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Tampa Bay Lightning

2025-26Final

Playoff club · 2nd in the Atlantic · +59

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Sep

vsPredatorsPreseason

5:00 PM ET

The Spot, SCRIPPS

Tue

Sep

atPredatorsPreseason

8:00 PM ET

The Spot, SCRIPPS

Thu

Sep

vsPanthersPreseason

7:00 PM ET

The Spot, SCRIPPS

Sat

Sep

atPanthersPreseason

6:00 PM ET

The Spot, SCRIPPS

Thu

Oct

atRangersNYR

7:00 PM ET

TVAS, MSG

Sat

Oct

vsCapitalsWSH

7:00 PM ET

Benchmark International Arena

Tampa Bay Lightning's next 6 games. Full schedule →

50-26-6106 PTS.646 pts%

2nd in Atlantic3rd in Eastern5th overall

290

Goals for

231

Against

+59

Diff

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Top of the Room

Scoring

Nikita Kucherov TBL

R · 76 GP · G44 A86

130

1.71 / gm

Jake Guentzel TBL

C · 81 GP · G38 A50

1.09 / gm

Brandon Hagel TBL

L · 71 GP · G36 A38

1.04 / gm

In goal

Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL

58 GP · 39-15-4

0.67 / gm

Jonas Johansson TBL

25 GP · 11-10-2

0.44 / gm

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Connor McDavid battles Radko Gudas for the puck in Anaheim on April 30, 2026. File photo. — Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

DRAFT

Sep 14, 2026

ESPN's Forward Tiers: Beyond the First Four Fantasy Picks

Sean Allen's September 4 projections group 150 forwards into tiers; the first three groups show how draft choices change beyond the four elite names.

ESPN commentator and former NHL player Barry Melrose attends media day before the 2015 Stanley Cup Final at Amalie Arena in Tampa. File photo from June 2, 2015. — Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

NEWS

Sep 14, 2026

Barry Melrose, Kings coach and ESPN hockey voice, dies at 70

Melrose, who took Wayne Gretzky's Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final and spent more than 25 years as an ESPN analyst, died Wednesday.

Nathan MacKinnon is checked by Brayden McNabb in Las Vegas on May 26, 2026. File photo. — Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images

DRAFT

Sep 3, 2026

Fantasy Hockey Draft Debate: MacKinnon Still the Top Pick for 2026-27

With four elite forwards in the mix, MacKinnon, Kucherov, Celebrini and McDavid headline the case for who should go first off fantasy boards this season.

Tampa Bay Lightning players react after their playoff loss to Montreal on May 3, 2026. File photo. — Morgan Tencza-Imagn Images

AHL

Jul 15, 2026

Lightning extend Syracuse Crunch affiliation through 2030

Tampa Bay's AHL partnership with the Crunch will continue for four more seasons.

Skaters

#	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	S	S%	TOI
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	76	44	86	130	+43	50	231	19.0%	20:20
59	Jake Guentzel	C	81	38	50	88	+13	61	220	17.3%	20:15
38	Brandon Hagel	L	71	36	38	74	+34	58	214	16.8%	19:46
-	Darren Raddysh	D	73	22	48	70	+21	72	212	10.4%	22:42
71	Anthony Cirelli	C	71	23	29	52	+38	48	125	18.4%	17:19
21	Brayden Point	C	63	18	32	50	+12	14	129	14.0%	18:15
-	Corey Perry	R	72	17	20	37	0	81	113	15.0%	13:40
93	Gage Goncalves	C	74	11	22	33	+26	41	77	14.3%	13:05
-	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	80	12	20	32	-14	16	130	9.2%	13:38
51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	70	6	23	29	-4	112	80	7.5%	18:45
90	J.J. Moser	D	79	7	22	29	+41	69	111	6.3%	21:34
37	Yanni Gourde	C	82	9	19	28	-6	66	114	7.9%	16:22
29	Pontus Holmberg	R	70	11	11	22	+1	31	90	12.2%	13:21
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	48	6	15	21	+14	6	39	15.4%	19:15
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	74	9	11	20	+1	31	89	10.1%	14:46
77	Victor Hedman	D	33	1	16	17	-1	10	50	2.0%	18:52
20	Nick Paul	L	51	7	8	15	-15	32	68	10.3%	13:41
17	Dominic James	C	43	7	8	15	+4	8	56	12.5%	12:14
78	Emil Lilleberg	D	50	4	8	12	+15	61	43	9.3%	17:18
81	Erik Cernak	D	61	3	8	11	+3	74	53	5.7%	17:37
24	Max Crozier	D	35	1	9	10	+7	40	46	2.2%	16:01
46	Scott Sabourin	R	26	1	4	5	+1	89	11	9.1%	7:57
-	Jack Finley	C	44	2	3	5	+2	38	26	7.7%	9:43
-	Curtis Douglas	C	43	1	3	4	-3	108	29	3.4%	6:45
14	Conor Geekie	C	14	1	2	3	-3	8	10	10.0%	9:54
-	Declan Carlile	D	42	1	2	3	+5	40	33	3.0%	14:47
-	Steven Santini	D	12	0	1	1	+1	2	4	0.0%	10:20
-	Maxim Groshev	D	2	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0%	11:30
-	Mitchell Chaffee	R	11	0	1	1	-2	4	9	0.0%	9:34
-	Boris Katchouk	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	12:11
-	Simon Lundmark	D	1	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0%	16:45
-	Jakob Pelletier	L	5	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0.0%	9:21
-	Dylan Duke	L	1	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0%	9:22

Goaltenders

#	Player	GP	Record	SV%	GAA	SO	SV
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	58	39-15-4	.912	2.31	2	1353
31	Jonas Johansson	25	11-10-2	.884	3.29	0	592
-	Brandon Halverson	2	0-1-0	.810	4.22	0	17