Lightning defensemen Doug Janik and Mike Lundin might feel a little isolated this afternoon when the team arrives in Ottawa. As the only two American-born players on the Tampa Bay roster, the pair will feel outnumbered when the U.S. takes on Canada this afternoon in the semifinals of the World Junior Championships, a game that will be televised live at 2 p.m. on the NHL Network. ...more

January 4, 2008

Road points have been as easy to find for Tampa Bay this season as a poolside sunbather would have been on a snowy New Year's Day. ...more

January 2, 2008

The Lightning will be without the services of forward Ryan Craig for at least a month, and possibly longer. ...more

November 27, 2007

Lightning D Paul Ranger picked up Friday where he left off before missing a game with a sore shoulder: He scored another goal against the Hurricanes. ...more

November 24, 2007

UNIONDALE, N.Y. Ruslan Fedotenko stretched during pregame warmups near center ice, chatted quickly with goaltender Johan Holmqvist before putting a puck on his stick and delivering a backhand pass onto the tape of Vinny Lecavalier before skating back toward his own end. ...more

November 2, 2007

Absolutely, Mathieu Darche remembered his first NHL assist. Simply by pushing his memory's play button, every detail flickered like a home video in his mind's eye. ...more

October 12, 2007

The majority of questions surrounding the Lightning start with the goaltending, a fact that hasn't been lost on the hockey media. ...more

October 3, 2007

The training room inside the Lightning locker room resembled a corner coffee house during the preseason - it's where everyone seemed to assemble. ...more

October 2, 2007

Before Sunday's second round of scrimmages, Lightning coach John Tortorella expressed his displeasure to the players about their performance the day before. ...more

September 17, 2007

Because Andreas Karlsson knew where he stood last season with the Lightning, he wasn't as bitter as he might have been about sitting for long stretches. ...more

September 16, 2007