Nikita Kucherov scored the game-winning goal in the shootout, and the Tampa Bay Lightning earned their franchise-tying 11th straight victory by edging the host Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Tuesday night.
The 2026 Olympic Games in Milan are just weeks away, and a recent injury has rocked Team Canada. Despite a good report from Jon Cooper on Tuesday, Tampa Bay Lightning center Brayden Point may miss the tournament.
It appears as though the Tampa Bay Lightning have dodged a major bullet on the injury front. Lightning head coach Jon Cooper told media members, including the team’s play-by-play voice Dave Randorf, that Point is out on a week-to-week basis.
The Tampa Bay Lightning continue to steamroll their way through the 2026 half of the season. They’ve won 10 in a row, showing this team has a lot of fight left in them.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
Following a season-best six-game winning streak, the Pittsburgh Penguins have fizzled on offense in two losses. They will try to snuff out the losing streak Tuesday night when they host the sizzling Tampa Bay Lightning.
One of the best coaches in the NHL today has put himself in rarefied air. On Monday night, the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, 5-1.
Nikita Kucherov registered multiple points for the ninth straight game and the Tampa Bay Lightning extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 5-1 road victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday.
The Tampa Bay Lightning could be without the services of star forward Brayden Point after an awkward fall in front of the net against the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night.
The Tampa Bay Lightning announced that forward Brayden Point left Monday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers after he suffered an injury and would not return.
A star forward named to Team Canada in the upcoming Winter Olympics may have suffered a significant knee injury tonight, as Tampa Bay’s Brayden Point was
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Entering Saturday, no team had been as deadly offensively to start 2026 as the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Bolts scored 16 goals in their first three games of the calendar year, all victories.
Welcome back to another NHL Predictions. Each day, here at Last Word on Hockey, we provide in-depth analysis, insights, and predictions for NHL games. For this edition, we take a closer look at the Tampa Bay Lightning facing the Philadelphia Flyers.
While Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Darren Raddysh is in the midst of the best season of his hockey career, he’ll likely need to wait just a little bit longer before he can cash in on his success.
The Tampa Bay Lightning handed the Colorado Avalanche just their fourth regulation loss of the season in a recent contest. The game was just an early January matchup between talented squads, but the latest Lightning victory felt like a clear message.
The Tampa Bay Lightning signed defenseman Charle-Edouard D’Astous to a one-year contract extension worth $875,000 for the 2026–27 season, the team announced Friday.
The United States men's Olympic hockey roster will be announced on Friday, but we already have some idea as to who is going to be on it. We also know at least one player that will not be on it.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are locking in one of their key defenseman, reportedly signing JJ Moser to a long-term deal. As broken by Elliotte Friedman on Saturday afternoon, “Good afternoon…belated Christmas gift in Tampa Bay for JJ Moser, who is having a great season.