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Red Wings Drive for Five as They Cruise Past Ducks 5-0
Everyone in Hockeytown can rest easily tonight. The Detroit Red Wings’ motor was running on all cylinders this evening as they flew past the Anaheim Ducks 5-0 at the Joe Louis Arena. This win snaps the Red Wings’ six-game losing streak, giving the team their first win since October 21. It also ends a team [...]
Net Results Lead To Points For The Rangers
After over 15,000 miles of travel over the last month, the New York Rangers will finally get to sleep in their own beds for a few weeks as they settle in and open the partially renovated Madison Square Garden with a 6-game homestand. Through seven games played in three countries on two continents and five [...]
Predators Paste the Ducks 4-1
The Predators opened their Stanley Cup match up with the Anaheim Ducks in the hostile confines of the Honda Center. The Predators made themselves right at home in the Ducks nest with a 4-1 victory. It was obvious that the Ducks were going to try to exert their physical will against the Predators. The Ducks [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 66: Lightning 1 – Capitals 2 SO “Winless in Four” Alex Ovechkin assisted on Washington’s only goal in regulation, then scored in the opening round of the shootout to give the first-place Capitals a 2-1 victory over the slumping Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night. Alexander Semin came up big for the Caps for [...]
Confident Lightning Stay Quiet On Deadline Day
The Tampa Bay Lightning remained silent on this trade deadline day. Confidently silent. GM Steve Yzerman stayed ahead of the curve by filling the teams need for a goaltender (Dwayne Roloson), a power play quarterback (Marc-Andre Bergeron) and a big, puck moving defenseman (Eric Brewer) earlier in the season. Yzerman had deep discussions with many [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 60: Lightning 8 – Coyotes 3 “Vinny Goes Off” The Tampa Bay Lightning (35-18-7) scored five first period goals, three on the power play and never looked back as they punished the Coyotes 8-3, ending Phoenix’ eight game winning streak. Teddy Purcell recorded his first career hat trick and according to him, his first [...]
Lightning Trade Goalie Dan Ellis To Anaheim
The Tampa Bay Lightning traded goalie Dan Ellis to the Anaheim Ducks for goalie Curtis McElhinney. McElhinney is 6-9-1 in 21 appearances with the Ducks this season. He has a 3.43 goals-against average and a .890 save percentage. Ducks starting goalie Jonas Hiller is experiencing vertigo and may not be able to be counted on [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 57: Lightning 3 – Flyers 4 SO “Playoff Preview” The Tampa Bay Lightning (34-17-6) put together a solid 60 minute effort and erased a two goal deficit, but it wasn’t enough as the Eastern Conference leading Philadelphia Flyers defeated them in the seventh round of a shootout 4-3 in front of almost 17,000 fans [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 52: Lightning 4 – Flyers 0 “Bolts Make a Statement” Dwayne Roloson stopped all 38 shots to earn his fourth shutout this season, Teddy Purcell netted two early first period goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning (32-15-5) beat the Eastern Conference leading Philadelphia Flyers 4-0 Tuesday night. All four of Roloson’s shutouts have come [...]
A Small Step in the Right Direction for the Blues | Blues vs. Bolts Gameday
That’s One Kudos to the St. Louis Blues. Though they played a fairly sloppy game at times with the Edmonton Oilers they displayed the most resiliency they have in a month. When Edmonton pushed early and piled on the shots, the Blues bent and never really broke. When scoring chances came, they finished them. Hits [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 47: Lightning 3 – Blue Jackets 2 SO “Stamkos Nets Two” Superstar Steven Stamkos netted two goals (one on the power play) and Ryan Malone scored in the fourth round of the shootout to lead the Lightning past the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 Tuesday night. Stammer has at least one goal in three consecutive [...]
The NHL’s Statistical Anomaly: The Tampa Bay Lightning
Through 46 games, the Tampa Bay Lightning’s record is 26-15-5 including a sparkling 13-4-2 at home and a respectable 13-11-3 on the road. The Bolts sport a 22-10-3 record versus Eastern Conference teams. Tampa Bay resides in 1st place in the Southeast Division, is 2nd seeded in the Eastern Conference and is the 6th best [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 44: Lightning 3 – Capitals 0 “Solid Defense” The Tampa Bay Lightning (26-13-5) made the Washington Capitals look ordinary and downright ineffective on Wednesday night. Bolts backstop Dwayne Roloson made 23 saves and shutout the Capitals for the second time in nine days, 3-0. The Lightning’s defensive effort was, in a word, spectacular. The [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 40: Lightning 1 – Capitals 0 OT “Roloson and St. Louis Star” After over three periods of playoff style, back and forth, defensive hockey, the heart and soul of the Lightning finally scored on Washington goalie Semyon Varlamov to give the Lightning a well deserved 1-0 victory. The only goal of the contest was [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 37: Lightning 3 – Bruins 4 “Tough Loss” Former Bolt Mark Recchi beat his old ‘mates Tuesday night with a wrister that beat Dan Ellis with just 20 seconds left in the game. In what was a playoff atmosphere, the Bruins beat the Bolts 4-3 in front of over 20,000 fans at the St. [...]
BREAKING: Roloson Traded To Tampa Bay For Wishart
Point Blank has learned that the Islanders and the Lightning are finalizing negotiations for a trade that would send goaltender Dwayne Roloson to Tampa Bay. The Islanders’ return for the 41-year-old goaltender would be 22-year old defense prospect Ty Wishart. The 6-4 Wishart was Tampa Bay’s first round pick in 2006. UPDATE: The Lightning have [...]
The Tampa Bay Lightning: Hockey’s Hypocrites?
Superstar Steven Stamkos erupted for two goals and two assists to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning over the Montreal Canadiens last night 4-1. Stamkos netted his two goals in the third period, including a highlight-reel, Spin-O-Rama penalty shot against Carey Price. Immediately following the goal, all hell broke loose on the social media sites. Had [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 33: Lightning 5 – Hurricanes 1 “A Night of Milestones” Martin St. Louis had a goal and two assists to lead the Lightning (19-10-4) to a 5-1 blowout win over the Carolina Hurricanes last night at the St. Pete Times Forum. The win was Tampa Bay’s fourth straight and extended their best start in [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 31: Lightning 2 – Thrashers 1 SO “Smith Answers The Critics” Lightning goaltender Mike Smith gave up a shorthanded, short-sided goal to Atlanta’s Rich Peverley at 13:56 of the opening period and you could feel the Lightning fans mutter, “Here we go again” in frustration. After all, Smith was playing in his first game [...]
Daily Rumors: Twelve Notable NHL Goalies Hitting the Trade block by the February Deadline?
The lack of real trade movement in the days leading up to this season’s NHL Christmas “trade freeze” has more than a few pundits and bloggers looking ahead to the February 28th NHL Trade Deadline – when we know for certain there’ll be real, honest-to-goodness trade activity – and speculating over which players might be [...]
