When is the next tampa bay lightning playoff game
They won the division by just one point, giving them home-ice advantage in their first-round match-up with the Capitals. At season's end, coach Tortorella was recognized for his efforts by being named a finalist for the Jack Adams Award , losing out to Jacques Lemaire of the Minnesota Wild. In the first round of the playoffs , the Lightning quickly fell two games behind in the series but followed the two losses with four consecutive wins for their first playoff series win in franchise history.
However, in the semifinals, they went down in five games to the New Jersey Devils , who went on to win the Stanley Cup. The Lightning's dramatic improvement continued through the —04 regular season , finishing with a record of 46—22—8—6 for points, second-best in the NHL after the Western Conference's Detroit Red Wings—the first point season in franchise history. The Lightning lost only 20 man-games to injury. In the first round of the playoffs, the Lightning ousted the New York Islanders in five games, with Khabibulin posting shutouts in games 1, 3, and 4.
In the second round, the Lightning faced the Montreal Canadiens ; Lecavalier, Richards, and Khabibulin led the team to a four-game sweep of Montreal. Next, they faced the Philadelphia Flyers in the Conference Finals. After a tightly fought seven-game series in which neither team was able to win consecutive games, Fredrik Modin notched the winning goal of the seventh and deciding game, earning the Eastern Conference championship for the Lightning and their first-ever berth in the Stanley Cup Finals.
Their opponent in the final round was the Calgary Flames. The final round also went the full seven games, with the deciding game played in the St. Pete Times Forum on June 7, This time, Ruslan Fedotenko was the Game 7 hero, scoring both Lightning goals in a 2—1 victory. Brad Richards, who had 26 points in the post-season, won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs; the Lightning had won all 31 contests in which he had scored a goal since the opening of the season.
Only three years after their last of four consecutive seasons of 50 or more losses, and in only their 12th year of existence, the Lightning became the southernmost team ever to win the Stanley Cup. Louis also won the Lester B. A season of superlatives was capped with one final accolade, as The Sporting News named GM Jay Feaster as the league's executive of the year for — Post-championship successes and disappointments[ edit ] The Lightning had to wait a year to defend their title due to the —05 NHL lockout , but in —06 , they barely made the playoffs with a record of 43—33—6 for 93 points in a conference where six teams notched or more points.
They lost to the Ottawa Senators in five games in the first round of the playoffs. During the —07 season , Vincent Lecavalier broke the then franchise record for most points, and goals in a single season. However, free agent Johan Holmqvist would eventually receive the majority of playing time and most of the club's wins. The first half of —07 was inconsistent for the Lightning, maintaining an 18—19—2 record throughout the first few months. January and February were far better months for the team, going 9—4—0 in January and 9—2—2 in February, driving them back into the playoff race.
Fourteen games in March were split even, and on March 16, , Vincent Lecavalier broke the franchise record for most points in a season, with 95 finishing with The record was previously held by Martin St. Louis, who had set the record in the —04 Stanley Cup-winning year.
Lecavalier also broke the franchise's goal-scoring record, finishing with a league-leading 52 goals. Former first-round pick Nikita Alexeev was traded on deadline day to the Chicago Blackhawks. Throughout March, the Lightning had been competing with the Atlanta Thrashers for first place in the Southeast Division. With a chance to overtake the Thrashers one final time and once again become division champions for the third time in team history, on April 6, , in the final week of the regular season, the Lighting suffered a loss to the Florida Panthers , the night before the season finale in Atlanta.
That same night, the Thrashers defeated the Carolina Hurricanes and subsequently clinched the division. For the Lightning, this meant having to settle for the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference with a final record of 44—33—5 93 points. However, the Lightning were eliminated from playoff competition on April 22 after a 3—2 home loss to the New Jersey Devils in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.
Vaclav Prospal with the Lightning in Following their playoff exit, on August 7, , Absolute Hockey Enterprises, a group led by Doug MacLean , announced it had signed a purchase agreement for the team and the leasehold on the St. Pete Times Forum. MacLean is the former president and general manager of the Columbus Blue Jackets and former head coach for both the Blue Jackets and the Florida Panthers.
The group announced it planned to keep the team in Tampa, but the deal collapsed during the —08 season. Decline[ edit ] The Lightning struggled to maintain success during the —08 campaign. Louis and Brad Richards, along with Vaclav Prospal , had performed up to expectations, they had little consistent play from supporting players. At the start of the All-Star Break on January 25, , the Lightning had a 20—25—5 record, and with 45 points, were in last place in both the Southeast Division and the Eastern Conference.
Only the Los Angeles Kings had a lower point total at this time of the season, with 40 points. The Lightning were active during the trade deadline, similar to the previous season. More notable trades included Vaclav Prospal's trade to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for prospect Alexandre Picard and a conditional draft pick. After the February 26 trade deadline, the Lightning won only five games.
Finishing with a 31—42—9 record, with 71 points, they had the highest chance of winning the top overall pick in the NHL Entry Draft through the draft lottery, which they eventually won on April 7. The Lightning were the worst team on the road in the NHL, winning only 11 games. In the —07 season, the Lightning had one of the best extra period records, winning 15 games in either overtime or the shootout. However, in the —08 season, they won only three games, losing nine.
Vincent Lecavalier suffered a dislocated shoulder as the result of an open-ice hit from Matt Cooke of the Washington Capitals in the game before the season finale in Atlanta. Lecavalier, who planned on having arthroscopic wrist surgery after the season's ending, would undergo surgery to repair his right shoulder as well. Head coach John Tortorella was fired by the Lightning following their worst season since Tortorella was hired. He stated, "I miss not having a dog in the fight.
The next day, the Lightning officially introduced him as their new head coach. On July 4, , Dan Boyle, despite coming off a recent contract extension, was traded along with Brad Lukowich to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for Matt Carle , Ty Wishart , a first-round draft pick in and a fourth-round pick in Boyle was pressured to waive his no-trade clause by Tampa Bay's ownership, who said they would otherwise place him on waivers, where he would likely be claimed by the Atlanta Thrashers.
In the fallout from the trade, Boyle would call Lightning ownership "liars" [25] for misrepresenting the aforementioned events to the public, while former coach Tortorella later labeled them as "cowboys" and said he had zero respect for them. The Lightning opened the —09 season in the Czech Republic against the New York Rangers as a part of the NHL's regular-season "Premiere" that selects several teams to open the regular season in Europe.
Barry Melrose would record his first win as a head coach in over 13 years on October 21, , with a 3—2 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers. However, the Lightning did not get off to a great start as hoped, and Melrose was eventually fired by the Lightning with a 5—7—4 record. Rick Tocchet , who had been hired as assistant coach during the previous off-season, was promoted to interim head coach.
Louis with the Lightning during the —10 season. He signed a four-year extension with the team in the off-season. After the firing of Melrose, the Lightning went 19—33—14 and would finish the season 24—40—18 with 66 points, their lowest point total since the —01 season.
In the off-season, the Lightning removed the interim status of Rick Tocchet, making him the full-time head coach and signing him to a multi-year contract. Despite an overmatched roster on paper, and a team that struggled in the first two periods of many games, the Lightning remained competitive in the playoff race until March, when they went 5—10—1 for the month and fell eight points out of a playoff spot.
Unable to make a final push for the playoffs, they were officially eliminated from contention within the first week of April. The Lightning finished the season 34—36—12 for 80 points, fourth in the Southeast Division and 12th in the Eastern Conference. Following the late-season collapse, Vinik cleaned house, firing both head coach Rick Tocchet and GM Brian Lawton on April 12, , one day after the season ended. Yzerman then hired Guy Boucher from the Montreal Canadiens organization to succeed Tocchet as the head coach two weeks later.
Yzerman's first off-season with Tampa Bay began with a splash. On July 1, , veteran blueliner Andrej Meszaros was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for their second-round pick in Later that day, the Lightning signed star winger Martin St. On July 19, in another move with the Flyers organization, the Lightning traded defenseman Matt Walker and Tampa Bay's fourth-round pick in for high-scoring winger Simon Gagne.
With starting goaltender Mike Smith injured, the Lightning called up Cedrick Desjardins , who played with a. The team then acquired veteran Dwayne Roloson from the New York Islanders for further coverage in net. After holding the first place in the Southeast Division for several months, they fell to second after a poor performance in March. However, their record was solid enough for second in the Southeast Division and fifth in the Eastern Conference, and they returned to the playoffs for the first time since the —07 season.
Scoring 31 goals and assisting on 68, Martin St. Louis finished second in the NHL in points. Lecavalier scores the game-winning goal in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals. The team went on to sweep the Washington Capitals in the series. After losing Game 4 at home in the second overtime period, they fell behind in the series one game to three.
However, the Lightning went on to win the next three games, including a 1—0 Game 7 win on the road, taking their first playoff series since winning the Stanley Cup in In Game 4 of the series, the Lightning trailed 3—0 at the end of the first period. When Dwayne Roloson was pulled for Mike Smith, the Bruins failed to score again, and the Lightning tied the game in the second period by scoring three goals in , going on to win the game 5—3 and tying the series at two games apiece.
The series went the full seven games, though the Lightning were eliminated by a single goal, as the game was lost 0—1. The Lightning finished the —12 season with a 38—36—8 record. With only 84 points, they fell short of reaching the playoffs, ending the season third in the Southeast Division and tenth in the Eastern Conference.
Individually, Steven Stamkos scored a franchise-record 60 goals. He won the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy for the second time in his career. On March 25, , head coach Guy Boucher was dismissed for following a 7—16—1 record. Louis won his second Art Ross Trophy with 60 points in the shortened season, as Stamkos finished runner-up On June 27, , the team announced that they would exercise one of their two " compliance buyouts " on captain Vincent Lecavalier, as permitted by the collective agreement.
This move made Lecavalier an unrestricted free agent beginning July 5 of that year. On November 11, , going into the day tied for most goals during the regular season, Steven Stamkos suffered a broken right tibia after crashing into one of the goalposts during play against the Boston Bruins. He would miss 45 games and was not cleared to play again until March 5, Callahan was acquired by the team in a trade that sent Martin St. Louis to the New York Rangers. Louis to Canada's roster, instead choosing the still-injured Stamkos.
After Stamkos was not medically cleared to play in Sochi in early February, Yzerman ultimately named St. Louis to Team Canada as an injury replacement. In late February, it was reported St. Louis had requested a trade from Yzerman the month prior. Louis, who had a no-move clause in his contract with Tampa Bay, reportedly consented to only being traded to the New York Rangers. On March 5, , St. Louis was sent to New York along with a conditional second-round pick in exchange for New York captain Ryan Callahan , a first-round draft pick, a conditional second-round pick and a conditional seventh-round pick.
The deal came subsequently after Stamkos had been cleared to return to the Lightning's active roster. Louis cited his decision based on his family and thanked Lightning fans for their support during his tenure with the franchise, but would not specify any further about the reasons leading to his request.
However, Tampa Bay was eliminated in the first round, losing to the Montreal Canadiens in a four-game sweep. Tampa Bay eliminated the Detroit Red Wings in seven games in the first round of the playoffs before facing Montreal in the second round. The Lightning won the first three games of the series and had a chance to sweep the Canadiens; however, Montreal responded with wins in Games 4 and 5 to extend the series to a sixth game. Tampa Bay won the sixth game of the series to eliminate the Canadiens and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since , facing the New York Rangers.
In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Lightning and the Rangers split the first two games of the series in New York, with the Lightning winning Game 2 of the series thanks to a Tyler Johnson hat-trick. The series then shifted to Tampa, where the Lightning had a come-from-behind overtime victory in Game 3 but lost Game 4 to even the series at two games apiece.
During Game 5 in New York, goaltender Ben Bishop recorded his second shutout of the playoffs in a 2—0 victory, but the Rangers responded in Game 6 by scoring seven goals to tie the series at three games apiece. In Game 7, Bishop recorded his third shutout of the playoffs in another 2—0 victory against the Rangers to lead the Lightning to their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals since The Lightning not only became the first team to defeat the Rangers in a Game 7 at Madison Square Garden , but they also became the first team to successfully defeat three Original Six teams in the first three rounds of the playoffs.
However, they became the first team to lose the Stanley Cup Finals despite beating three Original Six teams. The season was filled with controversy for the team, starting off with the contractual questions regarding captain Steven Stamkos and with the former third overall pick Jonathan Drouin publicly requesting a trade and being suspended from the organization.
The Lightning picked up their play at the beginning of and set the franchise record to nine consecutive wins on March 5, , when Alex Killorn scored with On March 26, , the Lightning announced cornerstone defenseman Anton Stralman had suffered a fractured leg in their game against the New York Islanders at home.
Stamkos was out of the lineup for the team's game on April 2 against the New Jersey Devils in Tampa; GM Steve Yzerman announced after the game that the captain would miss one-to-three months due to a blood clot in his arm. Due to unfortunate circumstances, the team had no other option but to bring Drouin back to the team. The Lightning ended up finishing second in the Atlantic Division and would once again face the third-seeded Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs.
Nikita Kucherov emerged as the Lightning's leading point-scorer during the —16 season. Next up, the Islanders who had recently defeated the Panthers to win their first playoff series since the —93 season would face the Lightning. In Game 1, the Islanders defeated the Bolts 5—3. The Lightning would eventually answer back by winning four consecutive games in the series to defeat the Isles in five games, in large part due to back-to-back road overtime victories with goals scored by Brian Boyle and Jason Garrison.
In Game 1 at Consol Energy Center , star goaltender Ben Bishop would be added to the list of devastating injuries for the team as he left on a stretcher and did not return for the remainder of the series. Stralman would eventually return in Game 2.
A back-and-forth series would eventually lead to a Game 7 showdown in Pittsburgh. Lightning captain Steven Stamkos surprisingly took warmups and was in the Lightning lineup after a long absence from blood clot surgery. However, it was not enough, as the Lightning would fall 2—1 against the Penguins, who went on to defeat the San Jose Sharks and win the Stanley Cup.
With the Lightning under the spotlight in the off-season, Drouin rescinded his trade request. Steve Yzerman would then announce on June 29 the team re-signed Stamkos to an eight-year, cap-friendly deal. He would then sign star defenseman Victor Hedman to an eight-year contract on July 1, along with a seven-year deal for Alex Killorn and a three-year deal for former first-round pick, goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy.
The Lightning narrowly missed the playoffs in the —17 season. Finishing with 94 points, they were beaten to the second wildcard by the Toronto Maple Leafs, with 95 points. The —17 season for the Lightning was a host of injuries, mainly their captain, Steven Stamkos. Stamkos went down in the 17th game, against the Detroit Red Wings. It was revealed he suffered from a torn left meniscus, which put him out for the rest of the season. However, there were positive signs as winger Nikita Kucherov emerged with 40 goals and goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stepped up after Bishop left.
The Lightning bounced back with this talent in the last third of the season, but it was not enough as they missed the playoffs by one point. In the off-season, the Lightning made a deal with the Montreal Canadiens to send Jonathan Drouin to their franchise in exchange for defensive prospect Mikhail Sergachev and a second-round pick in the NHL Entry Draft. They also signed defenseman Dan Girardi for two years and winger Chris Kunitz to a one-year deal. In the —18 season , Steven Stamkos returned from injury, scoring 20 points in the first 10 games and assisting on nine of Nikita Kucherov's The Lightning won their first Atlantic Division title and first division title since the —04 season, as well as securing the top seed in the Eastern Conference for the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Andrei Vasilevskiy was nominated for the Vezina Trophy. Nikita Kucherov scored points during the regular season, finishing third overall in the league. During the playoffs, the Lightning eliminated the New Jersey Devils in the first round and the Boston Bruins in the second round, both in five games. However, they were defeated in the Eastern Conference Finals by the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Washington Capitals , in seven games.
Record-breaking season marred by playoff failure[ edit ] On September 11, , it was announced that Steve Yzerman would be resigning from his position as general manager, and Julien BriseBois would be currently taking his place. Winning their final regular season game against the Boston Bruins , the Lightning finished with 62 wins, tying the NHL record set by the —96 Detroit Red Wings for most wins in a season.
Louis to win the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player and the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading point scorer, setting a new franchise record of points. Andrei Vasilevskiy became the first player in franchise history to win the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender. However, in the first round of the playoffs , they were swept in four games by the Columbus Blue Jackets , becoming the first Presidents' Trophy winner to be swept in the first round of the playoffs.
Jeremy Roenick of NBC Sports described Tampa's elimination as "one of the biggest letdowns in history", while the Tampa Bay Times described it as "the disappointment that all others are measured against". Left winger J.
Miller was traded to the Vancouver Canucks. Backup goaltender Louis Domingue was dealt to the New Jersey Devils for a conditional seventh-round draft pick in Defenseman Anton Stralman signed a three-year contract with the Florida Panthers. Right winger Ryan Callahan 's career was effectively ended when he was diagnosed with a degenerative back disease. Louis Blues , was also signed to a one-year deal.
The Lightning re-signed centers Cedric Paquette and Brayden Point to two and three-year contracts, respectively. Get there early to avoid late-arriving crowds and see pre-game Lightning Warm-ups. Dress Warm. This is a Tampa Bay Lightning hockey game that you will be attending and it could get quite cold inside Amalie Arena.
It is better to have an extra sweatshirt and not need it than to need a sweatshirt and not have one. Do not try to get up during a play: During a Tampa Bay Lightning playoff game at Amalie Arena, If you need to go to the restroom, or you are getting up for concessions, wait until play has stopped.
Nothing irritates other Tampa Bay Lightning fans more than having to get up for someone trying to pass by their seats when play is in action. Check out Ybor: Restaurants, bars, and music not far from Amalie Arena. Trolleys go back and forth to take you to the game. Great fun. The Tampa Bay Lightning play 82 regular-season games a year on schedule.
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