Kucherov danced his way to the right faceoff dot, pulling a Detroit defender toward him before cutting back to the right center hashmark. Kucherov shelved his shot into the top right corner of the Detroit net for his 21 st goal of the season.

The NHL has unveiled its quarter-century team for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Representing the best players to have suited up for the Bolts over the past 25 years, the first team is headlined for forwards Nikita Kucherov,

Brandon Hagel scored twice in a three-point outing, Andrei Vasilevskiy notched his third shutout this season and the Tampa Bay Lightning blanked the visiting Los Angeles Kings 3-0 on Thursday night.

Vasilevskiy cleared a puck from behind his net to rookie forward Gage Goncalves on the right side of the defensive zone, who vaulted a backhand pass to Hagel just before center ice.

After struggling to convert scoring changes, Tampa Bay has just 1 goal through the first 2 periods but makes it stick.

Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov joined teammate Victor Hedman in an exclusive club during Saturday's win over the Detroit Red Wings.

The Lightning right wing scores a highlight-reel goal and becomes the second player in team history to claim 600 assists.

Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel each had ... Brayden Point and Mitchell Chaffee also scored, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 39 saves. Lucas Raymond scored for Detroit. Cam Talbot allowed five ...

Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel scored for Tampa Bay, which opened a four-game road trip with a 5-3 loss to Toronto on Monday. Kucherov pushed his points streak to 10 games. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 19 saves. Kucherov slid the puck past Montembeault to ...

Tampa Bay snapped their two-game losing streak on Thursday night, moving ahead of the Boston Bruins in the wild-card standings.

Brandon Hagel had two goals and an assist, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 28 saves for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a 3-0 win against the Los Angeles Kings at Amalie Arena on Thursday. The shutout was Vasilevskiy’s third of the season and 37th in the NHL.

As the 4-Nations Face-Off tournament and the resulting break loom in February, the Tampa Bay Lightning are seeking one key as January comes to a close: normalcy.