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Blackhawaks swoop down into Tampa and stun the Lightning

After a rough road trip in which the Lightning lost three of four last week, they were back at home at Benchmark ...
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Lightning offense falls flat against Columbus

The Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday fell to the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 as their early season struggles linger on.  The ...
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Lightning only strike once as Red Wings fly past Tampa Bay

Friday night’s matchup between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Detroit Red Wings was nothing short of a defense-dominated game.
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Capitals break up the storm to defeat Lightning 3-2 in overtime

It was an action-packed, aggressive battle between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena in Washington. After the Lightning took ...
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Lightning strikes as Bruins’ undefeated streak gets electrocuted

After two straight losses to open the regular season, the Tampa Bay Lightning are back in the win column as they ruin the ...
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Lightning‑Panthers bad blood is set to reach a boiling point in 2025‑26

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers rivalry will reach new heights in the 2025-26 season following an eventful preseason. Often, preseason games don't mean anything to anyone except for ...
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Lightning wrap-up preseason with a loss to the Panthers

It was a rough and aggressive night down in Miami as the Lightning and Panthers met for the third time this week on Saturday, culminating a week of rivalry hockey that though it’s only preseason, at ...
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Tampa Bay Lightning thunder their way to preseason history with defeat of in-state Rival

Some may say, “it’s just preseason;” and they’re not wrong, but any time you face a rival opponent, the game means more. And that was the scenario for the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday when they ...
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Dreams put on hold as roster cuts continue

And then there were 32. The Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday announced they have reduced their roster down to 32 players after cutting 22 players from camp and reassigning them to the Syracuse Crunch, ...
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Mitchell Chaffee and Conor Geekie lead the Lightning to Victory

Hockey is officially back as preseason games begin to get under way throughout the National Hockey League. The Lightning kicked their season off on a high night with a preseason game 1 win over ...
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Lightning sign emerging playmaker to an entry-level contract

With a veteran left-winger starting the season sidelined by injury, the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday announced that they have signed a young collegiate graduate to join the team ahead of the ...
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Tampa Bay Lightning to unlock the 2025-26 season without a key forward

When the Tampa Bay Lightning open their pre-season on September 22nd they will do without a key part of their roster. Left winger Nick Paul will not just miss pre-season, but also opening day on ...