The Tampa Bay Lightning are in first place in the Eastern Conference at the midpoint of the season. They are at 53 points which is 4 points ahead of last year at this time. Nikita Kucherov is 4th in scoring, JJ Moser is 5th in +/- and the team is 2nd in goals/game. The Bolts will practice today and then they host the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night.

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The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the San Jose Sharks 7-3 to make it 7 straight wins and a clean sweep of their California road trip. Darren Raddysh had his first career hat trick, just the 3rd in franchise history by a defenseman. Nikita Kucherov had 5 points while Brayden Point scored in his 3rd straight game.

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The Lightning hit the road today against San Jose and some players have an added boost ahead of a chance to sweep the California road trip. Charle-Édouard D'Astous signed a one-year contract extension, while Jake Guentzel and Pontus Holmberg join the Lightning list of Olympians.

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Tampa Bay showed impressive will on the road with a late, third period comeback in Los Angeles. Brayden Point kept up his hot hand, J.J. Moser added his 100th point with an assist, and the Lightning earn a well-deserved day off before a chance to sweep the California road trip.

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The Lightning are fresh off a 4-3 overtime win in Head Coach Jon Cooper's 1000th NHL game behind the bench. Cooper will also coach Brayden Point and newly announced Brandon Hagel and Anthony Cirelli during the 2026 Winter Olympics. Meanwhile, a few future Bolts also take to the international stage at World Juniors.

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The Tampa Bay Lightning start their 3-game California trip with a day game in Anaheim vs. the Ducks. Erik Cernak could make his return after missing the last 17 games, Scott Sabourin has been placed on injured reserve after his fight on Sunday and Coach Jon Cooper will coach in this 1,000th game today.

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The Tampa Bay Lightning are in Southern California where they will practice today and then start a 3-game, 4-day road trip in Anaheim on New Year's Eve. Nikita Kucherov was named the NHL's #1 star for his 4 goals and 2 assists in 3 games last week. Head Coach Jon Cooper will coach in his 1,000th game on Wednesday as he has the 2nd most wins at the millennium mark in NHL history.

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The Tampa Bay Lightning hold on to beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-4 in a shootout at Benchmark International Arena. Nikita Kucherov nets 2 goals for the 2nd straight game, Nick Paul and Pontus Holmberg score and Jonas Johansson stops both shots in the shootout. Brandon Hagel returns from IR after missing 4 games, Ryan McDonagh is back on IR and Max Groshev makes his NHL debut and gets an assist.

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