Rod Brind'Amour scored two goals and Southeast Division-leading Carolina beat defending champion Atlanta 5-3 on Saturday night, giving Thrashers rookie goalie Ondrej Pavelec his first loss. ...more

November 11, 2007

It was going to happen, sooner or later. They play 41 of these things every season in the NHL, and there hasn't been a team yet lose every game on the road. ...more

November 9, 2007

Lightning associate coach Mike Sullivan clapped his hands together as he walked up and down the bench. Later in Thursday's game against the Islanders, Coach John Tortorella did the same while patting a few backs along the way. ...more

November 3, 2007

Bob Hartley could have been made the scapegoat after the Atlanta Thrashers' big, exciting, first-time-ever push into the Stanley Cup playoffs flopped with a four-game sweep at the hands of the New York Rangers last spring. ...more

October 20, 2007

Paul Ranger eyed down Rodney Pelley in the corner as the two bore down on a loose puck along the wall during the season opener against New Jersey. Each player lowered their shoulder in preparation for full-force contact in a 50/50 battle for the puck. ...more

October 10, 2007

The stat sheet from Saturday's 5-2 Lightning victory against division-rival Atlanta will show the usual suspects showed up. ...more

October 7, 2007

You already know about the Big 4 and their significant contributions. But if the Lightning are to challenge for the Southeast Division title and make a deep postseason run, these five players must step up their game: ...more

October 3, 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

and were knocked out by - in the first round of last season's playoffs. ...more

October 1, 2007

After consecutive seasons of first-round playoff elimination, the Lightning get back to work today in hopes of recapturing some of the glory that comes with winning in the postseason. ...more

September 13, 2007