Topic: Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning strike first in Eastern Conference final

BOSTON (Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Lightning struck early and then romped to a 5-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday, to draw first blood in the NHL Eastern Conference final and extend their playoff winning streak to eight games.It was ...

Clash of styles sets stage for intriguing East final

TORONTO (Reuters) - The Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning may be as different as country music and jazz but they have been two of the NHL's hottest post-season acts and set the stage for an intriguing Eastern Conference final.For all their ...

Perry, Sedin and Stamkos finalists for Ted Lindsay Award

TORONTO (Reuters) - Corey Perry of the Anaheim Ducks, Daniel Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks and Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning are named finalists on Thursday for the Ted Lindsay Award as the NHL's most outstanding player.The winner, voted by ...

Questions abound in Washington as Capitals swept away

TORONTO (Reuters) - There were no congressional hearings being planned but after yet another post-season flop by the NHL's Washington Capitals plenty of hard questions were being asked on Thursday.Swept from the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs by the Tampa ...

Lightning sweep top-seeded Caps out of playoffs

Sean Bergenheim scored two goals and goalie Dwayne Roloson stopped 33 shots as Tampa Bay swept top-seeded Washington out of the NHL Eastern Conference playoffs.The Lightning's 5-3 victory on Wednesday completed a four-game sweep of the best-of-seven series and saw Tampa Bay ...

Lightning strike down Caps; Sharks win opener

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Lightning struck down the Washington Capitals 4-2 in a physical Eastern Conference semi-final series opener on Friday, while San Jose edged Detroit 2-1 in overtime in their Western opener.Following an early goal by Tampa Bay's Sean ...

Bruins, Lightning advance to second round

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins advanced to the second round of the National Hockey League playoffs with dramatic one-goal victories in seventh-game showdowns Wednesday.Nathan Horton scored 5:43 into over-time to give the Bruins a 4-3 home victory over the Montreal ...

NHL's Lightning strike again to force Game Seven with Pens

TAMPA BAY (Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Lightning came alive for a second successive game to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Monday and force a deciding Game Seven in their first-round playoff series.After staving off elimination by routing the Penguins 8-2 ...

Lightning's Yzerman heads list for GM of the Year Award

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steve Yzerman of the Tampa Bay Lightning headlined finalists for the NHL General Manager of the Year Award in just his first year on the job, the league said on Wednesday.Mike Gillis of the Vancouver Canucks, the league's ...

Downie, Kunitz each banned one game for hits

Chris Kunitz of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Steve Downie of Tampa Bay were each issued one-game playoff suspensions on Tuesday by the National Hockey League for illegal hits.Both will miss Wednesday's fourth game in the best-of-seven first round Eastern Conference playoff series ...