Former Lightning captain Dave Andreychuk figures that 80 percent of his 683 goals during 24 years came from being in front of the net when opportunity availed itself. ...more

December 6, 2008

The Lightning and Flyers took fans to a hockey bizarro world on Tuesday in a game that had plenty of the odd and unusual and looked one part da Vinci and at times a whole lot Dali. ...more

December 3, 2008

Lost in the losing ways the Lightning are displaying lately is the recent play of top overall pick C Steven Stamkos. ...more

December 1, 2008

Mike Smith wheeled around in his crease on Wednesday, slung his stick over his shoulder and slammed it on top of the crossbar shortly after the Rangers' Nikolai Zherdev found the back of the net that Smith was trying to protect. ...more

November 27, 2008

The Bucs are like a baseball team that can't get a hit with men in scoring position. Or like a hockey team that creates a lot of scoring chances, but can't put the puck in the net. ...more

November 22, 2008

Olie Kolzig was treated Monday like the homecoming king in high school who everybody wants to see at the 10-year reunion but winds up as the victim of a class-planned practical joke. ...more

November 11, 2008

Former Capitals goaltender Olie Kolzig gets the call in net tonight to face his former team for the first time. Upon the team's arrival in the nation's capital early Sunday afternoon, Kolzig took time to answer questions about his feelings heading into tonight's game, his feelings about how things ended in Washington last year and the role he's filling with his new team: ...more

November 10, 2008

Hours after Lightning general manager Brian Lawton questioned his team's work ethic on Thursday, the team responded. ...more

November 7, 2008

Character losses are difficult to assess. After all, a loss is a loss. In that context, the fact Tampa Bay fell 4-3 in a shootout to New Jersey on Wednesday night is not an acceptable result, particularly after scoring the first goal of the game and then the first goal in the shootout. ...more

November 6, 2008

Intimidating Lightning forward Evgeny Artyukhin has earned more ice time by staying out of the penalty box. ...more

November 5, 2008