Times wires Wednesday, June 1, 2011 VANCOUVER — Commissioner Gary Bettman believes the league will adopt a more balanced schedule when the relocated Winnipeg franchise likely moves to the Western Conference in 2012. In his annual state-of-the-league address Wednesday, Bettman confirmed the relocated Thrashers will play a final season in the Southeast Division with the Lightning in 2011-12 and ...

Times wires Tuesday, May 31, 2011 ATLANTA — There was little reaction in this city to the news Tuesday the Thrashers were sold to a Winnipeg group that will move the team to that city, other than a tearful news conference held by outgoing co-owner Michael Gearon. Gearon said the ownership group, which also controls the NBA's Hawks and Philips Arena, did all it could to find someone who would ...

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Hart Trophy finalist Martin St. Louis and Teddy Purcell collect two goals apiece as the Tampa Bay Lightning force a decisive seventh game in the Eastern Conference final.

Tampa Bay Lightning winger Sean Bergenheim will be assessed Wednesday prior to Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals vs. Boston.

Over the weekend, Tim Thomas provided the Tampa Bay Lightning with bulletin-board material.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are once again hitching their hopes of blocking Boston's path to the Stanley Cup finals on goaltender Dwayne Roloson.

Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Steve Downie likely will be a game-time decision for Monday's Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals at Boston.

In the NBA western conference finals, the Oklahoma City Thunder stole one game on the road to even the series against the Dallas Mavericks . The Thunder relied on the gutsy play of their reserves to beat the Mavericks, 106-100. In the NHL playoffs, the Boston Bruins established a 2-1 lead over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 3 in the Eastern conference finals. The Bruins’ Tim Thomas made 31 ...

Sean Bergenheim scored two goals and Dwayne Roloson stopped 33 shots as the surging Tampa Bay Lightning completed a series sweep of the top-seeded Washington Capitals with a 5-3 victory in Game 4

Sean Bergenheim scored a pair of goals and Dwayne Roloson made 33 saves as the Tampa Bay Lightning knocked the Washington Capitals out of the postseason following Wednesday's 5-3 victory in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Derrick Rose officially became the NBAand#8217;s youngest MVP yesterday, joining Michael Jordan as the only Bulls players to win the award. Rose had a spectacular season in leading Chicago to the leagueand#8217;s best record (62-20).

In an instant, the top-seeded Washington Capitals went from climbing back into the Eastern Conference semifinals to the brink of elimination against the surging Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Tampa Bay Lightning struck twice in a 24 second span in the third period to rally for a 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal.

Steven Stamkos and Ryan Malone scored 24 seconds apart in the third period and the fifth-seeded Lightning beat the reeling Capitals, 4-3, to take a commanding 3-0 series lead on Tuesday night.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vincent Lecavalier scored his second goal of the game 6:19 into overtime, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the top-seeded Washington Capitals, 3-2, last night for a 2-0 lead in the

The 2011 NHL Playoffs schedule  for the second-round series between the Washington Capitals and the Tampa Bay Lightning included a peculiar twist: Games 3 and 4 in Tampa Bay were scheduled for back-to-back nights on Tuesday, May 2 and Wednesday, May 3. Normally, the NHL does everything possible to avoid this kind of scenario, and there isn't an NBA team in Tampa Bay that could cause an arena ...

By Damian Cristodero, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, April 27, 2011 Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik, in his first public statements regarding the accusation from Tampa Bay Lightning coach Guy Boucher he either poked or gouged the eyes of ightning star Steven Stamkos, called the accusation "disappointing and childish." "It's disappointing," Orpik told the St. Petersburg Times and ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Steve Downie scored to snap a third-period tie and ex-UMass Lowell star Dwayne Roloson stopped 27 shots last night, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning beat Marc-Andre Fleury and the

HotelPlanner.com, a valued sponsor of the Tampa Bay Lightning, announced today that it has partnered with the club to provide Facebook fans with an exciting offer through the team's 2011 Stanley Cup Playoff run.