Thanks to realigned divisions, the teams met eight times this year (Florida with the 5-3 edge) and are set for a Round 1 playoff matchup.
... s center Aleksander Barkov beats Lightning goaltender Curtis McElhinney with Jan Rutta defending during the second period of a Feb. 15 game at Amalie Arena. [ DOUG ...
A review of the Tampa Bay Lightning's 2020-21 season, the first phase in their Stanley Cup championship defense.
... ely this season, and injuries certainly played a role. Defensemen Cernak and Jan Rutta both missed a significant amount of time this season. Their shoes ultimately ...
Bryan Burns on a historic starting lineup, the power play coming up empty and playing without several regulars
... mkos, who they expect to have back for game one of the series. Tampa Bay got Jan Rutta back in the lineup. He missed Saturday's game with a lower-body injury but w ...
The Lightning become the first NHL team to have an all-Black line skate for them in a game
... for the first half of the game finally boiled over. Mason Marchment leveled Jan Rutta with a hit along the boards. Rutta took exception and tackled Marchment whic ...
It wasn’t near full strength, but Tampa Bay dropped two games to its first-round opponent.
... he net, but no one was there to capitalize and Weegar cleared the puck away. Jan Rutta loudly clanked a shot off the post trailing a rush in the third period. Late ...
The Bolts need a regulation win on Monday to secure home ice advantage in the First Round
... ; Out) 55 Games Ryan McDonagh (Upper-body injury May 8; Day-to-day) 1 Game Jan Rutta (Lower-body injury May 8; Day-to-day) 1 Game Steven Stamkos (Lower-body inj ...
The league determined that Maroon’s actions late in Saturday’s game vs. the Panthers warranted supplemental discipline.
... ould already be without starting defensemen Victor Hedman, Ryan McDonagh and Jan Rutta, who all missed Saturday’s game with injuries. • • • , a weekly newsletter f ...
Alex Wennberg scored three goals to lead the Florida Panthers past the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 on Saturday night, keeping alive Florida's hopes of earning home-ice advantage in the upcoming first-round playoff series between the intrastate rivals.
... a good job of staying together and doing what we had to do.” Already without Jan Rutta (lower body), the Lightning’s defense was further depleted without Victor He ...
The latest in NHL injury and suspension news. All information from SportsForecaster.com.
... ictor Hedman is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. Defenceman Jan Rutta is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. Defenceman Ryan McDonagh is day-to-d ...
The Lightning defenceman has been playing through an injury in the last month
... f Friday’s game against the and is listed day-to-day with upper-body injury. Jan Rutta has just returned after spending the whole previous month on LTIR and is als ...
With the rivalry between the interstate rivals heating up to eleven, the Lightning were on the wrong side of both the play and luck in what ultimately became a 5-1 loss.
... bs Down: Injuries It turns out that having Victor Hedman, Ryan McDonagh, and Jan Rutta held out of the lineup with day-to-day injuries isn’t a great benefit to the ...
Both teams combined for 136 penalty minutes and seven misconducts
... McDonagh, who left the previous game on Friday due to upper body injury, and Jan Rutta, who just returned after missing the whole month. All players are listed as ...
TB-1 FLA-5 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed five goals on 35 shots for the loss. Strategically, it made sense. Hes done nothing to dishonor himself in his NHL time this season.
... just before puck drop they were scratching Victor Hedman, Ryan McDonagh, and Jan Rutta to go along with the long term injuries being carried to Nikita Kucherov and ...
Down three regular defensemen, the Lightning suffered a 5-1 loss to Florida on Saturday night
... n @TBLightning / TampaBayLightning.com With Victor Hedman, Ryan McDonagh and Jan Rutta all held out of the lineup with injuries, the Lightning dropped a very physi ...
