![]() ![]() Both of the Conference Final losses came in Game 7s and to the eventual Stanley Cup Champions ( Pittsburgh Penguins – 2016, Washington Capitals – 2018). (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)īut is all of this just Lightning “flash” or is there something else to be said about this team versus those of prior years? In three of the last four seasons the Lightning made it to at least the Conference Final, with one year including a Cup Final loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. ![]() Louis #26 scored the team’s game winning goal during the second overtime in game six of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals on Jat the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Canada. The Lightning currently hold a franchise-best nine-straight wins and could set the new record tomorrow night in Madison Square Garden when they play the New York Rangers.ĬALGARY, CANADA – JUNE 5: The Tampa Bay Lightning celebrate after teammate Martin St. This team has yet to not gain at least a point in February, with an 11-0-2 record so far this month, and has not lost back-to-back games in regulation since way back in November when the Bolts lost to the Ottawa Senators at home (Nov. All of those teams, by the way, ended their respective seasons by hoisting the Stanley Cup. ![]() It was only Tampa Bay’s 63rd game on the year which put them in the company of the 1971-72 Boston Bruins and the 1976-78 Montreal Canadiens. The Bolts are sitting comfortably in 1st place of the Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference and NHL after earning their 100th point last night in a shootout win over the Los Angeles Kings. Today in the NHL, the Tampa Bay Lightning and Nikita Kucherov are those storylines. Whether it is the New England Patriots winning their sixth Super Bowl behind Tom Brady in the last two decades, James Harden’s 32-game run of putting up at least 30 points a game, or the Golden State Warriors going for their fourth NBA championship in five years, the storylines of teams and players going for records and establishing dynasties are ones that must be told. By Ben Ebert 4 years ago We live in an era of so much achievement and record breaking in sports. ![]()
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