The Lightning needed less than 90 seconds in period two before ballooning their lead, as Jake Guentzel redirected a Victor Hedman pass near the blue paint. Tampa Bay’s captain extended the Lightning lead with his windup shot from the left wall that bounced off a Columbus player and beat Merzlikins in the top left corner of the net.

TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Lightning delivered a decisive 6-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets Tuesday night at AMALIE Arena, extending their home winning streak to six games. The Lightning wasted no time asserting their dominance,

The Tampa Bay Lightning shook up their lines in a major way by acquiring Yanni Gourde and Oliver Bjorkstrand in a blockbuster deal with the Seattle Kraken.

The NHL trade deadline is a couple days away, and Stanley Cup contenders are starting to load up for deep postseason runs. The Tampa Bay Lightning just made their move by reuniting with shutdown forward Yanni Gourde,