2018–19 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 2018–19 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 27th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on December 16, 1991.[2] The team clinched a playoff spot on March 8, 2019, when the Montreal Canadiens lost 8–2 to the Anaheim Ducks.[3] This season marked the first time that Tampa won the Presidents' Trophy in franchise history, winning the Atlantic Division for the second consecutive year as well, their fourth division title overall.[4] They also became the second team in league history to win 62 games, matching the record set by the 1995–96 Detroit Red Wings. Their record-setting season ended abruptly when they became the first Presidents' Trophy winner to get swept in the first round of the Playoffs, losing to the Columbus Blue Jackets.[5] This was also the first time since 2014 that the Lightning were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs in the first round.

2018–19 Tampa Bay Lightning
Presidents' Trophy winners
Atlantic Division champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	1st Eastern
2018–19 record	62–16–4
Home record	32–7–2
Road record	30–9–2
Goals for	325
Goals against	222
Team information
General manager	Julien BriseBois
Coach	Jon Cooper
Captain	Steven Stamkos
Alternate captains	Ryan Callahan Anton Stralman Ryan McDonagh Victor Hedman
Arena	Amalie Arena
Average attendance	19,092 (100%)[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Syracuse Crunch (AHL) Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Steven Stamkos (45)
Assists	Nikita Kucherov (87)
Points	Nikita Kucherov (128)
Penalty minutes	Cedric Paquette (80)
Plus/minus	Ryan McDonagh (+38)
Wins	Andrei Vasilevskiy (39)
Goals against average	Andrei Vasilevskiy (2.40)

Off-season

May

On May 23, 2018, the Lightning's 2017–18 season ended when they were defeated by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals in game seven of the Eastern Conference finals. The loss was a 4-0 defeat at Amalie Arena.[6]

On May 31, 2018, the Lightning announced that it was parting ways with assistant coaches Rick Bowness and Brad Lauer. Bowness had been an assistant since 2013. He was responsible for the defense and the penalty kill. Lauer had been a member of the Lighting's coaching staff since 2015.[7]

June

On June 7, 2018, the Lightning announced the re-signing of defensive prospect Daniel Walcott to a one-year contract extension. Walcott spent the entire season with the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League (AHL). Walcot appeared in 62-games, recording five goals and 16 points.[8][9]

On June 12, 2018, the Lightning announced the re-signing of forward prospect Carter Verhaeghe to a one-year contract extension. Verhaeghe spent his season with the Crunch, where he played in 58 games and scored 17 goals and 48 points.[10][11]

On June 13, 2018, the Lightning announced backup goaltender Peter Budaj had been traded to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for forward Andy Andreoff.[12][13] Andreoff has appeared in 159 NHL games over the last four seasons. During that time, he has 13 goals and 262 career hits.[14]

On June 18, 2018, the Lighting announced the signing of Edward Pasquale to a one-year contract. Pasquale split his season in the AHL between the Syracuse Crunch and the Bakersfield Condors.[15] He was originally acquired by the Lightning via trade with the Edmonton Oilers during the 2017–18 season.[16]

On June 20, 2018, Victor Hedman won the James Norris Memorial Trophy for the 2017–18 NHL season. The award is given annually to the top defenseman that season, which is based upon the votes of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association. Hedman was the first defenseman in Lightning history to win the award.[17] Additionally, Hedman and Nikita Kucherov were named as First Team All-Stars for the season.[18]

On June 22, 2018, the Lightning announced the re-signing of backup goaltender Louis Domingue to a two-year contract extension. Domingue went 7–3–1 over 11 starts with the Lightning. He was acquired by the Lightning during the 2017–18 season in a trade from the Arizona Coyotes.[19]

On the same day, the Lightning named Jeff Halpern as an assistant coach. During the last two seasons, Halpern worked as an assistant coach with the Syracuse Crunch. It was unknown at the time whether the Lightning would be hiring an additional assistant to replace the last remaining vacancy left by the departure of assistants Rick Bowness and Brad Lauer.[20]

On June 24, 2018, the Lightning released the roster for its 2018 Development Camp Roster. The roster consisted of 27 players, which included six of the seven players selected in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. Six players participating played for the Crunch last season. There were also five forwards participating in the camp as invitees. Notable camp attendees include Cal Foote, Connor Ingram, Boris Katchouk and Taylor Raddysh.[21][22]

On June 25, 2018, the Lightning issued qualifying offers to Adam Erne, Slater Koekkoek, J. T. Miller and Cedric Paquette, allowing the Lightning to retain those players' playing rights. These rights entail the right match any contract offered to those players after the free agency period begins or draft compensation if the team declines to match the contract offered to the player.[23]

On June 26, 2018, the Lightning announced it had signed forward prospect Ross Colton to a two-year contract. Colton spent the past two seasons playing for the University of Vermont. During that time, Colton led Vermont in goals, scoring 28 goals and 50 points in 69 games. Colton was originally drafted by the Lightning in the fourth round of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft.[24][25]

It was announced Tom Kurvers had left the Lightning after ten years to become the new assistant general manager of the Minnesota Wild. The last seven years of his tenure with the team had been as a senior advisor to general manager Steve Yzerman.[26] In that capacity, he was based out of Minnesota where he often was at the Wild's arena scouting for the Lightning.[27]

The Lightning announced it had re-signed forward J. T. Miller to a five-year, $26.25 million contract extension. The contract carries a cap hit of $5.25 million per season. Miller skated in 19 games with the Lightning last season, scoring 10 goals and 18 points. Miller was acquired in a trade with the New York Rangers during the 2017–18 season prior to the trade deadline.[28][29]

Later that day, the Hockey Hall of Fame committee announced the members of the 2018 Hall of Fame class, with former Lightning captain Martin St. Louis announced as a first-ballot induction.[30] St. Louis is the Lightning's record holder in assists (588), points (953), power-play points (300), shorthanded goals (28), shorthanded points (44), game-winning goals (64), overtime goals (10), playoff goals (33) and playoff points (68). He also won the Hart Trophy, Art Ross Trophy (two times), Ted Lindsay Award, NHL Plus-Minus Award, Lady Byng Trophy (three times) and the Stanley Cup while a member of the Lightning.[31]

July

On July 1, 2018, the Lightning announced that it had signed Ryan McDonagh to a 7-year contract extension, which was valued at $47 million. McDonagh had the second highest ice time among Lightning players during the team's trip to the Eastern Conference Final. McDonagh was originally acquired by the Lightning in a trade at the deadline from the New York Rangers.[32]

That same day, the Lightning announced the signing of defenseman Cameron Gaunce to a one-year contract. Guance was originally a draft pick of the Colorado Avalanche in the 2008 draft. Over the course of his career he has appeared in 32 NHL games. Last season he skated in 67 games with the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League.[33]

On July 2, 2018, the Lightning announced the re-signing of defenseman Slater Koekkoek to a one-year contract extension. The contract was valued at $865,000. Koekkoek was originally selected by the Lightning in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. Koekkoek had four goals and four assists last season for the Lightning in 35-games.[34]

On July 10, 2018, the Lightning announced the re-signing of forward Nikita Kucherov to an eight-year contract extension. The contract is valued at $76 million with an annual cap hit of $9.5 million. The contract is the richest contract in franchise history. Kucherov led the team last season in points (100), goals (39), and assists (61). Kucherov was an NHL-All star last season and was named a first team all-star.[35][36]

On July 11, 2018, the Lightning announced the re-signing of forward Adam Erne to a one-year contract extension. The contract is valued at $800,000. Last season Erne skated in 23-games with the Lightning, recording three goals and an assist. Erne missed the last half of the season and all of the playoffs due to a lower-body injury.[37]

On July 12, 2018, the Lightning announced the hiring of assistant coach Derek Lalonde. Lalonde served as the head coach of the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League. Lalonde had previously worked with Lightning head coach Jon Cooper while he was the head coach of the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League.[38]

September

On September 11, 2018, Steve Yzerman unexpectedly announced that he was resigning as General Manager after eight seasons, however, he was remaining with the team in an advisory role for the final year of his contract. Assistant General Manager Julien BriseBois replaced Yzerman as general manager. BriseBois had served as assistant general manager since 2010. In that capacity BriseBois also served as general manager of the Norfolk Admirals while they were the Lightning's American Hockey League affiliate, and its current affiliate the Syracuse Crunch.[39][40]

Training camp

September

On September 14, 2018, the Lightning placed defenseman Jake Dotchin on unconditional waivers with the purpose of terminating his contract. The team said it was due to a material breach of contract. It is believed that the team was unhappy with Dotchin's conditioning at the start of training camp. Dotchin's agent declined to comment, and said they would look to the CBA for any potential remedy.[41]

On September 15, 2018, Jake Dotchin cleared waivers. With no team claiming Dotchin, the Lightning can move forward in the process in terminating his contract.[42]

On September 19, 2018, reports began to surface concerning Jake Dotchin. Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reported that Dotchin showed up to camp with his body fat up to as high as 25 percent. Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie of TSN reported the BMI of Dotchin was unconfirmed, but that it was being reported that he showed up to training camp 30 pounds over his playing weight last season. Additionally, McKenzie reported that the National Hockey League Players' Association had become involved in the process. The dispute is set to be heard before an impartial arbitrator to determine whether the Lightning can terminate Dotchin's contract.[43]

That same day the Lightning announced its first round of training camp cuts. All five of the Lightning's training camp invitees were part of the initial cuts. Additionally, the Lightning cut 2018 second-round pick Gabriel Fortier and seventh-round pick Radim Salda. Fortier will re-join the Baie-Comeau Drakkar of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Fortier has played for the Drakkar the past two seasons.[44]

On September 22, 2018, the Lightning claimed forward Danick Martel via waivers from the Philadelphia Flyers. Martel originally joined the Flyers as an undrafted free agent. Martel scored 20+ goals in each of his three seasons in the AHL playing for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Last season Martel made his NHL debut with the Flyers, which came over a 4-game stint with the team.[45]

On September 23, 2018, the Lightning made its second round of roster cuts for training camp. The roster cuts brought the Lightning's roster down to 28-players. Of the cuts Gabriel Dumont and Michael Bournival saw limited action with the Lightning last season. Forwards Andy Andreoff, Dumont, Carter Verhaeghe, defenseman Cameron Gaunce, and goaltender Edward Pasquale have to pass through waivers for assignment to the Syracuse Crunch. Prospects Adam Erne, Mathieu Joseph, Alexander Volkov, and Erik Cernak are still with the team.[46]

That same day the team announced that forward Tyler Johnson is considered day-to-day with a lower body injury. Lightning General Manager Julien BriseBois stated that the team was optimistic that Johnson would be ready for the season opener against the Florida Panthers. However, he did concede that it was not a guarantee that Johnson would be ready for that game.[46]

On September 30, 2018, the Lightning announced its third round of roster cuts. Defenseman Eric Cernak and forwards Alexander Volkov and Mitchell Stephens were assigned to the Crunch. The team has not made its official opening night roster announcement. However, it appears that newly acquired forward Danick Martel and 2015 4th round draft pick Mathieu Joseph have made the opening night roster.[47]

October

On October 3, 2018, the Lightning announced its opening night roster. The forward group consists of Anthony Cirelli, Cory Conacher, Adam Erne, Yanni Gourde, Tyler Johnson, Mathieu Joseph, Alex Killorn, Nikita Kucherov, Danick Martel, J. T. Miller, Ondrej Palat, Cedric Paquette, Brayden Point, and Steven Stamkos. The defensemen are Braydon Coburn, Dan Girardi, Victor Hedman, Slater Koekkoek, Ryan McDonagh, Mikhail Sergachev, and Anton Stralman. Andrei Vasilevskiy and Louis Domingue are the Lightning's goaltending tandem.[48]

Standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	62	16	4	56	325	222	+103	128
2	x – Boston Bruins	82	49	24	9	47	259	215	+44	107
3	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	46	28	8	46	286	251	+35	100
4	Montreal Canadiens	82	44	30	8	41	249	236	+13	96
5	Florida Panthers	82	36	32	14	33	267	280	−13	86
6	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	39	10	28	226	271	−45	76
7	Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	29	227	277	−50	74
8	Ottawa Senators	82	29	47	6	29	242	302	−60	64

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Preseason

2018 preseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 2–1–0; Neutral: 1–0–0)[49] Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Recap 1 September 18 Carolina Hurricanes 1–4 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 12,454 0–1–0 [50] 2 September 19 @ Carolina Hurricanes 1–6 Pasquale PNC Arena 6,007 0–2–0 [51] 3 September 21 @ Nashville Predators 5–1 Domingue Bridgestone Arena 17,342 1–2–0 [52] 4 September 22 Nashville Predators 5–2 Ingram Amalie Arena 14,457 2–2–0 [53] 5 September 25 Florida Panthers 2–3 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 11,485 2–3–0 [54] 6 September 27 vs. Florida Panthers 6–2 Domingue Amway Center 3–3–0 [55] 7 September 29 @ Florida Panthers 3–2 Vasilevskiy BB&T Center 10,487 4–3–0 [56]

Lightning score listed first;   Win   Loss   Overtime/shootout loss

Regular season

2018–19 regular season game log[57]
October: 8–2–1, 17 points (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 3–1–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 6 Florida Panthers 2–1 SO Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 1–0–0 2 [58] 2 October 11 Vancouver Canucks 1–4 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 1–1–0 2 [59] 3 October 13 Columbus Blue Jackets 8–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 2–1–0 4 [60] 4 October 16 Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 Domingue Amalie Arena 19,092 3–1–0 6 [61] 5 October 18 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 4–1–0 8 [62] 6 October 20 @ Minnesota Wild 4–5 OT Vasilevskiy Xcel Energy Center 19,080 4–1–1 9 [63] 7 October 21 @ Chicago Blackhawks 6–3 Domingue United Center 21,012 5–1–1 11 [64] 8 October 24 @ Colorado Avalanche 1–0 Vasilevskiy Pepsi Center 16,753 6–1–1 13 [65] 9 October 26 @ Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 Vasilevskiy T-Mobile Arena 18,207 7–1–1 15 [66] 10 October 27 @ Arizona Coyotes 1–7 Domingue Gila River Arena 13,623 7–2–1 15 [67] 11 October 30 New Jersey Devils 8–3 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 8–2–1 17 [68]
November: 10–5–0, 20 points (Home: 6–3–0; Road: 4–2–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 12 November 1 Nashville Predators 1–4 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 8–3–1 17 [69] 13 November 3 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–1 Vasilevskiy Bell Centre 21,302 9–3–1 19 [70] 14 November 4 @ Ottawa Senators 4–3 OT Domingue Canadian Tire Centre 11,364 10–3–1 21 [71] 15 November 6 Edmonton Oilers 5–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 11–3–1 23 [72] 16 November 8 New York Islanders 4–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 12–3–1 25 [73] 17 November 10 Ottawa Senators 4–6 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 12–4–1 25 [74] 18 November 13 @ Buffalo Sabres 1–2 Domingue KeyBank Center 15,833 12–5–1 25 [75] 19 November 15 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 Domingue PPG Paints Arena 18,422 13–5–1 27 [76] 20 November 17 @ Philadelphia Flyers 6–5 OT Domingue Wells Fargo Center 19,060 14–5–1 29 [77] 21 November 19 @ Nashville Predators 2–3 Domingue Bridgestone Arena 17,419 14–6–1 29 [78] 22 November 21 Florida Panthers 7–3 Domingue Amalie Arena 19,092 15–6–1 31 [79] 23 November 23 Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 Domingue Amalie Arena 19,092 16–6–1 33 [80] 24 November 25 New Jersey Devils 5–2 Domingue Amalie Arena 19,092 17–6–1 35 [81] 25 November 27 Anaheim Ducks 1–3 Domingue Amalie Arena 19,092 17–7–1 35 [82] 26 November 29 Buffalo Sabres 5–4 Domingue Amalie Arena 19,092 18–7–1 37 [83]
December: 13–0–1, 27 points (Home: 6–0–0; Road: 7–0–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 27 December 1 @ Florida Panthers 5–4 OT Domingue BB&T Center 12,361 19–7–1 39 [84] 28 December 3 @ New Jersey Devils 5–1 Domingue Prudential Center 13,394 20–7–1 41 [85] 29 December 4 @ Detroit Red Wings 6–5 SO Pasquale Little Caesars Arena 18,477 21–7–1 43 [86] 30 December 6 Boston Bruins 3–2 Domingue Amalie Arena 19,092 22–7–1 45 [87] 31 December 8 Colorado Avalanche 7–1 Domingue Amalie Arena 19,092 23–7–1 47 [88] 32 December 10 New York Rangers 6–3 Domingue Amalie Arena 19,092 24–7–1 49 [89] 33 December 13 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 25–7–1 51 [90] 34 December 16 @ Winnipeg Jets 4–5 OT Vasilevskiy Bell MTS Place 15,321 25–7–2 52 [91] 35 December 18 @ Vancouver Canucks 5–2 Vasilevskiy Rogers Arena 17,193 26–7–2 54 [92] 36 December 20 @ Calgary Flames 5–4 SO Domingue Scotiabank Saddledome 19,289 27–7–2 56 [93] 37 December 22 @ Edmonton Oilers 6–3 Vasilevskiy Rogers Place 18,347 28–7–2 58 [94] 38 December 27 Philadelphia Flyers 6–5 OT Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 29–7–2 60 [95] 39 December 29 Montreal Canadiens 6–5 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 30–7–2 62 [96] 40 December 31 @ Anaheim Ducks 2–1 OT Vasilevskiy Honda Center 17,340 31–7–2 64 [97]
January: 6–4–0, 12 points (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 3–3–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 41 January 3 @ Los Angeles Kings 6–2 Vasilevskiy Staples Center 17,551 32–7–2 66 [98] 42 January 5 @ San Jose Sharks 2–5 Vasilevskiy SAP Center 17,562 32–8–2 66 [99] 43 January 8 Columbus Blue Jackets 4–0 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 33–8–2 68 [100] 44 January 10 Carolina Hurricanes 3–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 34–8–2 70 [101] 45 January 12 @ Buffalo Sabres 5–3 Domingue KeyBank Center 19,070 35–8–2 72 [102] 46 January 13 @ New York Islanders 1–5 Vasilevskiy Barclays Center 11,193 35–9–2 72 [103] 47 January 15 @ Dallas Stars 2–0 Vasilevskiy American Airlines Center 18,021 36–9–2 74 [104] 48 January 17 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–4 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 36–10–2 74 [105] 49 January 19 San Jose Sharks 6–3 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 37–10–2 76 [106] All-Star Break (January 24–January 27) 50 January 30 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2–4 Vasilevskiy PPG Paints Arena 18,514 37–11–2 76 [107]
February: 12–1–2, 26 points (Home: 6–0–2; Road: 6–1–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 51 February 1 @ New York Islanders 1–0 SO Vasilevskiy Nassau Coliseum 13,971 38–11–2 78 [108] 52 February 2 @ New York Rangers 3–2 Domingue Madison Square Garden 17,468 39–11–2 80 [109] 53 February 5 Vegas Golden Knights 2–3 SO Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 39–11–3 81 [110] 54 February 7 St. Louis Blues 0–1 OT Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 39–11–4 82 [111] 55 February 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 40–11–4 84 [112] 56 February 10 @ Florida Panthers 5–2 Domingue BB&T Center 13,566 41–11–4 86 [113] 57 February 12 Calgary Flames 6–3 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 42–11–4 88 [114] 58 February 14 Dallas Stars 6–0 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 43–11–4 90 [115] 59 February 16 Montreal Canadiens 3–0 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 44–11–4 92 [116] 60 February 18 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 5–1 Vasilevskiy Nationwide Arena 16,411 45–11–4 94 [117] 61 February 19 @ Philadelphia Flyers 5–2 Domingue Wells Fargo Center 18,932 46–11–4 96 [118] 62 February 21 Buffalo Sabres 2–1 SO Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 47–11–4 98 [119] 63 February 25 Los Angeles Kings 4–3 SO Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 48–11–4 100 [120] 64 February 27 @ New York Rangers 4–3 OT Vasilevskiy Madison Square Garden 17,012 49–11–4 102 [121] 65 February 28 @ Boston Bruins 1–4 Domingue TD Garden 17,565 49–12–4 102 [122]
March: 10–3–0, 20 points (Home: 6–2–0; Road: 4–1–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 66 March 2 Ottawa Senators 5–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 50–12–4 104 [123] 67 March 5 Winnipeg Jets 5–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 51–12–4 106 [124] 68 March 7 Minnesota Wild 0–3 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 51–13–4 106 [125] 69 March 9 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 Domingue Amalie Arena 19,092 52–13–4 108 [126] 70 March 11 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 6–2 Vasilevskiy Scotiabank Arena 19,491 53–13–4 110 [127] 71 March 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–4 Vasilevskiy Little Caesars Arena 19,515 54–13–4 112 [128] 72 March 16 Washington Capitals 6–3 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 55–13–4 114 [129] 73 March 18 Arizona Coyotes 4–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 56–13–4 116 [130] 74 March 20 @ Washington Capitals 5–4 OT Vasilevskiy Capital One Arena 18,506 57–13–4 118 [131] 75 March 21 @ Carolina Hurricanes 6–3 Domingue PNC Arena 13,785 58–13–4 120 [132] 76 March 23 @ St. Louis Blues 3–4 Vasilevskiy Enterprise Center 18,127 58–14–4 120 [133] 77 March 25 Boston Bruins 5–4 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 59–14–4 122 [134] 78 March 30 Washington Capitals 3–6 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 59–15–4 122 [135]
April: 3–1–0, 6 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 3–1–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 79 April 1 @ Ottawa Senators 5–2 Vasilevskiy Canadian Tire Centre 13,628 60–15–4 124 [136] 80 April 2 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–4 Pasquale Bell Centre 21,302 60–16–4 124 [137] 81 April 4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 Vasilevskiy Scotiabank Arena 19,400 61–16–4 126 [138] 82 April 6 @ Boston Bruins 6–3 Pasquale TD Garden 17,565 62–16–4 128 [139]
Lightning score listed first;   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2019 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference First Round vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (WC2) – Columbus wins series 4–0 Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Series Recap 1 April 10 Columbus Blue Jackets 3–4 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 0–1 [140] 2 April 12 Columbus Blue Jackets 1–5 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 0–2 [141] 3 April 14 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 1–3 Vasilevskiy Nationwide Arena 19,224 0–3 [142] 4 April 16 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 3–7 Vasilevskiy Nationwide Arena 19,328 0–4 [143]
Lightning score listed first;   Win   Loss   If necessary

Player stats

Final[144]

Skaters

Regular season[145] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Nikita Kucherov 82 41 87 128 24 62 Steven Stamkos 82 45 53 98 4 37 Brayden Point 79 41 51 92 27 28 Victor Hedman 70 12 42 54 24 44 Yanni Gourde 80 22 26 48 8 66 Tyler Johnson 80 29 18 47 15 28 J. T. Miller 75 13 34 47 8 30 Ryan McDonagh 82 9 37 46 38 37 Alex Killorn 82 18 22 40 22 45 Anthony Cirelli 82 19 20 39 24 34 Ondrej Palat 64 8 26 34 4 20 Mikhail Sergachev 75 6 26 32 12 28 Mathieu Joseph 70 13 13 26 5 26 Braydon Coburn 74 4 19 23 3 34 Adam Erne 65 7 13 20 10 40 Cedric Paquette 80 13 4 17 7 80 Ryan Callahan 52 7 10 17 7 14 Anton Stralman 47 2 15 17 12 8 Erik Cernak 58 5 11 16 25 58 Dan Girardi 62 4 12 16 5 12 Jan Rutta^† 14 0 2 2 4 4 Danick Martel 9 0 2 2 3 8 Slater Koekkoek^‡ 9 1 0 1 0 4 Cameron Gaunce 2 0 0 0 3 7 Cory Conacher 1 0 0 0 0 2

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Erik Cernak 4 0 3 3 −2 0 Steven Stamkos 4 1 1 2 −8 2 Anthony Cirelli 4 1 1 2 −1 0 Mikhail Sergachev 4 1 1 2 −4 0 J. T. Miller 4 0 2 2 0 0 Jan Rutta 4 0 2 2 2 0 Nikita Kucherov 3 0 2 2 −4 19 Alex Killorn 4 1 0 1 2 6 Ondrej Palat 4 1 0 1 −2 2 Yanni Gourde 4 1 0 1 −3 0 Cedric Paquette 4 1 0 1 −1 0 Brayden Point 4 1 0 1 −5 5 Tyler Johnson 4 0 1 1 −3 0 Braydon Coburn 2 0 1 1 2 0 Dan Girardi 4 0 0 0 −2 4 Ryan McDonagh 4 0 0 0 −6 2 Mathieu Joseph 4 0 0 0 −2 0 Adam Erne 3 0 0 0 0 2 Ryan Callahan 2 0 0 0 0 4 Victor Hedman 2 0 0 0 −2 10

Goaltenders

Regular season[146]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Andrei Vasilevskiy	53	53	3204	39	10	4	128	2.40	1713	.925	6	0	3	6
Louis Domingue	26	26	1561	21	5	0	75	2.88	812	.908	0	0	1	4
Edward Pasquale	3	3	182	2	1	0	12	3.96	102	.909	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Andrei Vasilevskiy	4	4	236	0	4	15	3.83	104	.856	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Tampa Bay. Stats reflect time with Tampa Bay only.
^‡Traded from Tampa Bay mid-season.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Mikhail Sergachev	Fined for cross-checking Johan Larsson during the game against the Buffalo Sabres on January 12, 2019, at KeyBank Center.	—	$2,403.67	January 13, 2019[147]
Nikita Kucherov	Fined for a dangerous trip on Scott Mayfield during the game against the New York Islanders on February 2, 2019, at Nassau Coliseum.	—	$5,000	February 3, 2019[148]
Yanni Gourde	Suspended for two games for an illegal check to the head of Carolina Hurricanes' forward Jordan Staal on March 21, 2019, at PNC Arena.	2 games	$10,752.68	March 22, 2019[149]
Nikita Kucherov	Suspended for one game for boarding Columbus Blue Jackets' defenseman Markus Nutivaara on April 12, 2019, at Nationwide Arena.	1 game	—	April 13, 2019[150]

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season Player Award Awarded Brayden Point NHL Third Star of the Week[151] November 5, 2018 Nikita Kucherov NHL Third Star of the Week[152] November 26, 2018 Louis Domingue NHL Second Star of the Week[153] December 10, 2018 Nikita Kucherov NHL Third Star of the Week[154] December 24, 2018 Nikita Kucherov NHL First Star of December[155] January 2, 2019 Steven Stamkos NHL All-Star Game selection[156] January 2, 2019 Nikita Kucherov NHL All-Star Game selection[156] January 2, 2019 Jon Cooper NHL All-Star Game selection[157] January 5, 2019 Andrei Vasilevskiy NHL All-Star Game selection[158] January 8, 2019 Nikita Kucherov NHL First Star of the Week[159] February 18, 2019 Nikita Kucherov NHL First Star of February [160] March 1, 2019 Steven Stamkos NHL Second Star of the Week [161] March 25, 2019 Nikita Kucherov Art Ross Trophy[162] April 7, 2019 Nikita Kucherov Ted Lindsay Award[163] June 19, 2019 Nikita Kucherov Hart Memorial Trophy[164] June 19, 2019 Andrei Vasilevskiy Vezina Trophy[165] June 19, 2019 Nikita Kucherov First Team All-Star[166] June 19, 2019 Andrei Vasilevskiy First Team All-Star[166] June 19, 2019 Victor Hedman Second Team All-Star[166] June 19, 2019 Anthony Cirelli NHL All-Rookie Team[167] June 19, 2019

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached Mathieu Joseph 1st career NHL game October 7, 2018 Mathieu Joseph 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point October 16, 2018 J. T. Miller 200th career NHL point October 30, 2018 Tyler Johnson 400th career NHL game November 1, 2018 Louis Domingue 100th career NHL game November 4, 2018 Mathieu Joseph 1st career NHL goal November 4, 2018 Mikhail Sergachev 100th career NHL game November 10, 2018 Erik Cernak 1st career NHL game November 13, 2018 Nikita Kucherov 200th career NHL assist November 15, 2018 Brayden Point 1st career NHL hat trick November 15, 2018 Erik Cernak 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point November 19, 2018 Ryan McDonagh 200th career NHL assist November 19, 2018 Dan Girardi 200th career NHL assist November 25, 2018 Edward Pasquale 1st career NHL game 1st Career NHL win December 4, 2018 Steven Stamkos 700th career NHL point December 10, 2018 Dan Girardi 900th career NHL game December 18, 2018 Nikita Kucherov 400th career NHL game December 18, 2018 Danick Martel 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point December 18, 2018 Steven Stamkos 700th career NHL game December 20, 2018 Yanni Gourde 100th career NHL point December 29, 2018 Victor Hedman 300th career NHL assist December 29, 2018 Andrei Vasilevskiy 100th career NHL win December 31, 2018 Nikita Kucherov 400th career NHL point January 3, 2019 J. T. Miller 400th career NHL game January 13, 2019 Brayden Point 200th career NHL game January 30, 2019 Erik Cernak 1st career NHL goal February 3, 2019 Ondrej Palat 400th career NHL game February 5, 2019 Braydon Coburn 900th career NHL game February 9, 2019 Victor Hedman 400th career NHL point February 9, 2019 Alex Killorn 100th career NHL goal February 19, 2019 Tyler Johnson 300th career NHL point February 27, 2019 Brayden Point 100th career NHL assist February 27, 2019 Alex Killorn 500th career NHL game February 28, 2019 Adam Erne 100th career NHL game March 1, 2019 Ryan McDonagh 600th career NHL game March 11, 2019 Andrei Vasilevskiy 200th career NHL game March 14, 2019 Alex Killorn 1st career NHL hat trick March 16, 2019 Ryan Callahan 200th career NHL assist March 25, 2019 Anthony Cirelli 100th career NHL game April 6, 2019

Playoffs Player Milestone Reached Erik Cernak 1st career playoff game 1st career playoff point 1st career playoff assist April 10, 2019 Adam Erne 1st career playoff game April 10, 2019 Mathieu Joseph 1st career playoff game April 10, 2019 Jan Rutta 1st career playoff game 1st career playoff point 1st career playoff assist April 10, 2019

Transactions

The Lightning have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
October 18, 2018	To Anaheim Ducks Future considerations	To Tampa Bay Lightning Mitch Hults	[168]
January 11, 2019	To Chicago Blackhawks Slater Koekkoek 5th-round pick in 2019	To Tampa Bay Lightning Jan Rutta 7th-round pick in 2019	[169]
June 14, 2019	To Nashville Predators Connor Ingram	To Tampa Bay Lightning 7th-round pick in 2021	[170]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018	Erik Condra	to Dallas Stars	1-year	[171]
July 1, 2018	Alex Gallant	to Vegas Golden Knights	1-year	[172]
July 1, 2018	Cameron Gaunce	from Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year	[173]
July 1, 2018	Chris Kunitz	to Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	[174]
July 1, 2018	Kevin Lynch	from Syracuse Crunch (AHL)	1-year	[175]
July 1, 2018	Matthew Peca	to Montreal Canadiens	2-year	[176]
July 5, 2018	Andrej Sustr	to Anaheim Ducks	1-year	[177]
July 19, 2018	Mat Bodie	to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)	1-year	[178]
March 1, 2019	Jimmy Huntington	from Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)	3-year	[179]
June 14, 2019	Edward Pasquale	to Barys Astana (KHL)	1-year	[180]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
September 22, 2018	Danick Martel	from Philadelphia Flyers	[181]

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref September 15, 2018 Jake Dotchin Termination [182] May 25, 2019 Jonne Tammela Mutual termination [183]

Retirement Date Player Ref

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
June 22, 2018	Louis Domingue	2-year	[184]
June 26, 2018	Ross Colton	2-year	[185]
June 26, 2018	J. T. Miller	5-year	[29]
July 1, 2018	Ryan McDonagh	7-year	[186]
July 2, 2018	Slater Koekkoek	1-year	[187]
July 5, 2018	Cedric Paquette	1-year	[188]
July 10, 2018	Nikita Kucherov	8-year	[189]
July 11, 2018	Adam Erne	1-year	[190]
October 17, 2018	Cory Conacher	1-year	[191]
November 2, 2018	Yanni Gourde	6-year	[192]
December 19, 2018	Gabriel Fortier	3-year	[193]
March 22, 2019	Ryan Lohin	2-year	[194][195]
May 3, 2019	Jan Rutta	1-year	[196]
June 14, 2019	Cameron Gaunce	1-year	[197]
June 18, 2019	Braydon Coburn	2-year	[198]
June 19, 2019	Daniel Walcott	1-year	[199]

Draft picks

Below are the Tampa Bay Lightning's selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	59	Gabriel Fortier	LW	Canada	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
3	90	Dmitry Semykin	D	Russia	Kapitan Stupino (MHL)
4	121	Alexander Green	D	United States	Cornell University (ECAC)
5	152	Magnus Chrona	G	Sweden	Nacka HK (J18 Elit)
6	183	Cole Koepke	LW	United States	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
7	206^1	Radim Salda	D	Czech Republic	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
7	214	Ty Taylor	G	Canada	Vernon Vipers (BCHL)

Notes:

1. The Los Angeles Kings' seventh-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on May 31, 2017, that sent Bokondji Imama to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[200][201]

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