Crunch Time for the Lightning
A look at team stats shows center Tyler Johnson first in points, followed by Ondrej Palat 13 points after him. No, this is not the 2014-2015 season and these are…
Ondrej Palat
Tyler Johnson: The American Dream
If Nazem Kadri is known in Toronto as “The Dream” then Tampa Bay Lightning 2nd year center Tyler Johnson is “The American Dream”. Johnson was a Calder Trophy Finalist his…
Lightning Power Play Showing Signs of Life
View image | gettyimages.com It wasn’t pretty, but for the third time in four games, the Tampa Bay Lightning scored a power play goal. The downside to their most recent…
No Place Like Home: Lightning Home Success Continues Against Penguins
The Wizard of Oz’s own Dorothy couldn’t have said it better, ‘there is no place like home’, as the Tampa Bay Lightning relished in their first home game since December…
The ‘Triplets’ Line: Tampa’s 1A Option
Through the first quarter of the 2014-2015 hockey season the Tampa Bay Lightning are among the top offensive teams in the National Hockey League. The reason being is they have…
Kucherov-Johnson-Palat Line Gives Goals Galore
Tampa Bay knows how to score, there’s no doubt about it. Currently, the Lightning are second in the NHL in average goals scored per game scoring 3.62 a game, only…
Kucherov Adds Another Scoring Threat for Bolts
On a team loaded with high-level talent, it seems almost unfair that another one of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s skaters has been recently added to the team’s growing list of…
Top 5 Under 25 on the Tampa Bay Lightning
I would first of all like to say that the Lightning are building something great down in Tampa. They’re building the type of team that is getting ready for a…
Atlantic Division Rivals: Can the Leafs Weather the Lightning Storm?
They were supposed to have one of the league’s best scorers in 2013-14 – as they have since 2008-09 in Steven Stamkos. That was until he broke his right leg…
Fantasy Hockey: Five Forwards To Watch Under 20% Owned
With NHL hockey returning tonight, North American hockey fans can breathe a collective sigh of relief when their respective teams hit the ice this week. Although there is only one…
Predicting Every Olympic Nation’s Future Face
The Winter Olympics aren’t usually the time for breakout performances from young players. Given the best-on-best format and the size of the stage, it’s rare to see a teen or…
Tampa Bay Lightning Rookies Are Shining
Take a look at the names headlining the Calder Trophy race at the halfway mark of the season: Nathan MacKinnon, Aleksander Barkov, Chris Kreider. None of the Tampa Bay Lightning…