NHL

Lightning boat parade: Stanley Cup celebration hits the water

The Bolts are celebrating their Stanley Cup victory in true Florida fashion: on the water. We've got live coverage from SkyFOX and our team on the Riverwalk.

September 30

Lightning Stanley Cup celebration: Socially-distant boat parade, fan rally on Wednesday

Plans for the Tampa Bay Lightning Stanley Cup celebration are coming together after last night's big win in an empty arena. Fans can finally cheer on the champs at a boat parade through downtown and a rally at Raymond James Stadium.

September 29

Lightning romp to 8-2 win over Isles to open East finals

Brayden Point scored twice and added three assists, and the well-rested Tampa Bay Lightning romped to a 8-2 win over the travel- and game-weary New York Islanders to open the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night.

September 7

NHL postpones 2 days of playoff games following criticism from Black players

The NHL postponed two days of playoff games Thursday after withering criticism from Black players who said the league was slow to acknowledge the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin.

August 27

Toews, Blackhawks into playoffs for first time since 2017

Jonathan Toews and the Chicago Blackhawks used to make the playoffs every year, winning the Stanley Cup three times since the captain's NHL debut in 2007.

August 8

NHL: 2 players out of more than 800 tested positive for COVID-19 during first 5 days of training camp

The league said it had administered over 2,600 tests to more than 800 players form July 13 to 17.

July 20

15 NHL players test positive for COVID-19 after returning for league training

The NHL season had previously been suspended in March due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

June 29

NHL adopts 24-team playoff format if it can resume season

The NHL announced Tuesday it will abandon the rest of the regular season and go straight into the playoffs with 24 teams instead of 16 if it is able to resume play.

May 26

NHL plans move to small-group training as Phase 2 of return

The league released a memo Monday saying it is targeting early next month as the start date for Phase 2 of its return-to-play protocol.

May 25

Minor league athletes struggling financially

The Solar Bears saw the ECHL season canceled on March 16., not long after players stopped getting paid.

April 6

NHL suspends Lightning Cernak 2 games for elbowing Dahlin

The NHL has suspended Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak for two games for elbowing Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin in the face.

November 26, 2019

Cirelli, Point help Lightning top Blackhawks 4-2

Anthony Cirelli and Brayden Point scored 2:39 apart midway through the third period, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Thursday night.

November 22, 2019

Panthers score 5 straight goals to beat Ducks 5-4 in OT

Aaron Ekblad scored his second goal of the game 22 seconds into overtime and the Florida Panthers rallied with five straight goals to stun the Anaheim Ducks 5-4 Thursday night.

November 22, 2019

Hoffman scores in SO, Panthers rally to beat Bruins 5-4

Mike Hoffman scored one of four Florida goals in the third period and added the winner in a shootout as the Panthers rallied from a four-goal deficit and beat the Boston Bruins 5-4 on Tuesday night.

November 12, 2019

Kucherov scores, Lightning top Sabres 3-2 in Sweden

Nikita Kucherov got the Tampa Bay Lightning off to a fast start in Sweden. Kucherov scored and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves to help Tampa Bay beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Friday night in the first of their two regular-season games in the Swedish capital.

November 8, 2019