Topic: Tampa Bay Lightning
TORONTO (Reuters) - Tampa Bay's Steve Downie and Pittsburgh's Chris Kunitz were handed one-game suspensions for dangerous hits to the head during Game Three of their Eastern Conference quarter-final, the NHL said on Tuesday.Kunitz was banned for elbowing Lightning forward Simon Gagne ...
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - The Pittsburgh Penguins opened the NHL playoffs with a 3-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday, continuing to thrive on tight defense in the absence of forwards Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.Pens goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury stopped all ...
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - The Carolina Hurricanes were eliminated from NHL playoff contention on Saturday after a 6-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.The Hurricanes needed to win to snatch the eighth and final Eastern Conference playoff spot from the New ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Lightning secured a berth in the NHL playoffs on Thursday with a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.Steve Downie and Martin St. Louis gave Tampa Bay a 2-0 lead in the first period before ...
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Sidney Crosby has been cleared to travel and practice with the Pittsburgh Penguins but he is not expected to play again this regular season, the NHL team said Wednesday.Crosby, out since early January with a concussion, will skate with ...
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Lightning swept their season series against the Toronto Maple Leafs with an emphatic 6-2 victory on Monday, the win reviving their pursuit of the Southeast Division crown.Mattias Ritola scored back-to-back goals in the second period to ...
Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Pavel Kubina was suspended three games by the National Hockey League and fined $60,096 on Thursday for elbowing Chicago's Dave Bolland in the head.The incident took place 2:09 into the first period of Lightning's 4-3 over-time victory at ...
TORONTO (Reuters) - Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Pavel Kubina has been suspended for three games for elbowing Chicago Blackhawks forward Dave Bolland in the head during Wednesday's game, the NHL announced Thursday.Kubina delivered the blow in the first period of Tampa Bay's ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Lightning snapped their season-high four-game losing skid with a 4-3 shootout win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday.The Lightning's Martin St. Louis scored the lone shootout goal with a spin move that was reviewed ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Bruins scored late to secure a win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday that extended their winning streak to seven games and awarded them sole possession of second place in the Eastern Conference.Milan Lucic scored the ...