What league does Tampa Bay Lightning play in?

Tampa Bay Lightning play in the NHL.

When was Tampa Bay Lightning founded?

Tampa Bay Lightning was founded in 1992 in Tampa, FL, USA, USA.

Where is Tampa Bay Lightning based?

Tampa Bay Lightning is based in Tampa, FL, USA.

Who is the head coach of Tampa Bay Lightning?

The head coach of Tampa Bay Lightning is Jacques Demers.

Who is the captain of Tampa Bay Lightning?

The captain of Tampa Bay Lightning is Rob Zamuner.

What arena does Tampa Bay Lightning play in?

Tampa Bay Lightning play their home games at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, FL, USA.

Who is the general manager of Tampa Bay Lightning?

The general manager of Tampa Bay Lightning is Jay Feaster.

What are the team colors of Tampa Bay Lightning?

The team colors of Tampa Bay Lightning are Blue + White.

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1998-1999 Season

Tampa Bay Lightning were 19-54-9 in the 1998-99 NHL season with 47 points, 27th overall.

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1998-1999 Tampa Bay Lightning Player Stats

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Tampa Bay Lightning — 1998-1999 Skater Stats
#	N	Skater	Regular Season						Postseason
#	N	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
NHL
1.		Darcy Tucker (LW)	82	21	22	43	176	-34
2.		Wendel Clark (LW)	65	28	14	42	35	-25
3.		Stéphane Richer (LW)	64	12	21	33	22	-10
4.		Vincent Lecavalier (C)	82	13	15	28	23	-19
5.		Chris Gratton (C)	52	7	19	26	102	-20
6.		Benoit Hogue (C)	62	11	14	25	50	-12
7.		Craig Janney (C)	38	4	18	22	10	-13
8.		Pavel Kubina (D)	68	9	12	21	80	-33
9.		Rob Zamuner (LW)	58	8	11	19	24	-15
10.		Alexander Selivanov (RW)	43	6	13	19	18	-8
11.		Cory Cross (D)	67	2	16	18	92	-25
12.		Jassen Cullimore (D)	78	5	12	17	81	-22
13.		Petr Svoboda (D)	34	1	16	17	53	-4
14.		Alexandre Daigle (C)	32	6	6	12	2	-12
15.		Sandy McCarthy (RW)	67	5	7	12	135	-22
16.		Mikael Renberg (RW)	20	4	8	12	4	-2
17.		Mike Sillinger (C)	54	8	2	10	28	-20
18.		Daymond Langkow (C)	22	4	6	10	15	0
19.		Michael Nylander (C)	24	2	7	9	6	-10
20.		David Wilkie (D)	46	1	7	8	69	-19
21.		Róbert Petrovický (C)	28	3	4	7	6	-8
22.		Mike McBain (D)	37	0	6	6	14	-11
23.		Mikael Andersson (C/W)	40	2	3	5	4	-8
24.		Kjell Samuelsson (D)	46	1	4	5	38	-6
25.		Colin Forbes (C)	14	3	1	4	10	-5
26.		Steve Kelly (C)	34	1	3	4	27	-15
27.		Brent Peterson (LW)	20	2	1	3	0	-2
28.		Karl Dykhuis (D)	33	2	1	3	18	-21
29.		Michal Sýkora (D)	10	1	2	3	0	-7
30.		Drew Bannister (D)	21	1	2	3	24	-4
31.		Sergei Gusev (D)	14	0	3	3	10	-8
32.		Jason Bonsignore (C)	23	0	3	3	8	-4
33.		Andrei Nazarov (LW)	26	2	0	2	43	-5
34.		Paul Mara (D)	1	1	1	2	0	-3
35.		Enrico Ciccone (D)	16	1	1	2	24	-1
36.		Andrei Skopintsev (D)	19	1	1	2	10	1
37.		Karel Betik (D)	3	0	2	2	2	-3
38.		Sami Helenius (D)	4	1	0	1	15	-3
39.		Corey Spring (RW)	8	0	1	1	2	0
40.		Paul Ysebaert (LW)	10	0	1	1	2	-5
41.		Xavier Delisle (C)	2	0	0	0	0	0
42.		John Cullen (C)	4	0	0	0	2	-2
43.		Mario Larocque (D)	5	0	0	0	16	-4

Tampa Bay Lightning — 1998-1999 Goalie Stats
#	N	Goalie	Regular Season									Postseason
#	N	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS	GP	GAA	SV%
NHL
1.		Kevin Hodson (G)	5	2.78	.907	2	1	1	0	238:00	107
2.		Daren Puppa (G)	13	3.14	.906	5	6	1	2	691:00	317
3.		Zac Bierk (G)	1	2.04	.905	0	1	0	0	58:55	19
4.		Derek Wilkinson (G)	5	3.08	.898	1	3	1	0	253:00	115
5.		Corey Schwab (G)	40	3.52	.891	8	25	3	0	2146:00	1027
6.		Bill Ranford (G)	32	3.90	.881	3	18	3	1	1568:00	756

1998-1999 Tampa Bay Lightning Staff

GM/Head CoachJacques Demers
Asst. CoachPaulin Bordeleau
Asst. CoachJohn Cullen
Asst. CoachRick Paterson
Asst. General ManagerJay Feaster
Team ManagerPhil Thibodeau
Amateur ScoutSteve Baker
Amateur ScoutAngelo Bumbacco
Amateur ScoutRandy Hansch
Amateur ScoutRichard Rose
Amateur ScoutLuke Williams
Asst. Equipment ManagerJim Pickard
BroadcasterRick Peckham
BroadcasterBobby Taylor
Dir. of Amateur ScoutingTony Esposito
Dir. of Player DevelopmentDon Murdoch

1998-1999 Tampa Bay Lightning Captains

"C"

Rob Zamuner

"A"

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1998-1999 Tampa Bay Lightning Demographics

Tampa Bay Lightning Facts

Plays in: National Hockey League
Team Colors: Blue + White
Town: Tampa, FL, USA Map
Founded: 1992

1998-1999 Tampa Bay Lightning Roster Facts

Nationalities

30 players
5 players
4 players
4 players
4 players
1 player
1 player

Experience

Tampa Bay Lightning: 4 600 GP
NHL: 14 599 GP
WC: 231 GP
OG: 42 GP
SHL: 255 GP
Liiga: 148 GP
Czechia: 75 GP
AHL: 2 689 GP
DEL: 46 GP
NL: 36 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL)
Syracuse Crunch (AHL)

Arena Information

Arena Name: Benchmark International Arena
Location: Tampa, FL, USA
Capacity: 19 092
Construction Year: 1996

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Tampa Bay Lightning Games

Tampa Bay Lightning — 1998-1999 Games
date	home	visiting	score	league
11/14/2026 07:00 PM GMT-5	Tampa Bay Lightning	Detroit Red Wings	-	NHL
11/12/2026 07:00 PM GMT-5	Columbus Blue Jackets	Tampa Bay Lightning	-	NHL
11/11/2026 07:00 PM GMT-5	Buffalo Sabres	Tampa Bay Lightning	3 - 8	NHL
11/08/2026 06:00 PM GMT-5	Winnipeg Jets	Tampa Bay Lightning	4 - 3	NHL
11/07/2026 08:00 PM GMT-5	Minnesota Wild	Tampa Bay Lightning	3 - 4 (OT 63:23)	NHL

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Latest Transactions

Tampa Bay Lightning — Latest Transactions
Date	Status		Player	Team	Source
11/11/2026	Up/Down	joining	Sam O'Reilly (F)	Syracuse Crunch	Details
10/09/2026	Up/Down	leaving	Dominic James (F)	Syracuse Crunch	Details
10/08/2026	Up/Down	leaving	Jansen Harkins (F)	Syracuse Crunch	Details
09/28/2026	Loan	leaving	Benjamin Rautiainen (F)	Tappara	Details
09/26/2026	Confirmed	leaving	Jonas Johansson (G)	Ottawa Senators	Details
09/25/2026	Confirmed	leaving	Luke Glendening (F)	Unknown	Details
09/17/2026	Confirmed	joining	Nathan Mayes (D)	Spokane Chiefs	Details
09/17/2026	Confirmed	joining	Elliot Arnett (D)	Owen Sound Attack	Details

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Tampa Bay Lightning History and Standings

Tampa Bay Lightning — Season History
season	league	GP	W	OTW	T	OTL	L	TP	GF	GA	P/GP	rank	postseason
2026-2027	NHL	18	10	2	-	2	4	26	71	56	1.44	3	-
2025-2026	NHL	82	40	10	-	6	26	106	290	231	1.29	3	Conference QF loss
2024-2025	NHL	82	41	6	-	8	27	102	294	219	1.24	3	Conference QF loss
2023-2024	NHL	82	37	8	-	8	29	98	291	268	1.2	6	Conference QF loss
2022-2023	NHL	82	38	8	-	6	30	98	283	254	1.2	6	Conference QF loss
2021-2022	NHL	82	39	12	-	8	23	110	287	233	1.34	5	Final loss
2020-2021	NHL	56	36	-	-	3	17	75	181	147	1.34	8	Champion
2019-2020	NHL	70	43	-	-	6	21	92	245	195	1.31	4	Champion
2018-2019	NHL	82	62	-	-	4	16	128	325	222	1.56	1	Conference QF loss
2017-2018	NHL	82	54	-	-	5	23	113	296	236	1.38	3	Conference Final loss
2016-2017	NHL	82	42	-	-	10	30	94	234	227	1.15	18	Did not make playoffs
2015-2016	NHL	82	46	-	-	5	31	97	227	201	1.18	12	Conference Final loss
2014-2015	NHL	82	50	-	-	8	24	108	262	211	1.32	5	Final loss
2013-2014	NHL	82	46	-	-	9	27	101	240	215	1.23	8	Conference QF loss
2012-2013	NHL	48	18	-	-	4	26	40	148	150	0.83	28	Did not make playoffs
2011-2012	NHL	82	38	-	-	8	36	84	235	281	1.02	21	Did not make playoffs
2010-2011	NHL	82	46	-	-	11	25	103	247	240	1.26	8	Conference Final loss
2009-2010	NHL	82	34	-	-	12	36	80	217	260	0.98	25	Did not make playoffs
2008-2009	NHL	82	24	-	-	18	40	66	210	279	0.8	29	Did not make playoffs
2007-2008	NHL	82	31	-	-	9	42	71	223	267	0.87	30	Did not make playoffs
2006-2007	NHL	82	44	-	-	5	33	93	253	261	1.13	16	Conference QF loss
2005-2006	NHL	82	43	-	-	6	33	92	252	260	1.12	16	Conference QF loss
2003-2004	NHL	82	46	-	8	6	22	106	245	192	1.29	2	Champion
2002-2003	NHL	82	36	-	16	5	25	93	219	210	1.13	11	Conference SF loss
2001-2002	NHL	82	27	-	11	4	40	69	178	219	0.84	27	Did not make playoffs
2000-2001	NHL	82	24	-	6	5	47	59	201	280	0.72	29	Did not make playoffs
1999-2000	NHL	82	19	-	9	7	47	54	204	310	0.66	27	Did not make playoffs
1998-1999	NHL	82	19	-	9	-	54	47	179	292	0.57	27	Did not make playoffs
1997-1998	NHL	82	17	-	10	-	55	44	151	269	0.54	26	Did not make playoffs
1996-1997	NHL	82	32	-	10	-	40	74	217	247	0.9	20	Did not make playoffs

Tampa Bay Lightning Retired Numbers

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

Tampa Bay Lightning — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Danick Martel (F)	2026-2027	HK Spisska Nova Ves	Extraliga	16	10	14	24	11
2.	Steven Stamkos (F)	2026-2027	Nashville Predators	NHL	19	11	9	20	8
3.	Mikhail Sergachyov (D)	2026-2027	Utah Mammoth	NHL	19	5	15	20	19
4.	Andrej Sustr (D)	2026-2027	Jukurit	Liiga	21	1	19	20	10
5.	Matthew Peca (F)	2026-2027	Rochester Americans	AHL	13	6	12	18	6
6.	Carter Verhaeghe (F)	2026-2027	Florida Panthers	NHL	19	10	7	17	12
7.	Michael Eyssimont (F)	2026-2027	Providence Bruins	AHL	8	13	3	16	10
8.	Nikita Nesterov (D)	2026-2027	CSKA Moskva	KHL	25	0	16	16	2
9.	Jakob Pelletier (F)	2026-2027	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	13	9	5	14	22
10.	J.T. Miller (F)	2026-2027	New York Rangers	NHL	20	4	10	14	31

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Tampa Bay Lightning — Roster Demographics
Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	6'2"	201 lbs	29.20
2025-2026	View Roster	6'2"	203 lbs	29.52
2024-2025	View Roster	6'1"	198 lbs	29.46
2023-2024	View Roster	6'1"	203 lbs	28.79
2022-2023	View Roster	6'2"	207 lbs	29.75

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

Tampa Bay Lightning — Franchise All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	897	409	741	1150
2.	Steven Stamkos (F)	1082	555	582	1137
3.	Martin St-Louis (F)	972	365	588	953
4.	Vincent Lecavalier (F)	1037	383	491	874
5.	Victor Hedman (D)	1181	176	641	817

Franchise All-Time Goals

Tampa Bay Lightning — Franchise All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Steven Stamkos (F)	1082	555	582	1137
2.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	897	409	741	1150
3.	Vincent Lecavalier (F)	1037	383	491	874
4.	Martin St-Louis (F)	972	365	588	953
5.	Brayden Point (F)	737	329	372	701

Franchise All-Time Assists

Tampa Bay Lightning — Franchise All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	897	409	741	1150
2.	Victor Hedman (D)	1181	176	641	817
3.	Martin St-Louis (F)	972	365	588	953
4.	Steven Stamkos (F)	1082	555	582	1137
5.	Vincent Lecavalier (F)	1037	383	491	874

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

Tampa Bay Lightning — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Chris Gratton (F)	482	98	259	828
2.	Victor Hedman (D)	1181	176	817	784
3.	Pavel Kubina (D)	662	72	243	784
4.	Vincent Lecavalier (F)	1037	383	874	746
5.	Steven Stamkos (F)	1082	555	1137	631

Franchise All-Time Games Played

Tampa Bay Lightning — Franchise All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Victor Hedman (D)	1181	176	641	817
2.	Steven Stamkos (F)	1082	555	582	1137
3.	Vincent Lecavalier (F)	1037	383	491	874
4.	Martin St-Louis (F)	972	365	588	953
5.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	897	409	741	1150

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

Tampa Bay Lightning — Franchise All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	P/GP
1.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	897	409	1150	1.28
2.	Jake Guentzel (F)	179	89	190	1.06
3.	Steven Stamkos (F)	1082	555	1137	1.05
4.	Sam O'Reilly (F)	1	0	1	1.00
5.	Cory Stillman (F)	81	25	80	0.99

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

Tampa Bay Lightning — Franchise All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	P/GP	PIM
1.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2023-2024	NHL	81	44	100	144	1.78	22
2.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2025-2026	NHL	76	44	86	130	1.71	50
3.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2018-2019	NHL	82	41	87	128	1.56	62
4.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2024-2025	NHL	78	37	84	121	1.55	45
5.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2022-2023	NHL	82	30	83	113	1.38	36

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

Tampa Bay Lightning — Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	P/GP	PIM
1.	Steven Stamkos (F)	2011-2012	NHL	82	60	37	97	1.18	66
2.	Vincent Lecavalier (F)	2006-2007	NHL	82	52	56	108	1.32	44
3.	Brayden Point (F)	2022-2023	NHL	82	51	44	95	1.16	7
4.	Steven Stamkos (F)	2009-2010	NHL	82	51	44	95	1.16	38
5.	Brayden Point (F)	2023-2024	NHL	81	46	44	90	1.11	14

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

Tampa Bay Lightning — Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	P/GP	PIM
1.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2023-2024	NHL	81	44	100	144	1.78	22
2.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2018-2019	NHL	82	41	87	128	1.56	62
3.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2025-2026	NHL	76	44	86	130	1.71	50
4.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2024-2025	NHL	78	37	84	121	1.55	45
5.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2022-2023	NHL	82	30	83	113	1.38	36

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

Tampa Bay Lightning — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	P/GP	PIM
1.	Zenon Konopka (F)	2009-2010	NHL	74	2	3	5	0.07	265
2.	Enrico Ciccone (D)	1995-1996	NHL	55	2	3	5	0.09	258
3.	Enrico Ciccone (D)	1994-1995	NHL	41	2	4	6	0.15	225
4.	Steve Downie (F)	2009-2010	NHL	79	22	24	46	0.58	208
5.	Chris Gratton (F)	1996-1997	NHL	82	30	32	62	0.76	201

Player Nationalities Throughout History

Recent NHL Entry Draft Selections

Tampa Bay Lightning — Recent NHL Entry Draft Selections
rnd	#	player	born	birthplace	height	weight
2026
2	#52	Oleg Kulebyakin (F)	01/11/2008	St. Petersburg, RUS	5'11"	179 lbs
3	#90	Tomas Kralovic (D)	08/28/2005	Bratislava, SVK	6'3"	203 lbs
5	#134	Morgan Anderberg (F)	10/27/2007	Stockholm, SWE	5'11"	174 lbs
5	#154	Cooper Soller (F)	08/11/2008	Los Angeles, CA, USA	5'10"	172 lbs
6	#186	Stepan Shurygin (G)	08/26/2007	Samara, RUS	6'5"	216 lbs
7	#218	Max Vilén (D)	06/29/2006	Hammarlöv, SWE	6'3"	209 lbs
2025
2	#56	Ethan Czata (F)	05/29/2007	Brampton, ON, CAN	6'2"	179 lbs
4	#108	Benjamin Rautiainen (F)	06/12/2005	Tampere, FIN	6'0"	183 lbs
4	#127	Aiden Foster (F)	02/05/2007	Lloydminster, AB, CAN	6'4"	190 lbs
5	#151	Everett Baldwin (D)	01/15/2007	Providence, RI, USA	6'0"	183 lbs
7	#193	Caleb Heil (G)	06/19/2006	Victoria, MN, USA	6'2"	207 lbs
7	#206	Roman Luttsev (F)	04/01/2006	Elektrostal, RUS	6'1"	174 lbs
7	#212	Grant Spada (D)	06/24/2007	Fort Erie, ON, CAN	6'7"	220 lbs
7	#215	Marco Mignosa (F)	04/13/2005	Toronto, ON, CAN	6'0"	172 lbs
2024
4	#118	Jan Golicic (D)	06/30/2006	Jesenice, SLO	6'5"	205 lbs
4	#128	Hagen Burrows (F)	10/13/2005	Orono, MN, USA	6'3"	176 lbs
5	#149	Joona Saarelainen (F)	04/04/2006	Mikkeli, FIN	5'9"	187 lbs
6	#181	Kaden Pitre (F)	02/08/2006	Stouffville, ON, CAN	6'0"	185 lbs
7	#195	Joe Connor (F)	03/31/2005	Amherst, NH, USA	5'10"	181 lbs
7	#199	Noah Steen (F)	08/16/2004	Oslo, NOR	6'1"	194 lbs
7	#206	Harrison Meneghin (G)	09/13/2004	South Surrey, BC, CAN	6'4"	174 lbs

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2021 Stanley Cup Championship Lineup
Ondrej Palat - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Steven Stamkos
Barclay Goodrow - Yanni Gourde - Blake Coleman
Pat Maroon - Tyler Johnson - Ross Colton

Victor Hedman - Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachyov - David Savard

Andrei Vasilevsky
(Curtis McElhinney)

2020 Stanley Cup Championship Lineup
Ondrej Palat - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Tyler Johnson
Barclay Goodrow - Yanni Gourde - Blake Coleman
Pat Maroon - Cédric Paquette - Steven Stamkos

Victor Hedman - Kevin Shattenkirk
Mikhail Sergachyov - Erik Cernak
Ryan McDonagh - Zach Bogosian

Andrei Vasilevsky
(Curtis McElhinney)

2004 Stanley Cup Championship Lineup
Cory Stillman - Vincent Lecavalier - Martin Saint-Louis
Fredrik Modin - Brad Richards - Ruslan Fedotenko
Dave Andreychuk - Tim Taylor - Dmitri Afanasenkov
Chris Dingman - Éric Perrin - André Roy

Brad Lukowich - Pavel Kubina
Darryl Sydor - Dan Boyle
Nolan Pratt - Cory Sarich
Jassen Cullimore

Nikolai Khabibulin
(John Grahame)