DETROIT Former Columbus general manager and prospective Lightning owner Doug MacLean is normally a chatty individual willing to share his thoughts with whomever he is in contact with. ...more

November 30, 2007

If the Lightning are looking to convince somebody to purchase the franchise, Wednesday's game was not the one to showcase. ...more

November 29, 2007

Anybody want to buy a hockey team? Anybody at all? ...more

November 28, 2007

Nights like Friday are just the type of pick-me-up performances a team needs throughout the course of a season. ...more

November 17, 2007

HURRICANES 4, PANTHERS 3: Cory Stillman's second goal of the game with 1:09 left lifted Carolina shortly after fellow Hurricanes forward Erik Cole was removed from the ice on a stretcher. Cole was wheeled off with less than 8 minutes remaining in the third period after he collided with Florida goaltender Tomas Vokoun. Stillman netted the winner when his backhanded pass from behind the net hit Vokoun's pad and Florida defenseman Steve Montador's stick and found its way into the net. FLYERS 3, ISLANDERS 2: Scottie Upshall scored twice to lead Philadelphia to a win over New York and help the Flyers remain undefeated at home. The Flyers are 6-0 at the Wachovia Center and have re-established the home-ice advantage they wasted last season when they won only 10 times. DEVILS 3, PENGUINS 2: Patrik Elias ended an 11-game slump without a goal exactly when New Jersey needed him to, scoring with 5 1/2 minutes remaining as the Devils couldn't hold a two-goal lead but came back to beat Pittsburgh. Penguins defenseman Jarkko Ruutu briefly left Elias undefended in the Devils' end, allowing Elias to take the lead on a 3-on-2 break. He beat goalie Dany Sabourin cleanly off Brian Gionta's pass. PREDATORS 4, BLUE JACKETS 1: J.P. Dumont had two goals and an assist as Nashville sent Columbus to its fourth straight loss. Martin Erat tallied twice - including an empty-netter - and had two assists to record a career-high four points for Nashville. The Associated Press ...more

November 13, 2007

Nov. 1, 1959: Jacques Plante of the Montreal Canadiens becomes the first NHL goalie to wear a mask regularly after catching a puck in the face from Andy Bathgate. His molded, fiberglass model is ridiculed, but Plante does not give in to long-held cultural bias against masks on goalies. ...more

November 5, 2007

When last we saw Johan Holmqvist, he was in line to shake hands with the New Jersey Devils after they beat the Lightning in the sixth and deciding game of their opening-round playoff series last spring. ...more

October 5, 2007

Tampa Bay Lightning assistant general manager Claude Loiselle will be watching this weekend's prospect tournament in Traverse City, Mich., with a keener eye this season. ...more

September 7, 2007