Tomas Vokoun made 41 saves for the Panthers on Saturday night, but his most important might have been the one he didn't see. ...more

February 22, 2009

Dance and rock music filled the locker room. Players cracked smiles. Suddenly, the Lightning didn't look so downtrodden. ...more

December 28, 2008

Tampa Bay's winless streak reached five games following Tuesday's 4-3 shootout loss to the Florida Panthers. ...more

November 19, 2008

A team-by-team analysis of the Lightning's rivals in the Southeast Division this season: ...more

October 7, 2008

Richard Zednik score three goals and Tomas Vokoun stopped all 23 shots he faced as the Florida Panthers routed the Toronto Maple Leafs 8-0. Nathan Horton, Olli Jokinen, Cory Murphy, Steve Montador and Brett McLean also scored for Florida, which has won three straight games. It was the largest loss of the season for the Maple Leafs. Jokinen's goal was the 200th of his career. FLYERS 3, THRASHERS 2: Antero Nittymaki and the Flyers own the Thrashers, especially in Atlanta. Nittymaki stopped 23 shots to stay perfect in eight decisions against Atlanta and Steve Downie scored with 4:29 left in the third period to give the Flyers a victory. Philadelphia has won nine straight against the Thrashers. DUCKS 3, ISLANDERS 0: Teemu Selanne gave Anaheim's slumping offense a jolt in his first game of the season. The 37-year-old Finnish forward put off retirement and rejoined the Ducks on Tuesday night, playing his first game since he and Anaheim won the Stanley Cup last spring. Selanne paid instant dividends for the Ducks, setting up Scott Niedermayer's power-play goal in the second period. KINGS 4, RANGERS 2: Alexander Frolov and Anze Kopitar each had a goal and an assist to lead Los Angeles to win over New York. Scott Thornton and Brian Boyle also scored for Los Angeles, and Jason LaBarbera made 23 of his 39 saves in the second period. SABRES 4, BRUINS 2: Daniel Paille scored twice and Ryan Miller stopped 30 shots to lead Buffalo. Thomas Vanek broke a second-period tie to help the Sabres win for the fourth time in five games and climb back into playoff contention. Buffalo, which entered in 11th place in the conference, is four points behind the eighth-place Bruins for the last playoff spot in the East. CAPITALS 4, BLUE JACKETS 3: Alexander Ovechkin added to his NHL-leading goal total by scoring twice, including the winner in overtime, to lead Washington. Ovechkin netted a low, hard shot from the right circle 2:28 into the overtime after taking a cross-ice pass from Tom Poti. It was his 45th of the season. CANADIENS 4, SENATORS 3: Tomas Plekanec had two goals and an assist, and Andrei Kostitsyn had a goal and two assists in Montreal's victory. Linemate Alex Kovalev had three assists as Montreal's top line combined for nine points and the Canadiens ended a six-game losing streak against Ottawa. PREDATORS 1, HURRICANES 0: Chris Mason made 31 saves for his fourth shutout this season, leading Nashville to a victory over Carolina. J.P. Dumont scored for the Predators, who have won four straight. RED WINGS 3, WILD 2: Dan Cleary tied the game with 1:20 to play in regulation and Brett Lebda scored 1:37 into overtime to lift the Red Wings to their eighth straight victory. It was a heart-breaking loss for the Wild, who entered the game 7-3 in their last 10 and controlled the action in the first two periods. STARS 3, CANUCKS 2: Brenden Morrow scored in the sixth round of the shootout as Dallas Stars extended their winning streak to four games. Morrow added a goal and an assist in regulation, and Jere Lehtinen added a power-play goal for the Stars, who stretched their Pacific Division lead to four points. OILERS: The team has a new owner, pending approval from the NHL. The 34-member Edmonton Investors Group agreed Tuesday to sell 100 percent of its shares to local pharmacy billionaire Daryl Katz in a deal worth about $200 million. "This is a terrific level of support that will enable us to move forward with the process of securing NHL approval and conclude this transaction," said Katz in a news release. League approval can take anywhere from six weeks to two months. The Associated Press ...more

February 6, 2008

A loss like this at this time of year for a team still confident in its postseason destiny could, perhaps, be shrugged off as one of those unlucky games. But for the Lightning, whose playoff dream seems to fade a little each day, Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Florida Panthers was more than merely a stumbling block. ...more

February 3, 2008

PANTHERS 4, CANUCKS 3: Nathan Horton scored the only goal in the shootout as Florida earned its first win over the Canucks in more than eight years. ...more

February 2, 2008

Mike Sillinger scored two of New York's three short-handed goals Tuesday to lead the Islanders past the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3. ...more

January 23, 2008

DEVILS 4, FLYERS 2: John Madden scored two goals and Martin Brodeur made 29 saves, including a game-turning penalty-shot stop, to lead New Jersey over Philadelphia. Arron Asham and Jamie Langenbrunner also scored for the Devils, who have won 10 straight from the Flyers in New Jersey. Philadelphia last won in New Jersey on March 9, 2004. Mike Richards and Daniel Briere scored for the Flyers, who have lost three straight for the first time this season. COYOTES 5, RANGERS 1: Back in the building where he played the final game of his Hall of Fame career eight years earlier, Wayne Gretzky stood behind the Phoenix bench for the first time in New York and coached his club to a rout of New York. Joel Perrault scored twice and added an assist in just his second game of the season, and Ilya Bryzgalov rode a strong start after a rare day off and made 34 saves. FLAMES 5, BLUES 3: Calgary's top line of Jarome Iginla, Kristian Huselius and Daymond Langkow combined for 12 points, and Calgary won its fifth in a row on the road with a victory over St. Louis. Iginla had two goals and two assists, Huselius scored a goal and added four assists and Langkow added two goals and an assist for the Flames, who end a season-long six-game road trip Tuesday night in Columbus. PANTHERS 3, BLACKHAWKS 1: Defenseman Jay Bouwmeester recorded a goal and an assist to end an eight-game stretch without a point, and Tomas Vokoun made 43 saves in Florida's victory over Chicago. Rostislav Olesz and Richard Zednik also scored for the Panthers, who are 3-1-1 in their past five games and handed slumping Chicago its second straight loss and sixth in its past seven. SHARKS 2, DUCKS 1: Joe Thornton beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere with a shot high to the stick side to lift San Jose to a shootout victory over Anaheim and spoil Scott Niedermayer's return to the Ducks. Thornton was the 12th shooter and just the fifth to score in the shootout. His goal gave the Sharks their first victory over Anaheim this season after the Ducks had won the opening two meetings. The Associated Press ...more

December 17, 2007

CAPITALS 4, FLYERS 3: Nicklas Backstrom scored in overtime to make Bruce Boudreau's debut as Washington's interim head coach a success with a win over Philadelphia. ...more

November 24, 2007