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 Barry Melrose.

Who is the captain of Tampa Bay Lightning?

The captain of Tampa Bay Lightning is Vincent Lecavalier.

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 Brian Lawton.

What are the team colors of Tampa Bay Lightning?

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

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2008-2009 Season

Tampa Bay Lightning were 24-40-18 in the 2008-09 NHL season with 66 points, 29th overall.

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2008-2009 Tampa Bay Lightning Player Stats

All Positions

#	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
NHL
1.	Martin St-Louis (RW)	82	30	50	80	14	4
2.	Vincent Lecavalier (C)	77	29	38	67	54	-9
3.	Steven Stamkos (C/W)	79	23	23	46	39	-13
4.	Ryan Malone (LW)	70	26	19	45	98	4
5.	Václav Prospal (LW/C)	82	19	26	45	52	-20
6.	Mark Recchi (RW)	62	13	32	45	20	-15
7.	Steve Eminger (D)	50	4	19	23	36	-4
8.	Lukas Krajicek (D)	71	2	17	19	48	-8
9.	Jeff Halpern (C)	52	7	9	16	32	-13
10.	Jussi Jokinen (W/C)	46	6	10	16	16	-8
11.	Evgeny Artyukhin (RW/LW)	73	6	10	16	151	1
12.	Andrej Meszaros (D)	52	2	14	16	36	-4
13.	Matt Pettinger (LW)	59	8	7	15	24	-14
14.	Cory Murphy (D)	25	5	10	15	12	-3
15.	Paul Ranger (D)	42	2	11	13	56	-5
16.	Adam Hall (RW)	74	5	5	10	29	-9
17.	Paul Szczechura (C/RW)	31	4	5	9	12	-1
18.	Gary Roberts (LW)	30	4	3	7	27	-11
19.	Matt Lashoff (D)	12	0	7	7	10	-7
20.	Radim Vrbata (RW/LW)	18	3	3	6	8	-1
21.	Steve Downie (RW)	23	3	3	6	54	2
22.	Ryan Craig (C/LW)	54	2	4	6	60	-7
23.	Martins Karsums (LW/RW)	18	1	4	5	6	-5
24.	Josef Melichar (D)	24	0	5	5	29	1
25.	Marek Malík (D)	42	0	5	5	36	-3
26.	Matt Smaby (D)	43	0	4	4	50	-11
27.	Janne Niskala (D)	6	1	2	3	6	0
28.	Vladimír Mihálik (D)	11	0	3	3	6	-3
29.	Richard Petiot (D)	11	0	3	3	21	5
30.	Matt Carle (D)	12	1	1	2	6	1
31.	David Koci (D/LW)	33	1	1	2	132	3
32.	Jamie Heward (D)	13	0	2	2	4	-1
33.	Chris Gratton (C)	18	0	2	2	10	-3
34.	Mike Lundin (D)	25	0	2	2	4	-4
35.	Ty Wishart (D)	5	0	1	1	0	0
36.	Kevin Quick (D)	6	0	1	1	0	0
37.	Radek Smolenak (LW/RW)	6	0	1	1	10	1
38.	Brandon Bochenski (RW/LW)	7	0	1	1	2	-3
39.	Zenon Konopka (C)	7	0	1	1	29	-1
40.	Shane O'Brien (D)	1	0	0	0	0	-1
41.	Geoff Kinrade (D)	1	0	0	0	0	-1
42.	Jason Ward (RW)	1	0	0	0	2	0
43.	Andrew Hutchinson (D)	2	0	0	0	0	-5
44.	Brandon Segal (RW)	2	0	0	0	0	0
45.	Noah Welch (D)	17	0	0	0	14	-4

#	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS
NHL
1.	Riku Helenius (G)	1	0.00	1.000	0	0	0	0	7:00	2
2.	Mike Smith (G)	41	2.62	.916	14	18	9	2	2471:00	1174
3.	Olaf Kölzig (G)	8	3.66	.898	2	4	1	0	410:00	220
4.	Karri Rämö (G)	24	3.66	.894	4	10	7	0	1312:00	676
5.	Mike McKenna (G)	15	3.56	.887	4	8	1	1	776:00	360

2008-2009 Tampa Bay Lightning Staff

Head CoachBarry Melrose
Head CoachRick Tocchet
Asst. CoachMike Sullivan
Asst. CoachRick Tocchet
Asst. CoachWes Walz
Goaltending CoachRobert Raeder
General ManagerBrian Lawton
Asst. General ManagerTom Kurvers
Asst. General ManagerClaude Loiselle
Team ManagerPhil Thibodeau
Amateur ScoutMicah Aivazoff
Amateur ScoutSteve Baker
Amateur ScoutLen Barrie
Amateur ScoutAngelo Bumbacco
Amateur ScoutBilly Coupland
Amateur ScoutRob Doyle

2008-2009 Tampa Bay Lightning Captains

"C"

Vincent Lecavalier

"A"

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2008-2009 Tampa Bay Lightning Demographics

Tampa Bay Lightning Facts

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

2008-2009 Tampa Bay Lightning Roster Facts

Nationalities

22 players
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7 players
4 players
2 players
1 player
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1 player

Experience

Tampa Bay Lightning: 4 444 GP
NHL: 14 304 GP
WC: 318 GP
OG: 52 GP
SHL: 175 GP
Liiga: 743 GP
Czechia: 165 GP
AHL: 5 655 GP
DEL: 8 GP
NL: 228 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

A photo of arena: Benchmark International Arena

Tampa Bay Lightning Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
10/03/2026 11:00 PM UTC	Tampa Bay Lightning	Washington Capitals	-	NHL
10/01/2026 11:00 PM UTC	New York Rangers	Tampa Bay Lightning	-	NHL
05/03/2026 10:00 PM UTC	Tampa Bay Lightning	Montréal Canadiens	1 - 2	NHL
05/01/2026 11:00 PM UTC	Montréal Canadiens	Tampa Bay Lightning	0 - 1 (OT 69:03)	NHL
04/29/2026 11:00 PM UTC	Tampa Bay Lightning	Montréal Canadiens	2 - 3	NHL

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Tampa Bay Lightning History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	NHL	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	12	-
2025-2026	NHL	82	40	26	-	10	6	290	231	106	1.29	3	Conference QF loss
2024-2025	NHL	82	41	27	-	6	8	294	219	102	1.24	3	Conference QF loss
2023-2024	NHL	82	37	29	-	8	8	291	268	98	1.2	6	Conference QF loss
2022-2023	NHL	82	38	30	-	8	6	283	254	98	1.2	6	Conference QF loss
2021-2022	NHL	82	39	23	-	12	8	287	233	110	1.34	5	Final loss
2020-2021	NHL	56	36	17	-	-	3	181	147	75	1.34	8	Champion
2019-2020	NHL	70	43	21	-	-	6	245	195	92	1.31	4	Champion
2018-2019	NHL	82	62	16	-	-	4	325	222	128	1.56	1	Conference QF loss
2017-2018	NHL	82	54	23	-	-	5	296	236	113	1.38	3	Conference Final loss
2016-2017	NHL	82	42	30	-	-	10	234	227	94	1.15	18	Did not make playoffs
2015-2016	NHL	82	46	31	-	-	5	227	201	97	1.18	12	Conference Final loss
2014-2015	NHL	82	50	24	-	-	8	262	211	108	1.32	5	Final loss
2013-2014	NHL	82	46	27	-	-	9	240	215	101	1.23	8	Conference QF loss
2012-2013	NHL	48	18	26	-	-	4	148	150	40	0.83	28	Did not make playoffs
2011-2012	NHL	82	38	36	-	-	8	235	281	84	1.02	21	Did not make playoffs
2010-2011	NHL	82	46	25	-	-	11	247	240	103	1.26	8	Conference Final loss
2009-2010	NHL	82	34	36	-	-	12	217	260	80	0.98	25	Did not make playoffs
2008-2009	NHL	82	24	40	-	-	18	210	279	66	0.8	29	Did not make playoffs
2007-2008	NHL	82	31	42	-	-	9	223	267	71	0.87	30	Did not make playoffs
2006-2007	NHL	82	44	33	-	-	5	253	261	93	1.13	16	Conference QF loss
2005-2006	NHL	82	43	33	-	-	6	252	260	92	1.12	16	Conference QF loss
2003-2004	NHL	82	46	22	8	-	6	245	192	106	1.29	2	Champion
2002-2003	NHL	82	36	25	16	-	5	219	210	93	1.13	11	Conference SF loss
2001-2002	NHL	82	27	40	11	-	4	178	219	69	0.84	27	Did not make playoffs
2000-2001	NHL	82	24	47	6	-	5	201	280	59	0.72	29	Did not make playoffs
1999-2000	NHL	82	19	47	9	-	7	204	310	54	0.66	27	Did not make playoffs
1998-1999	NHL	82	19	54	9	-	-	179	292	47	0.57	27	Did not make playoffs
1997-1998	NHL	82	17	55	10	-	-	151	269	44	0.54	26	Did not make playoffs
1996-1997	NHL	82	32	40	10	-	-	217	247	74	0.9	20	Did not make playoffs

Tampa Bay Lightning Retired Numbers

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Andrej Sustr (D)	2026-2027	Jukurit	Liiga	9	0	13	13	6
2.	Danick Martel (F)	2026-2027	HK Spisska Nova Ves	Extraliga	6	3	6	9	7
3.	Dmitri Korobov (D)	2026-2027	Shakhter Soligorsk	Belarus	8	0	8	8	4
4.	Nikita Nesterov (D)	2026-2027	CSKA Moskva	KHL	11	0	7	7	2
5.	Rudolfs Balcers (F)	2026-2027	ZSC Lions	NL	7	4	1	5	0
6.	Boris Katchouk (F)	2026-2027	Traktor Chelyabinsk	KHL	9	2	3	5	4
7.	Greg McKegg (F)	2026-2027	Milano Hockey Club	ICEHL	6	1	2	3	0
8.	Gemel Smith (F)	2026-2027	HC Presov	Extraliga	6	1	2	3	4
9.	Waltteri Merelä (F)	2026-2027	SC Bern	NL	5	0	3	3	0
10.	Joël Vermin (F)	2026-2027	EHC Biel-Bienne	NL	6	0	2	2	0

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	6'2"	201 lbs	29.48
2025-2026	View Roster	6'2"	203 lbs	29.48
2024-2025	View Roster	6'1"	198 lbs	29.42
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

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Steven Stamkos (F)	1082	555	582	1137
2.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	879	401	723	1124
3.	Martin St-Louis (F)	972	365	588	953
4.	Vincent Lecavalier (F)	1037	383	491	874
5.	Victor Hedman (D)	1164	172	639	811

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Steven Stamkos (F)	1082	555	582	1137
2.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	879	401	723	1124
3.	Vincent Lecavalier (F)	1037	383	491	874
4.	Martin St-Louis (F)	972	365	588	953
5.	Brayden Point (F)	720	324	361	685

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	879	401	723	1124
2.	Victor Hedman (D)	1164	172	639	811
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.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Chris Gratton (F)	482	98	259	828
2.	Pavel Kubina (D)	662	72	243	784
3.	Victor Hedman (D)	1164	172	811	782
4.	Vincent Lecavalier (F)	1037	383	874	746
5.	Steven Stamkos (F)	1082	555	1137	631

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Victor Hedman (D)	1164	172	639	811
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)	879	401	723	1124

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	879	401	1124	1.28
2.	Steven Stamkos (F)	1082	555	1137	1.05
3.	Jake Guentzel (F)	161	79	168	1.04
4.	Cory Stillman (F)	81	25	80	0.99
5.	Martin St-Louis (F)	972	365	953	0.98

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2023-2024	81	44	144
2.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2025-2026	76	44	130
3.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2018-2019	82	41	128
4.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2024-2025	78	37	121
5.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2022-2023	82	30	113

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Steven Stamkos (F)	2011-2012	82	60	97
2.	Vincent Lecavalier (F)	2006-2007	82	52	108
3.	Brayden Point (F)	2022-2023	82	51	95
4.	Steven Stamkos (F)	2009-2010	82	51	95
5.	Brayden Point (F)	2023-2024	81	46	90

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2023-2024	81	100	144
2.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2018-2019	82	87	128
3.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2025-2026	76	86	130
4.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2024-2025	78	84	121
5.	Nikita Kucherov (F)	2022-2023	82	83	113

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Zenon Konopka (F)	2009-2010	74	5	265
2.	Enrico Ciccone (D)	1995-1996	55	5	258
3.	Enrico Ciccone (D)	1994-1995	41	6	225
4.	Steve Downie (F)	2009-2010	79	46	208
5.	Chris Gratton (F)	1996-1997	82	62	201

Player Nationalities Throughout History

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	6'2"	183 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"	196 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	6'5"	185 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"	201 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"	174 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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Elite Prospects Notes and Trivia

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)