THW’s Goalie News: Rinne’s Goal, A Pair of Shutouts & More Greg Boysen | January 10, 2020 Thursday gave us a full schedule across the National Hockey League and it was a very good night for goaltenders. Some of the top performances included a pair of shutouts…
Lightning Mid Season Award Winners Steve Marowski | January 9, 2020 The Tampa Bay Lightning are at the halfway point in their season and have started to catch fire lately. They have won eight straight games and are back in the…
Bolts Breakdown: Winning Streak Continues Steve Marowski | January 7, 2020 Earlier in the season, the main criticism of the Tampa Lightning was that they were “underperforming.” They were not winning as much as many had predicted, and as general manager…
3 Signs the Lightning Are Back as Stanley Cup Contenders Ryan Szporer | January 7, 2020 There have been too many false starts and stops to the Tampa Bay Lightning’s mediocre 2019-20 to count, event at just the 41-game mark. As soon as a flash of…
Andrei Vasilevskiy’s 38-Save Performance Lifts Lightning Over Canadiens The Canadian Press | January 2, 2020 MONTREAL — Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 38 shots in a 2-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens of Thursday night for Tampa Bay’s fifth straight victory. Anthony Cirelli and Nikita Kucherov…
Bolts Breakdown: Lightning Let down by Power Play and Goaltending Steve Marowski | December 23, 2019 Another week of Tampa Bay Lightning hockey is in the books, and another week has arrived with the club still outside of the playoff picture. They beat the Senators in…
Lightning Should Give Vasilevskiy Some Time Off Steve Marowski | December 21, 2019 Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price finished the 2016-17 season third in Vezina Trophy voting. The next year, he had statistically one of the worst years of his career, including career…
Stamkos, Vasilevskiy Lead Lightning to 2-1 Win over Panthers The Canadian Press | December 10, 2019 SUNRISE, Fla. — Steven Stamkos and Alex Killorn scored to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning over the Florida Panthers 2-1 on Tuesday night. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 27 shots for Tampa…
Lightning: It May Be Time to Panic Eugene Helfrick | December 2, 2019 In the world of sports, one week is all it takes for a team to go from everything being right to everything being wrong. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, the…
Bolts Breakdown: Lightning’s Little Mistakes Causing Big Problems Steve Marowski | December 1, 2019 This was one of the toughest weeks the Tampa Bay Lightning have faced this season. They started the week hosting the Buffalo Sabres and defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis…
Bolts Breakdown: Lightning Starting to Find Their Game Steve Marowski | November 24, 2019 It was a good week for the Tampa Bay Lightning who won two of three games and picked up four out of six possible points. However, they started the week…
Lightning 2019-20 Quarter-Mark Report Card Steve Marowski | November 24, 2019 We’re almost a quarter of the way through the 2019-20 season, and to say the Tampa Bay Lightning have underperformed is an understatement. The team is 11-7-2 so far, which…