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Tampa Bay Lightning

Club · United States · NHL

«Bolts»

588 Matches
342 wins
246 losses
1982–1689 Goals
+293 Difference
3.4 Scored per game
Form L 2 Oct · Away New York Rangers · 1:5 W 4 Oct · Home Washington Capitals · 3:1 W 6 Oct · Home Philadelphia Flyers · 4:1 W 9 Oct · Home Minnesota Wild · 3:2 W 11 Oct · Away New York Islanders · 5:3 L 14 Oct · Away New York Rangers · 1:4

Tampa had no NHL history to build on when the league awarded an expansion franchise to the market on December 6, 1990, and it took until the 1992–93 season for the Lightning to actually take the ice. The early years nearly ended the project altogether — the club played through financial instability and a stretch close to bankruptcy, shuttling from the ThunderDome to the Ice Palace in 1996 before finding steadier footing.

The turnaround traces to 2010, when Jeffrey Vinik bought the franchise and installed Steve Yzerman as general manager. The 2004 Stanley Cup, won against the Calgary Flames with Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis driving the run, had already put the club on the map, but it was 2020 and 2021 that turned Tampa into a genuine dynasty, with back-to-back titles over the Dallas Stars and the Montreal Canadiens.

Steven Stamkos stands as the franchise's all-time leading goalscorer; Nikita Kucherov, who took the Conn Smythe Trophy in that 2021 run and a Hart Trophy in 2024, has since become the player most identified with the team. Andrei Vasilevskiy's presence in goal, a Vezina Trophy winner in his own right, gave the roster the last line that dynasties are usually built on.

None of that was assured when the games moved into what is now Benchmark International Arena, in a division shared at the time with the Florida Panthers — the rivalry still known as the Battle of Florida, and still the one that carries the most weight on Tampa's calendar. The Bolts nickname has stuck with the club since long before any of the silverware arrived, back when survival, not the Stanley Cup, was the daily concern.

Latest results

Fixtures and results
14 Oct NHL New York Rangers A 1:4 L
11 Oct NHL New York Islanders A 5:3 W
9 Oct NHL Minnesota Wild H 3:2 W
6 Oct NHL Philadelphia Flyers H 4:1 W
4 Oct NHL Washington Capitals H 3:1 W
2 Oct NHL New York Rangers A 1:5 L

Standing

NHL

Group stage · Atlantic Division

# Team M W L Goals Pts
4 Florida Panthers 7 3 4 19:20 0
5 Montreal Canadiens 6 3 3 19:22 0
5 Boston Bruins 4 2 2 10:8 0
6 Toronto Maple Leafs 7 3 4 24:23 0
6 Tampa Bay Lightning 4 2 2 10:11 0
7 Buffalo Sabres 4 1 3 9:11 0
8 Detroit Red Wings 6 1 5 14:20 0
8 Ottawa Senators 5 1 4 11:20 0
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Team statistics

matches counted in total: 588
588 Matches
342 wins
246 losses
1982–1689 Goals
+293 Difference
3.4 Scored per game
Match outcomes matches counted in total: 588
342wins: 342 · 58% 246losses: 246 · 41%
wins losses
Scored and conceded last matches
2 Oct · Away New York Rangers · 1:5
4 Oct · Home Washington Capitals · 3:1
6 Oct · Home Philadelphia Flyers · 4:1
9 Oct · Home Minnesota Wild · 3:2
11 Oct · Away New York Islanders · 5:3
14 Oct · Away New York Rangers · 1:4
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 588 298 290
Scored 1982 1077 905
Conceded 1689 780 909
Scored per game 3.4 3.6 3.1
Conceded per game 2.9 2.6 3.1
Difference +293 +297 −4

Fixtures of Tampa Bay Lightning

Honours of Tampa Bay Lightning

  • Eastern Conference Championship 2004, 2015, 2020, 2022 4
  • Stanley Cup 2004, 2020, 2021 3
  • Atlantic Division Championship 2018, 2019 2
  • Southeast Division Championship 2003, 2004 2
  • Presidents' Trophy 2019 1

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