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Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Emil Lilleberg will have a hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety following an interference play Saturday with Detroit Red Wings left winger J.T.

Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov joined teammate Victor Hedman in an exclusive club during Saturday's win over the Detroit Red Wings.

The Tampa Bay Lightning made a bold statement on Tuesday, scratching star forward Brayden Point for their game against the Boston Bruins due to a team policy violation. According to Gabby Shirley of FanDuel Sports Network, Point missed a team meeting, prompting head coach Jon Cooper to bench the two-time Stanley Cup champion.

Saturday, heading to Amalie Arena to face the Tampa Bay Lightning, logic suggested that the Red Wings should be feeling good about leaving the state with back-to-back wins. After all, they’d won four of six in that rink. However, it was the Wings who wound up on the end of a whipping. Tampa Bay smacked Detroit 5-1.

The Tampa Bay Lightning look to defend their two-point lead over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday without star forward Brayden Point in the lineup. Tampa Bay announced that Point will be scratched from the game because he missed a team meeting. "Update: Brayden Point will not play tonight due to missing a team meeting," the team said on X.

Cam Talbot stopped 28 shots for his second shutout of the season as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0.

Limited cap space and draft capital could affect what the Maple Leafs and Lightning do by the NHL trade deadline, but there are areas where they clearly need a boost.

After fear that all three of Pittsburgh Penguins star Evgeni Malkin's Stanley Cup rings had been stolen, all of them were reportedly found inside of his home.

TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-assigned defenseman Max Crozier to the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced today.

Crozier, 24, made his season debut with the Bolts January 18 versus Detroit, finishing the game with 14:25 of time on ice

Lightning forward Brayden Point is finding out the hard way what happens when you miss a team meeting, regardless of his star status.