Tampa Bay Lightning News

Martin St. Louis and Nikita Alexeev scored 22 seconds apart during a three-goal second period that carried the Tampa Bay Lightning past the Washington Capitals 6-4 on Saturday night. Alexeev had two goals, and Vincent Lecavalier, Andreas Karlsson and Brad Richards also scored for Tampa Bay, which has won three of four. The six goals are the most scored by the Lightning this year. Alexander Semin, Mike Green, Brian Sutherby and Alexader Ovechkin scored for the Capitals, who ...

Marc Denis helped the Tampa Bay Lightning turn a pre-game sense of urgency into a much-needed victory. Denis made 34 saves, and Ryan Craig and Ruslan Fedotenko scored second-period goals to help Tampa Bay beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Thursday night. ``We knew we were facing a desperate hockey team, but it was more about this dressing room to be honest with you,'' Denis said. ``We needed to find our identity and get back to our ...

Justin Williams didn't score a goal in his first six games this season. He made up for it big time in the seventh. Williams had three goals and an assist, and Cam Ward made 34 saves to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 Monday night. ``It's nice to get off the goose egg,'' Williams said. ``Sometimes they find a way of going in. I had a lot of scoring opportunities tonight and sometimes that's ...

Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis scored rare Tampa Bay power-play goals, helping the Lightning stop a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night. The Lightning, who entered the game 1-for-26 with the man advantage, converted two of six power-play chances. Ruslan Fedotenko and Dmitry Afanasenkov had the other Tampa Bay goals, while Marc Denis stopped 23 shots. Ed Belfour made 32 saves in his second start this season for Florida. He ...

Jay Bouwmeester scored with nine minutes left in the third period to break a tie and Alexander Auld made 21 saves as the Florida Panthers beat Tampa Bay 3-2 on Friday night, the Lightning's third straight loss. Juraj Kolnik and Nathan Horton also scored for Florida, which has won seven of its last eight home games against the Lightning. Olli Jokinen had two assists for the Panthers. Vincent Lecavalier and Ryan Clark scored for Tampa Bay and ...

Kari Lehtonen had 34 saves in his second consecutive shutout, and Vyacheslav Kozlov scored a first-period goal as the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 1-0 on Monday night. Lehtonen, coming off a 6-0 win over Florida on Saturday, has five career shutouts. He has allowed two goals in three games this season. Kozlov put Atlanta ahead 1-0 from the right circle at 12:26 of the first. The goal ...

Patrice Bergeron scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period and Brad Boyes had a goal and an assist in the Boston Bruins' 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night. Bergeron gave the Bruins a 3-2 lead 1:39 into the third when he scored off a pass from Boyes after a Tampa Bay turnover. Wayne Primeau also scored for the Bruins, who lost 8-3 at Florida on Friday night in their season opener. ...

Vincent Lecavalier scored the only goal of the shootout and Marc Denis shut out Atlanta after the opening period as the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied to beat the Thrashers 3-2 on Thursday night in the season opener for the Southeast Division rivals. Second-year centre Ryan Craig scored Tampa Bay's first two goals, including the tying goal about two minutes into the third period. Tampa Bay edged Atlanta and the Toronto Maple Leafs by two points for the Eastern ...

New Dallas captain Brenden Morrow scored with a second left in overtime to give the Stars a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night in the final exhibition game for both teams. Morrow, who took over the captaincy from Mike Modano on Friday, won the game off an assist from Modano after the former captain tied it with 6:12 left in regulation. The Stars (3-4) overcame a ...

Former team captain Dave Andreychuk is rejoining the Tampa Bay Lightning as a Community Representative and will officially retire as a player. The team announced at a news conference Thursday that Andreychuk will start his role on Oct. 1. The Lightning had waived Andreychuk last January, saying the inspirational leader of their 2004 Stanley Cup championship team could not keep up with the speed the NHL's new rules have brought ...