#Ian Cole

Tampa Bay Lightning at St. Louis Blues: GAME #41 Time: 8:00 pm Eastern Time Location: Enterprise Center Broadcast/Streaming: BSSUN, BSMW, ESPN+, HULU DraftKings NHL Odds: Lightning -1.5 O/U 6.5 In an 82-game season it's hard to say any game is more important than any other, nor is any stretch of games more important. After all, a win in October is…

Columbus Blue Jackets at Tampa Bay Lightning: GAME#39 Time: 7:00 pm Eastern Time Location: Amalie Arena Broadcast/Streaming: BSSUNX, BSOH, ESPN+, HULU Opponent SBNation Site: The Cannon DraftKings Odds: Lightning -1.5 O/U 6 "We're not turning the page on this one." Those were Coach Cooper's words after practice on Monday. It's a different message…

Tampa Bay Lightning at Winnipeg Jets: GAME# 38 Time: 8:00 pm Eastern Time Location: Canada Life Center Broadcast/Streaming: TSN3, BSSUNX, HULU, ESPN+ Opponent SBNation Site: Arctic Ice Hockey DraftKings Odds: Lightning -1.5 O/U 6 The Tampa Bay Lightning are preparing for the last game of their three-game road trip which, so far, has produced a…

Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning: GAME#33 Time: 7:00 pm Eastern Time Location: Amalie Arena Broadcast/Streaming: BSSUNX, SN, RDS, ESPN+/Hulu Opponent SBNation Site: Habs Eyes on the Prize DraftKings Odds: Lightning -1.5 O/U 6 It seems like it's been much longer than a week since the Lightning played their last game. However, that's all…

It sounds more like the name of a movie or a book - Waiting for Godot, Waiting for Guffman, Waiting to Begin - but for now, it remains central to this impressive, fascinating and oddly puzzling Blue Jays season. The Jays have found themselves in the standings right about where they were expected to be - among the best teams in baseball. And they've…

One of my favorite things about sports betting is that there is always an opportunity to look ahead to the future. Hours after the Colorado Avalanche won the 2022 Stanley Cup, odds for the NHL's 2023 champion were already posted at various sportsbooks. While I took some time to celebrate my futures bet victory on Colorado at+550, I've already…

There are some familiar names on the Who's Hot list with Edmonton's Connor McDavid and Tage Thompson of the Buffalo Sabres back in a familiar spot. Boston Bruins goalie Linus Ullmark is back as well. Ullmark leads the NHL in all three major goaltending categories and he is a major reason why the NHL playoff odds list the Bruins (+600) with the…

Seattle Kraken at Tampa Bay Lightning: GAME# 28 Time: 7:00 pm Eastern Time Location: Amalie Arena Broadcast/Streaming: BSSUN, ROOT-NW, ESPN+ Opponent SBNation Site: Davy Jones Locker Room DraftKings Odds: Lightning -1.5 O/U 6.5 Last season the Seattle Kraken didn't pick up their 16th win until February 11th as they struggled through their inaugural…

Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning: GAME# 27 Time: 4:30 pm Eastern Time Location: Amalie Arena Broadcast/Streaming: BSSUNX, SN360, ESPN+ DraftKings Odds: Lightning -1.5 O/U 6.5 Opponent SBNation Site: Litter Box Cats To the delight of the NHL leadership, the Tampa Bay Lightning vs. the Florida Panthers rivalry has become one of the hottest…

Detroit Red Wings at Tampa Bay Lightning: GAME# 25 Time: 7:00 pm Eastern Time Location: Amalie Arena Broadcast/Streaming: BSSUNX, BSDET, SNE, SNW, SNP, ESPN+ Opponent SBNation Site: Winging it in Motown DraftKings Odds: Lightning -1.5 O/U 6.5 I can imagine there is a bit of concern for Tampa Bay Lightning fans after yesterday's practice. Yes, no…

Toronto Maple Leafs at Tampa Bay Lightning: GAME# 24 Time: 7:00 pm Eastern Time Location: Amalie Arena Broadcast/Streaming: BSSUN, NHLN, SN Opponent SBNation Site: Pension Plan Puppets DraftKings Odds: Lightning -1.5 O/U 6 The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Toronto Maple Leafs haven't played since the first round of the 2022 NHL Playoffs last spring.…

Buffalo Sabres (9-12-0)vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (12-7-1) Puck Drop: 7:00 PM EST, KeyBank Center TV: MSG Radio: WGR 550 SB Nation Lightning Blog: Raw Charge Tampa Bay Lightning Record: (12-7-1) Last Game: 5-2 win over the St. Louis Blues Division Ranking: 4 in the Atlantic Division PP: 25.64% (7) PK: 77.63%(18) The Tampa Bay Lightning usually…

Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres: GAME# 21 Time: 7:00 pm Eastern Time Location: Keybank Center Broadcast/Streaming: BSSUNX, MSG-B Opponent SBNation Site: Die By The Blade DraftKings Odds: Lightning -1.5 O/U 6.5 The Tampa Bay Lightning, who have gotten their season back on track thanks to a nice string of games at home, are back on the road in…

It's very early in the NHL season, but the records for both the Flyers and Lightning are probably the opposite of what we expected. New coach John Tortorella has his Philly squad off to a 2-0-0 start while the Lightning have stumbled to a 1-2-0 record in their first three games. Nevertheless, oddsmakers aren't expecting a surprise in this one…

The first month of the 2022-23 NHL Season is in the books, and one of the early trends is that underdogs are starting to bark again. The last two seasons have been especially hard on underdogs - favorites won 64.8% of games in 2021-22 (the best mark in the Action Network database) and 62.3% in 2020-21 (second-best) - but there are signs that things…

The Atlantic Division always figures to be one of the toughest in the NHL, and that will be the case going into the 2022-23 season. The Florida Panthers and the Toronto Maple Leafs enter the season as the top two favorites to win the division, according to DraftKings Sportsbook, with the Tampa Bay Lightning just behind them. But the Detroit Red…

The Pittsburgh Penguins began to take shape for Game 1 tonight, and it appears there will be two new players making their first opening-night start. PHN tackled why some Penguins trade chatter is not a good idea. Ian Cole spoke with the NHL investigators on Wednesday, but neither side had an announcement. Montreal gave Carey Price a thunderous…

The departure of veteran forward Ondrej Palat, now with the New Jersey Devils, and defenseman Ryan McDonagh (off to the Nashville Predators) leaves some holes to fill for the defending Eastern Conference champion Tampa Bay Lightning. However, the rest of the nucleus is intact, making the Lightning again the team to beat in the East. If there is a…

BRANDON - They have been dressed and ready to go for three years. Skates sharpened, sticks taped, beards grown. They have sweated in the preseason, bled in the regular season and dreamed of the postseason. And yet, when the lights dimmed, the music swelled and the puck dropped for the Stanley Cup finals, the Maple Leafs may as well have had their…

You're reading the newest edition of THN.com's Burning Questions series, a continuing feature in which we ask three crucial questions about every NHL franchise. In today's file, we're posing three burning questions about the Tampa Bay Lightning: THREE BURNING QUESTIONS FOR THE LIGHTNING IN 2022-23: 1. Can the Bolts once again defy the odds and make…

The Lightning came into the 2021-22 season with sky high expectations thanks to two straight Stanley Cups. There was some concern of a step back because they lost all three pieces of their coveted third line of Blake Coleman, Yanni Gourde, and Barclay Goodrow, but many still expected the Lightning to be competitive. And that they were in the…

Getting a little skin in the game can make watching NHL hockey even more exciting. During the 2021-22 season, Daily Faceoff will help you become an improved bettor thanks to this betting model and our betting tools. Each day we will look at each game, the, and the odds of each team winning based on the model created by Philip Bulsink. Based on…

The New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes are set to play Game 2 of their second-round matchup at PNC Arena tonight. Game 1 was an overtime thriller in Raleigh. Both teams were coming off series with a tremendous amount of goals, but only three were scored in Game 1. In the first period, an error by Carolina let Alexis Lafreniere slide down the…