After advancing to back-to-back-to-back Stanley Cup Finals between 2020-22 -- and winning two of them -- the Lightning are going all in again.

The Lightning (36-21-4) have gone from a team battling for a wild card spot in the Eastern Conference to pushing toward the top of the Atlantic Division by going 10-1-1 in their past 12 games heading into their game against the Buffalo Sabres at Amalie Arena on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; ESPN).

Aleksander Barkov scored twice in the second period, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 shots, and the Florida Panthers beat their in-state rival Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Monday night. The defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers won their fourth straight game,

Here are the dream and nightmare scenarios for GM Julien BriseBois and the Tampa Bay Lightning before the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline passes.

Outspoken skipper John Tortorella was hired as the fourth head coach in Lightning history midway through the 2000-2001 season. In a little over six seasons, Tortorella coached Tampa Bay to four straight playoff appearances, including a Stanley Cup Final and a Jack Adams Award in 2004.

The Tampa Bay Lightning organization believes that adding two elite forwards Yanni Gourde and Oliver Byorkstrand will be the push they need to make a deep playoff run.

because the Lightning have not picked near the top of the draft for a very long time. And he didn’t need to mention that Tampa Bay has two Stanley Cup titles and 30 more postseason victories ...

No one has defeated them in regulation since January.

Captain Victor Hedman was scratched late despite taking line rushes and warming up with the team ahead of the Lightning's showdown against the Boston Bruins on Saturday afternoon.

Lightning GM Julien BriseBois to The Athletic on his latest deadline moves: "Trying and failing will yield less regret than failing to try."