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The Blackhawks are minus-27, and Blashill picked 'urgency' from the thesaurus
Chicago lost 5-3 in Sunrise, Bedard defended his coach, and the road trip to Tampa and Carolina now reads like a job review.
Sully · 2 min read
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Ice Breaker: Vilmanis goes for four, Kempe and Panarin carve up San Jose
Florida survives a messy third against Chicago, the Kings put seven on the Sharks, and Seattle wins in overtime in 55 seconds.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Winnipeg erases 4-0 in two minutes, Robertson hat trick
The Jets score four times in 2:06 and win in overtime in Montreal, Dallas holds off Washington, and Anaheim and Vancouver fight five times.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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The Contract Board: Kucherov's $20 million ask, and Detroit's four weeks
Marcus Lind's November board grades his DeBrincat miss, reprices Kucherov for the open market, and puts two Lightning contracts on the worst-five list.
Marcus Lind · 8 min read
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Ice Breaker: Detroit spoils the new sweaters, Marner makes it 10 straight
The Red Wings score twice in 45 seconds to beat Florida 5-3, Colorado erases a 2-0 hole in Chicago, and Pastrnak ends it in Boston.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
Florida Panthers·
The State of Hockey: Sunrise scores ten, Tampa loses Kucherov's signature
The Panthers swept Winnipeg with a power play that finally works, Kucherov asked out across the bay, and the Everblades' perfect start ended with a shutout.
Pabs · 6 min read
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Gord's Notebook: Kucherov's price, Edvinsson's deadline, and Guerin won't beg
Kucherov asked for $20 million and got slow-walked, Detroit has a Dec. 1 clock on Edvinsson, and Winnipeg's captain said the word changes.
Gord Tremblay · 6 min read
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The Ferda Room: Kucherov asks out, Larkin walks out, Florida wins out
Tampa's MVP wants a trade and the room splits on when BriseBois should deal him, while the Panthers sweep a 13-goal week and Gord stays perfect.
Ferda Desk · 9 min read
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Ice Breaker: Kucherov asks out, then Stamkos gets the last word
Stamkos ties it late and wins the shootout against his old team, Makar sets up four, and McDavid makes it 14 for 14.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Kucherov wants out, and Tampa says it isn't listening
The reigning MVP told the Lightning he won't re-sign and asked for a trade; BriseBois says no, and a 10-team list decides the rest.
Gord Tremblay · 2 min read
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Ice Breaker: Anton Lundell picks a good night to wake up
Lundell's hat trick sinks the skidding Jets, Coronato gets four points in Calgary, and Gritsyuk and Jack Hughes split four goals in Vegas.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Cap Check: Lightning can't buy in March, but July is wide open
Tampa sits $2.75 million under the ceiling with no first-round pick to trade, and about $30 million opens next summer before Kucherov signs.
Marcus Lind · 6 min read
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Ice Breaker: Detroit wins night one of the Larkin standoff
Arvidsson scores three the night the Wings suspend Larkin, Tage Thompson gets five points and Buffalo barely survives Anaheim.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: McDavid sets an assist record, Seattle stuns the Leafs late
Jarry blanks Calgary, Gavin McKenna scores twice in a loss, Colorado buries the Devils and Washington handles Philadelphia.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
Florida Panthers·
The State of Hockey: Estero is perfect and Sunrise is in the penalty box
The Everblades swept Atlanta to stay unbeaten, the Panthers were outscored 9-1 before Eller's winner, and Kucherov took the Lightning record in an overtime loss.
Pabs · 6 min read
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Kucherov passed Stamkos, and it took him 192 fewer games
Nikita Kucherov's 1,138th point came on a Saturday assist in Utah, and a Panthers lifer has to admit what it means.
Pabs · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Leafs drop seven on Edmonton, Batherson buries New York
Twelve games, three overtime winners, a Kochetkov shutout and a Utah comeback that left Tampa staring at a blown two-goal lead.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: MacKinnon piles on Tampa, Evans sinks Chicago
Nathan MacKinnon has four points as Colorado beats Tampa Bay 6-3, and Jake Evans scores twice in Montreal's 4-1 win in Chicago.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: McDavid makes it 10 for 10, Florida gets blanked
Connor McDavid runs his point streak to 10 games in a shootout win over Carolina, Pittsburgh shuts out the Panthers, and Toronto steals one late.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Rantanen beats the Bruins alone, Celebrini wins in Montreal
A hat trick with an overtime winner in Dallas, another OT power-play winner for Celebrini, and Tampa takes Vegas apart on 21 shots.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Kucherov is four points from Stamkos, and 195 games ahead of him
The Lightning's all-time scoring record is in reach tonight in Vegas, and his shot totals say he's chasing it.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Matthews drives the Leafs, Zegras feeds Michkov twice
Toronto's power play scored twice to beat Askarov, Zegras assisted on every Flyers goal, and Utah held off a late Pittsburgh push.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
Florida Panthers·
The State of Hockey: three natural hat tricks, a fifth banner, and the power play paid up
The Panthers made NHL history three games running, the Everblades raised a Kelly Cup banner and swept Orlando, and FGCU came back from 2-0 down to sweep Montana State.
Pabs · 6 min read
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Ice Breaker: Two hat tricks in Sunrise, and McDavid keeps counting
Verhaeghe and Bennett each scored three in an 8-3 rout of Seattle, McDavid had five points, and Carolina won its seventh straight.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: MacKinnon goes for four, and Boston’s power play bails it out
MacKinnon had a goal and three assists as Colorado erased a 2-0 hole, and the Bruins scored on three straight power plays in Anaheim.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Detroit's new Larkin price points at Washington, not Florida
Two A prospects, a top-nine forward and a first: the revised ask favors the Capitals' shelf and leaves the Panthers watching.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Brady Tkachuk does it again, and Boldy joins the hat-trick club
Tkachuk scored all three Panthers goals in an overtime win over Vancouver, one of three hat tricks on an 11-game night.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Tuch outlasts the Habs, Hintz gets the last word
Alex Tuch's two goals beat Montreal 5-4, and Roope Hintz won a shootout in Denver one night after fighting Nathan MacKinnon.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: The Tkachuks torch Columbus, MacKinnon drops the gloves
Brady's natural hat trick and Matthew's five assists fed a 7-3 Panthers win, and Colorado and Dallas fought their way into tonight's rematch.
Ferda Desk · 6 min read
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Ice Breaker: Buffalo burns the Panthers, Ullmark stays perfect
Reinhart's power-play double wasn't enough in Buffalo, Ottawa's goalie moved to 5-0, and Quinn Hughes kept his streak alive in Minnesota.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
Florida Panthers·
The State of Hockey: Tampa owns the week, and the cats' power play owes one
Pabs on the week in Florida hockey: a 3-0 Lightning, a Panthers power play at 1 for 28, an Everblades tune-up and a UCF team that still hasn't lost.
Pabs · 6 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Kaprizov crashes Sunrise, Nylander lights up Denver
Florida's power play goes 0-for-5 in the home opener, Hagel takes a hat trick off the Islanders and Montreal wins a 1-0 shootout.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Shesterkin helped off, Kraken pile six on Detroit
The Rangers lose their goalie and a four-game streak in Washington, Seattle scores four in the second, and Anaheim keeps rolling.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Leafs blow 3-0 in Vegas, Stankoven completes the set
Vegas erases a three-goal hole and wins the shootout, Stankoven scores at every strength, and Colorado drops seven on Calgary.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Draisaitl's four helpers sink the Ducks, Jets steal one late
Edmonton scores five straight in the second at Anaheim, Kyle Connor beats Colorado with a minute left, and Tom Wilson runs Washington past Pittsburgh.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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The Flyers are 0-2-2, and Joseph Woll earned both points
Philadelphia has been outshot 158-77 through four games, its power play is 0-for-11 and the goalie is the only one doing his job.
Sully · 3 min read
NHL·
The Contract Board: Four unsigned stars, one holdout, a rising meter
Marcus Lind's first monthly board prices Kucherov, Hughes, Robertson and DeBrincat, reads the Edvinsson standoff and ranks the five best and worst contracts.
Marcus Lind · 7 min read
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Ice Breaker: Stützle sinks the Bruins, Oettinger takes a paid nap
Ottawa wins in Boston, Tampa smothers Philadelphia, Winnipeg answers in nine seconds and Dallas blanks San Jose on 13 shots.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
Florida Panthers·
The State of Hockey: three overtimes, four points and no captain
Pabs on the week in Florida hockey: the Panthers' special teams, Tampa's split, seven new Everblades and another big night for Florida Gulf Coast.
Pabs · 6 min read
Lightning stats
League stats →2026–27 · Regular season · Summary · 22 players
| #Player | Team | Pos | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Nikita Kucherov | TBL | RW | 15 | 4 | 16 | 20 | +6 | 6 | 1.33 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 9.8 | 20:59 | 100.0 |
2 Brandon Hagel | TBL | LW | 15 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -3 | 4 | 1.13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 12.9 | 21:13 | 40.0 |
3 Jake Guentzel | TBL | C | 15 | 8 | 7 | 15 | +9 | 2 | 1.00 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 20.5 | 20:42 | 35.6 |
4 Brayden Point | TBL | C | 15 | 5 | 9 | 14 | +8 | 4 | 0.93 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 15.6 | 19:23 | 49.7 |
5 Pontus Holmberg | TBL | RW | 15 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +2 | 12 | 0.73 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 16.7 | 14:32 | 47.4 |
6 Anthony Cirelli | TBL | C | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0.67 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 20.8 | 17:25 | 53.5 |
7 Charle-Edouard D'Astous | TBL | D | 14 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.57 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 | 17:02 | -- |
8 John Carlson | TBL | D | 15 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0.53 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 13.5 | 19:08 | -- |
9 Ilya Mikheyev | TBL | RW | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +2 | 2 | 0.40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 18.2 | 14:44 | 100.0 |
10 Victor Hedman | TBL | D | 14 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +3 | 2 | 0.43 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 21.1 | 14:21 | -- |
11 Erik Cernak | TBL | D | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | +11 | 4 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 | 18:47 | -- |
12 Conor Geekie | TBL | C | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 21.1 | 11:40 | 37.5 |
13 Ryan McDonagh | TBL | D | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +11 | 4 | 0.27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 | 16:25 | -- |
14 Gage Goncalves | TBL | C | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | 15:47 | 50.0 |
15 Max Crozier | TBL | D | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 4 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | 17:20 | -- |
16 Zemgus Girgensons | TBL | C | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 0.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 | 13:44 | 57.8 |
17 Dominic James | TBL | C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 12:05 | 42.4 |
18 Jeff Viel | TBL | LW | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 23 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 9:36 | 0.0 |
19 J.J. Moser | TBL | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 6 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 | 17:38 | -- |
20 Scott Sabourin | TBL | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 7 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 9:10 | 50.0 |
21 Emil Lilleberg | TBL | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 11 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 12:42 | -- |
22 Jansen Harkins | TBL | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 10:55 | 0.0 |
Source: NHL.com stats · Photo: NHL
