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Lightning claim second straight Stanley Cup

July 8, 2021 The Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. — Instead of calling Steven Stamkos over to accept the Stanley Cup, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman beckoned the Tampa Bay Lightning over as a team. The Lightning sent out another pandemic hockey season […]

Hurricanes shut out in Game 5, eliminated by Lightning

June 9, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes’ season came to an end Tuesday at PNC Arena when the Tampa Bay Lightning won the second-round series between the teams with a 2-0 win in Game 5. Three Thoughts […]

Hurricanes claw way back into series with OT win in Tampa

June 4, 2021 Cory Lavalette

TAMPA BAY, Fla. — Jordan Staal redirected a Sebastian Aho shot 5:57 into overtime to give the Hurricanes a 3-2 win in Game 3 of their seven-game series with the Lightning on Thursday at Amalie […]

Late goal costs Hurricanes in Game 1 vs. Tampa Bay

May 31, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Lighting forward Barclay Goodrow snuck a shot past Hurricanes goalie Alex Nedeljkovic with 7:21 remaining in the game to give Tampa Bay a 2-1 win in Game 1 of its best-of-seven series with […]

Hurricanes take on Lightning, ‘X-factor’ Kucherov in Round 2

May 30, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — What was long seen as two teams on a playoff collision course becomes a reality Sunday when the Hurricanes host the 2020 Stanley Cup champion Lightning in Game 1 of their second-round series […]

Hurricanes rebound, beat Lightning 4-1 in rematch

April 21, 2021 Cory Lavalette

The Hurricanes rebounded from an overtime loss the night before to beat the Lightning 4-1 in Tuesday’s rematch in Tampa Bay. Nino Niederreiter, Jordan Staal and Steven Lorentz scored, Jordan Martinook added an empty-net goal, […]

Hurricanes take scorer Seth Jarvis with 13th pick in NHL Draft

October 6, 2020 Cory Lavalette

How did the newest member of the Carolina Hurricanes take his mind off of arguably the biggest day of his young life? “I went to the gym and just got away from it a little […]

Hurricanes have ‘disappointing’ effort in loss to Lightning

January 5, 2020 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-entered the playoff picture after shaking off their early season doldrums. If the Carolina Hurricanes play like they did Sunday afternoon, they’ll find themselves going in the other […]