TAMPA—Nick Paul scored the first of four Tampa Bay goals in a span of 5:55 in the second period, and Brayden Point scored his 200th NHL goal as the Lightning dealt the Anaheim Ducks their sixth straight loss, 6–1 on Tuesday night, Feb. 21. Ross Colton, Anthony Cirelli and Zach Bogosian also scored during the…

Brandon Hagel tallied a tiebreaking, power-play goal late in the third period as the Tampa Bay Lightning won for the first time on their three-game California trip, beating the Anaheim Ducks 4–2 on Wednesday. On Tampa Bay’s third power play, Hagel fired a high shot in for the game-winning goal. Nicholas Paul, who also had…

The Colorado Avalanche made good on their vow to avoid a letdown in Game 2, and now they’re two wins away from winning it all. Cale Makar and Valeri Nichushkin scored two goals each, Darcy Kuemper had 16 saves and the Colorado Avalanche demolished the Tampa Bay Lightning 7–0 in Game 2 of the Stanley…

DENVER—Facing the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning put the Colorado Avalanche at a sizeable experience disadvantage going into the Stanley Cup Final. When the puck dropped, the Avalanche showed they could use their speed to offset Tampa Bay’s players who have been here, done that. And it doesn’t hurt to have a guy who…

TAMPA, Fla.—Ondrej Palat scored with 42 seconds left and the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Sunday to cut their deficit in the Eastern Conference finals to 2–1. Palat’s goal, off a nifty pass from Nikita Kucherov, capped a comeback that began after Mika Zibanejad and…

David Pastrnak recorded all of the Boston Bruins’ offense in the form of his 14th career NHL hat trick—his 12th in the regular season—lifting the Boston Bruins to a 3–2 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night. Pastrnak scored twice in the third period, netting the game-winner off an assist from Taylor…

Johnny Gaudreau produced his first hat trick in three years and Jacob Markstrom made 30 saves as the Calgary Flames added another impressive victory to their collection, defeating the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 4–1 on Thursday. Mikael Backlund added a goal and Rasmus Andersson had two assists as the Flames improved to 15–2–1 since Jan….

TAMPA, Fla—With the clock ticking on their time together, the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning talked about what they already knew was their last Stanley Cup run as a group. They talked about it midway through the playoffs. They talked about it on the verge of reaching the final. Changes were coming, so captain Steven…

The Tampa Bay Lightning became only the third back-to-back Stanley Cup champions in the last quarter of a century with a 1–0 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday. The Lightning clinched the best-of-seven series 4–1 in front of a packed arena to end a magical run by Montreal, who were Canada’s latest hope…