2 reads

Lightning place Mitchell Chaffee on waivers

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 ...

3 months ago | 2 reads

Some more thoughts…on returning to the area

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 […]

3 months ago | 2 reads

Lightning make it a two-win weekend as they down Vegas in overtime, 2-1

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...

3 months ago | 2 reads

Nice win, now do it again: Golden Knights at Lightning preview

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...

3 months ago | 4 reads

Lightning pull ahead, stumble, pick themselves up in 4-3 win over the Ducks

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...

3 months ago | 3 reads

Pick yourself up, and do better – Ducks at Lightning preview

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 ...

3 months ago | 2 reads