Tampa Bay Lightning

Here’s a look at the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Stanley Cup championship merch

The Tampa Bay Lightning ran the gauntlet in the bubble and are your 2020 ~~Covid Cup~~ Stanley Cup Champions. Seconds after the final buzzer hit, the Lightning’s championship gear was released and admittedly it’s pretty rad.

Now I know this here hockey blog focuses on the Washington Capitals, but I’m betting a few of you now have a soft spot in your heart for Steven Stamkos winning his first Stanley Cup.

So here are some links to some of the new merch.

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By Ian Oland 1 hour ago

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Stanley Cup won by Jeff Halpern, others

Hockey is over. The winner of the whole dang thing is ex-Capitals forward Jeff Halpern, native of Potomac, Maryland.

(Also winning the Stanley Cup is the team for whom he is assistant coach, the Tampa Bay Lightning.)

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By Peter Hassett 3 hours ago

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Steven Stamkos won’t play again in Cup Final, secures highest goal-rate ever*

Tampa head coach Jon Cooper told the media on Sunday that forward Steven Stamkos will not play again in the Cup Final.

“Hopefully the next time we see him on the ice is for a trophy presentation,” Cooper said, ending any speculation that the Bolts captain would suit up again this postseason.

Stamkos will be left with just one lonely goal to his name in these playoffs — which he scored in a grand total of 2:47 of ice time.

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By Peter Hassett 1 day ago

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Former Capital Kevin Shattenkirk scores in overtime of Game Four, putting Lightning one game away from Stanley Cup

Kevin Shattenkirk just became the second defenseman in NHL history to score an overtime game-winning goal in a Stanley Cup Final.

Shatty scored a power-play goal 6:34 into OT to send the Lightning one game away from its second Stanley Cup.

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By Ian Oland 3 days ago

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Jeff Halpern advances to Stanley Cup Final for first time with Tampa Bay Lightning

When the Tampa Bay Lightning punched their ticket to the 2020 Stanley Cup Final on Thursday, one local athlete finally realized a childhood dream – albeit in a different form than he imagined as a kid.

Potomac, MD native Jeff Halpern will be competing for his first Stanley Cup. Halpern is as an assistant coach for Bolts forwards on Jon Cooper’s staff.

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By Ian Oland 2 weeks ago

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Brayden Point wins the August Epic for Tampa Bay Lightning in 5OT

The Tampa Bay Lightning have just won the fourth longest game in NHL history. Six hours after the puck was first dropped, Tampa forward Brayden Point finally got a shot past Columbus goalie Joonis Korpisalo.

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By Peter Hassett 2 months ago

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NHL has a 7th period stretch during 4th longest game in history

The Columbus Blue Jackets and Tampa Bay Lightning have been playing for so long. When they started, Joe Biden didn’t even have a running mate.

As Game One of the first-round game hit the fourth period of overtime, the NHL continued their bit of 10/10 empty-arena jokes with a seventh-inning stretch.

BTW, we’re calling it the August Epic.

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By Peter Hassett 2 months ago

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August Epic: Joonis Korpisalo breaks Kelly Hrudey’s record for most saves in a single game

Game One between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Columbus Blue Jackets is an instant classic. Reaching into the fourth overtime period, the marathon playoff game will be remembered for years for lots of reasons. Among them, this: Columbus goalie Joonis Korpisalo has broken Kelly Hrudey’s record for most saves in a playoff game, which dates back to the Easter Epic, a famous 1987 game in which the Caps fell to the Isles in 4OT.

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By Peter Hassett 2 months ago

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Meaningful-ish: Bolts beat Caps 3-2 in shootout

I guess the Washington Capitals are still emerging from the sleepiness of the pause. Judging by their intermittent effort in Monday’s first round-robin game, it’s not going to be throwing a switch. To get the Caps back at the appropriate level of playoff intensity will be a process.

Lars Eller goofed up a breakout to give Nikita Kucherov a gimme against Holtby for the game’s first goal. Mitchell Stephens made it 2-0 with a funky rebound in the second period, but the Caps struck back. Richard Panik grinded out a trash goal to get the Caps on the board, and then Evgeny Kuznetsov got one on the power play to tie the game late in the second period. The third period didn’t change that score, so we got to see some three-on-three overtime.

Overtime gave us nothing, so here they come. You know you missed them…

Shootout bullets!

Victor Hedman did not put the biscuit in the basket.
TJ Oshie put the biscuit in the basket. Of course he did. So reliable.
Brayden Point put the biscuit in the basket.
Evgeny Kuznetsov did not put the biscuit in the basket.
Nikita Kucherov put the biscuit in the basket. Off the post and in.
Nicklas Backstrom did not put the biscuit in the basket.

Caps lose.

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By Peter Hassett 2 months ago

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Caps vs Lightning pregame: Round robin rendezvous

Having a hockey game on almost every second of the day has been a true blessing. And now we get to watch the Capitals play again?! Happy Monday, everyone. What a day.

The Capitals are taking on the Tampa Bay Lightning in a hockey game that actually means something this time (no disrespect to that exhibition game against the Canes). You’ll be seeing pretty much the same lineup from the Caps, but the only catch is that John Carlson will be a game time decision after his last minute injury during the previous game.

The puck will, once again, be dropping at 4 PM from the bubble and Peter will hook you up with a recap.

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By Elyse Bailey 2 months ago

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