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I know this has been said a dozen different ways by people much more eloquent than myself, but my goodness is it ever nice to see games played at the Trop again. Haters gonna hate, but that place is special, and it’s so nice to see games under the dome again. The Rays were wrapping […]
On March 29th in 2014, Tampa Bay Lightning sniper Steven Stamkos fired a pass past defenseman Michael Kostka which deflected off the boards and ended up in his own empty net during a delayed penalty, putting the Buffalo Sabres up 3-2 midway through the third period. Stamkos' own goal was credited to Cory Conacher, the Sabres skater whistled for hooking prompting Ben Bishop to abandon
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The first two games the Yankees played at Tropicana Field since the park’s reopening have proceeded quite…troppily, if you will. New York’s anemic offense was at least able to find a pair of go-ahead hits from José Caballero in yesterday’s 10-inning defeat, though the bullpen wasted little time coughing up the meager advantage to the […]
Saturday’s game against the Rays was not pretty viewing for Yankees fans. The Yankees held two separate late leads against Tampa Bay, but couldn’t hold onto either. In the 10th inning, the Rays took advantage of the auto-runner and bunted the Yankees to death, eventually scoring twice in the frame to overtake the Yankees. With […]
This game started like a chess match and ended like a street race, and once the Rays hit the gas, the Yankees could not catch a break. For six innings, this one had all the tension of a real pitchers’ duel. Nick Martinez was not overpowering, but he was calm throughout, which against the Yankees […]
The bottom of the Yankees lineup has caught a lot of flack for being automatic outs in the early going this season. Naturally, on a night when the 6-9 hitters drove in four runs and Max Fried threw eight innings of three-run ball … the Yankees still lost. Why, you ask? Take away José Caballero’s […]
In a game that resembled a lot of their recent efforts, the Tampa Bay Lightning finally found a way to pick up a win as Emil Lilleberg put home a rebound with 95 seconds left in the game to give the Lightning a 2-1 lead that they managed to hold. Andrei Vasilevskiy picked up another win as he stopped 19-fo-20 shots. Brandon Hagel returned to action and picked up his 36th goal of the season. Prior to the game, it was announced that Zemgus Girgensons and Darren Raddysh would miss the game w...
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Suddenly, the Yankees have dropped three-straight contests after losing two games at home against the Athletics then going down to defeat last night in St. Pete for the series opener. The good news is New York sends its ace to the mound tonight. The bad news is said ace cannot hit.* The worse news is […]
The Yankees dropped their series opener against the Rays on Friday, officially creating their first losing streak of the season with their third straight loss. It’s been a reversal of fate in the last week or so, as the team’s bats have gone from doing enough to support their stellar pitching staff to barely managing […]
We are now half-way through the first round of this year’s DBN Community NFL Mock Draft. We are releasing four picks at a time in one post to give you more substance to digest how the draft is unfolding. Here you can see all of our NFL mock draft coverage for the Cleveland Browns. Now, […]
Game Eighty: Tampa Bay Lightning (48-25-6) at Boston Bruins (43-26-10) Time: 12:30 PM Location: TD Garden, Boston – Where, in 1919, a 2.3 million gallon flood of molasses raced down the streets of the North End neighborhood at approximately 35 MPH. TV/Stream/Radio: ABC, SNW, Lightning App Odds: Lightning Know the Opponents: Stanley Cup of Chowder If there is one thing we know about this Tampa Bay Lightning team is that they don’t lack in confidence. So, we shouldn...
Welcome to this season’s very last Public Preview®, the combination preview/Public Skate you’ve come to know and love! Let’s get started with today’s basics: Tampa comes into this game with 102 points, good for third place in the Atlantic Division. Like the Bruins, they have three games left, but find themselves two points behind Montreal […]
NY Post | Greg Joyce: Anthony Volpe has reunited with the Yankees as they arrived in Tampa to play the Rays this weekend, the injured shortstop having taken an extended stay at the team’s complex while rehabbing from offseason surgery on his labrum. The time for a rehab assignment is nearing, and could come as […]
Through his first three starts of the season, Steven Matz is making the 2- year, $15M deal he signed with the Rays this offseason look like quite the steal. The 34-year-old southpaw took the mound for the third time this season and left with this third win. This time, Matz held the dangerous Yankees lineup […]
The Yankees dropped Friday night’s series opener in St. Petersburg by a final of 5-3, unable to fully recover after Luis Gil’s rollercoaster 2026 debut and a middle-inning Rays bullpen bridge that slowly squeezed control of the game away. Ben Rice’s late homer gave New York a pulse, but the offense simply could not create […]
The Yankees head into their first AL East series of the season tonight with a little more curiosity than usual. For the first time, New York gets a look at the reopened Tropicana Field, which officially returned to action on April 6th after a 561-day closure caused by Hurricane Milton’s devastating roof damage. The Rays […]
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The Montreal Canadiens played the absolute biggest remaining game on their schedule Thursday night, hosting the Tampa Bay Lightning with a chance to pass them for second place in the Atlantic Division. It had every bit of intensity you would expect from a playoff game, and with good reason, as the odds that these teams will meet in the first round seem to strengthen by the game. The Habs controlled the play well through three periods, and though it was a very tight margin of victory, they foun...
After a high-quality win opened their most recent series with the Athletics, the Yankees finished it off with tough back-to-back losses. In those two ballgames, the “Bombers” mustered just five combined hits and two runs, which included a one-hit shutout in the latter. With some of their better arms slated to start in their upcoming […]
Welcome to Friday, folks! The Bruins won’t be back in action until Saturday afternoon, when they’ll host the Tampa Bay Lightning at TD Garden at 12:30 PM. That will be a nationally televised game on ABC, so get excited or prepare your mute button accordingly. The big Bruins-related news from yesterday was the practice debut […]
Despite a parade to the penalty box for the first forty minutes of the night, the Tampa Bay Lightning tied the game late against the Montreal Canadiens. An unfortunate turnover 47 seconds after the game-tying goal turned into the difference as Jaroslav Slafkovsky scored with 1:04 left on the clock to give the home team the 2-1 victory. Declan Carlile and Anthony Cirelli returned to the line-up as the Lightning had to kill off seven short-handed chances while racking up 71 penalty minutes....
Game 79: Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay Lightning Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Lightning region: The Spot Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+ Just before the Olympics we looked at the remaining schedules for the Atlantic Division teams and highlighted just how compressed the final third of the season was going to be for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Tonight will be their 14th contest in the past 24 days, and they’ll fin...
Game Seventy-Nine: Tampa Bay Lightning (48-24-6) at Montreal Canadiens (46-22-10) Time: 7:00 PM EST Location: Centre Bell, The City of a Hundred Steeples TV/Stream/Radio: The Spot, ESPN+, TSN2, RDS, 102.5 FM, Lightning App Odds: Lightning -115 Know the Opponents: Eyes on the Prize The road trip rolls on as the Tampa Bay Lightning look to snap a two-game losing streak. It should be another high-energy building as the Lightning and the Montreal Canadiens still have ...