Bolts snap losing streak in shutout

January 31, 2025 general

Friday, 4 a.m. For Andrei Vasilevskiy, the cure for illness is this: Stop 28 pucks and call me in the morning. Vasilevskiy, who missed the Lightning’s previous game due to health woes, came back Thursday night to shut out the L.A. Kings, 3-0. It was just the Bolts’ second win in six games. Content beyond […]

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Bolts extend their current slump

January 29, 2025 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. In their race for the NHL playoffs, the Tampa Bay Lightning are heading in the wrong direction. The slumping Bolts lost again Tuesday night, falling to last-place Chicago 4-1. That made it four losses in five games. The Bolts have scored just 10 goals in those games, and just one in their […]

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Coen sneaks out of town to Jacksonville

January 27, 2025 general

Monday, 4 a.m. The next-to-the-last official play call Liam Coen made for the Tampa Bay Bucs was awful. It was second-and-one at the Washington 12, time running out. The play, a quarterback sneak, went nowhere. The last  play call Coen made was a disaster. The snap was bobbled, and a running play lost two yards. […]

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Bolts slump continues with another loss

January 26, 2025 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Just like that, the Tampa Bay Lightning is heading in the wrong direction. The Bolts lost for the third time in four games Saturday night, losing a 2-0 game to Detroit. It was a nightmare road trip, one in which the team’s record on the road (11-13-2) and in the division (3-9). […]

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Kucherov scores winner in overtime

January 25, 2025 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Sometimes, you can’t tell the winners without a stop watch. That figures. For most of Friday night, it appeared the Tampa Bay Lightning was running out of time. But a pair of last-heartbeat goals, following a pair of Chicago Blackhawk penalties, led the Bolts to a 4-3 win in overtime. Content beyond […]

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Will NFL finally see a three-peat?

January 24, 2025 general

Friday, 4 a.m. It’s hard to win one Super Bowl, okay. It’s rare to win two. Winning three in a row? It’s never been done. Tom Brady didn’t do it. Joe Montana didn’t. Bart Starr and Terry Bradshaw and John Elway didn’t do it. Vince Lombardi and Don Shula and Bill Belichick didn’t do it. […]

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Lightning blows two-goal lead in loss

January 22, 2025 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. It is almost February. Does the Lightning feel it? The jostling for the post-season has begun. Do the Lightning plan on joining in? The Bolts blew a two-goal lead Tuesday night, losing another road game and another division game. They fell 3-2 to a hot Montreal team. The Bolts, meanwhile, were left […]

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Bolts lose to Toronto once again

January 21, 2025 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. When they are on the road, they’re in trouble. When they’re playing against a division team, the situation is dire. But for the Tampa Bay Lightning, taking a period off in many of their games has been an invitation to disaster. The Bolts stacked the odds against them in Monday night’s 5-3 […]

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Are Bucs stuck in the middle?

January 20, 2025 general

Monday, 4 a.m. They are pretty good. They are not great. Darn them. They are better than most. And they leave you lacking. Curse the fates. They aren’t one of the dregs of the league. Nor are they a top-tier team. Which sort of describes where the Tampa Bay Bucs live. Content beyond this point […]

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Kucherov ties Hedman for most assists

January 19, 2025 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Well, that didn’t take long. One game, you’re alone on the top of the mountain. You’ve had more assists than anyone in the history of the franchise. The next day, you’re moving over for a teammate. One game after Victor Hedman became the all-time assists leader with the Lightning, he was tied […]

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