Tampa Bay Lightning
How the Tampa Bay Lightning Helped Me Through a Challenging Time
February 28, 2019. A day I had been looking forward to for nearly a year. The Tampa Bay Lightning were at TD Garden to play the Boston Bruins, and I had made the trip from Florida, part of a tradition my father and I had begun in 2010. Unfortunately, I had started feeling off physically […]
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Tampa Bay Lightning 2022-2023 Season Review
Heading into the 2022-23 season, the Tampa Bay Lightning had high expectations after falling just short of capturing their third consecutive Stanley Cup. While they struggled late in the regular season and even during the playoffs, there were definitely things to celebrate. Going forward into another difficult offseason, it’s important to remember the good times […]
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Lightning’s High Expectations Make Early Exit Feel Like a Failure
After three straight Stanley Cup Final appearances, the Tampa Bay Lightning entered the 2022-23 season expecting to make the playoffs and advance past the first round. Keeping that in mind, one can imagine the shock and disbelief players, coaches, and management felt when their season ended on April 29, 2023. For the math nuts, that’s […]
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Former Jets Forward Finds New Home In Tampa Bay
Friday, May 5th, the Tampa Bay Lightning announced that they signed forward Michael Eyssimont to a two-year, one-way contract extension. Eyssimont will earn $800,000 annually and become an unrestricted free agent on July 1st, 2025. Eyssimont has been a journeyman this season, spending nine games with the Manitoba Moose in the AHL. He would post […]
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Rangers Have X-Factor in Shesterkin for Game 7 Against the Devils
Every single series in the Stanley Cup playoffs has one player that can win or change a series. In the first-round series between the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils, Devils goaltender Akira Schmid seemed to be that guy after his performances in Games 3, 4, and 5. Schmid, 22, stopped 80 of 82 […]
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Daily NHL Game Winner and Player Scoring Predictions
Last Updated: May 10th, 8:27 AM Welcome to Inside the Rink’s daily NHL probabilities! This page is updated daily with NHL win probabilities for each of the day’s games, as well as player goal-scoring, point-producing, and “Top Threat” probabilities. These probabilities are calculated via the datadrivenhockey game simulation model, GPM1. Information about the model and […]
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Lightning Need More From Their Stars
While the Tampa Bay Lightning avoided elimination in Game 5, they didn’t get any scoring out of their star players. Going forward, that can’t continue happening if they plan to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs. The top line of Steven Stamkos, Brayden Point, and Nikita Kucherov has a combined four goals in five games. They […]
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Game 6 Galore! NHL Predictions/Gambling Analytics for April 28th
Welcome to the daily NHL probabilities update. Here you can find win probabilities for each of the day’s NHL games, as well as player-level goal-scoring, point-producing, and “Top Threat” probabilities. These probabilities are calculated via the datadrivenhockey game simulation model, GPM1. Information about the model and links to get access to even more model outputs […]
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Do the Lightning Consider Lineup Changes for Pivotal Game 5?
With the Tampa Bay Lightning facing elimination in Game 5 Thursday night, the question of whether they consider making lineup changes is one worth pondering. They haven’t played poorly in the last two games. In fact, the Lightning controlled play for long stretches in Games 3 and 4. Defensive lapses late allowed the Toronto Maple […]
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Will the Leafs curse end tonight? NHL Predictions/Gambling Analytics for April 27th
Welcome to the daily NHL probabilities update. Here you can find win probabilities for each of the day’s NHL games, as well as player-level goal-scoring, point-producing, and “Top Threat” probabilities. These probabilities are calculated via the datadrivenhockey game simulation model, GPM1. Information about the model and links to get access to even more model outputs […]
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