2019–20 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 2019–20 Tampa Bay Lightning season is 28th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on December 16, 1991.[2] The Lightning entered the season as the defending Atlantic Division and Presidents' Trophy champions.

2019–20 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division	2nd Atlantic
Conference	2nd Eastern
2019–20 record	43–21–6
Home record	22–10–2
Road record	21–11–4
Goals for	245
Goals against	195
Team information
General Manager	Julien BriseBois
Coach	Jon Cooper
Captain	Steven Stamkos
Alternate captains	Victor Hedman Ryan McDonagh
Arena	Amalie Arena
Average attendance	19,092 (100%)[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Syracuse Crunch (AHL) Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Nikita Kucherov (33)
Assists	Nikita Kucherov (52)
Points	Nikita Kucherov (85)
Penalty minutes	Patrick Maroon (71)
Plus/minus	Anthony Cirelli Brayden Point (+28)
Wins	Andrei Vasilevskiy (35)
Goals against average	Andrei Vasilevskiy (2.56)

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs are scheduled to begin in a modified format involving 24 teams. The Lightning would be given a bye into the first round of the playoffs by virtue of having the second-highest point percentage in the Eastern Conference at the time of the pause. They are planned to compete for seeding in a four-team single round-robin along with the Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals, and Philadelphia Flyers.[5]

On July 10, following the extension of the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement by the league and the Players' Association, it was announced that the Canadian cities of Toronto and Edmonton would be the locations the playoffs would be staged in. The Lightning would be beginning in Toronto with the other Eastern Conference teams.[6][7]

Off-season

April

The Lightning's off season began on April 16, 2019, when they were swept by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs.[8]

May

The Lightning's first move of the off season happened on May 3, 2019, when the team signed Jan Rutta to a 1-year contract extension. Rutta appeared in 14 regular season games and 4 playoffs games for the Lightning after coming over in a trade from the Chicago Blackhawks.[9][10]

On May 23, 2019, the Lightning and forward prospect Jonne Tammela mutually agreed to part ways via contract termination.[11] On May 28, 2019, Tammela signed with Lukko of the Liiga hockey league in Finland.[12]

June

On June 14, 2019, the Lightning re-signed defenceman Cameron Gaunce to a 1-year contract extension. Last season Gaunce appeared in two regular season games with the Lightning.[13]

On June 18, 2019, the Lightning re-signed defenceman Braydon Coburn to a two-year contract extension valued at $3.4 million. The contract will carry a $1.7 million cap hit. Coburn was coming off a three year contract with the team. In 74 games last season Coburn produced 23 points, which set a personal best during his tenure with the club.[14][15]

On June 19, 2019, the Lightning announced that they had re-signed defenceman Daniel Walcott to a 1-year contract extension. Walcott missed the majority of the previous season due to injury.[16]

That same evening, the NHL conducted the 2019 NHL Awards in Las Vegas. Nikita Kucherov was awarded the Ted Lindsay Award and Hart Memorial Trophy.[17] Kucherov was the second player in franchise history win the Ted Lindsay Award and Hart Memorial Trophy.[18][19] Andrei Vasilevskiy was awarded the Vezina Trophy. Vasilevskiy was the first goaltender in franchise history to win the award.[20] Additionally, the NHL announced the NHL All-Star Teams and the NHL All-Rookie Team. Nikita Kucherov and Andrei Vasilevskiy were named to the NHL First All-Star Team and Victor Hedman was named to the NHL Second All-Star Team.[21] Anthony Cirelli was named to the All-Rookie Team.[22]

On June 20, 2019, the Lightning announced that Ryan Callahan had been diagnosed with a degenerative disk disease of the lower spine. Doctors gave Callahan the recommendation that it was medically in his best interest to no longer play hockey. The team further announced that it would be placing Callahan on Long Term Injured Reserve for the upcoming season, which is the final year of his contract. Callahan stated in an interview after the announcement that his back had been an issue for him for the last few seasons and that this past season was the worst it had been. Callahan will finish his career with 757 games played, recording 186 goals and 386 points.[23]

On June 22, 2019, the Lightning traded forward J. T. Miller to the Vancouver Canucks on the second day of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. The Lightning received goaltender Marek Mazanec, a 3rd-round pick in 2019, and a conditional 1st-round pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. The condition of the pick is that if the Canucks miss the playoffs in the coming season the pick becomes a 1st-round pick in 2021.[24]

July

On July 5, 2019, the Lightning re-signed forward Carter Verhaeghe to a 1-year contact extension. Verhaeghe led the Syracuse Crunch and American Hockey League in scoring with 82 points (34 goals and 48 assists).[25][26]

On the same day, the Lightning re-signed forward Cedric Paquette to a 2-year, contract extension. The cap hit on the contract is valued at $1.65 million. Paquette recorded 13 goals and 17 points last season for the Lightning.[27]

On July 8, 2019, the Lightning signed forward Gemel Smith to a 1-year, 2-way contract. Last season Smith skated with the Dallas Stars and Boston Bruins, appearing in 17 NHL games in which he recorded 2 goals and 1 assist. In his professional career Smith has appearing in 80 NHL games, recording 11 goals and 20 points.[28][29]

On July 9, 2019, the Lightning re-signed forward Danick Martel to a 1-year contract extension. Martel made the Lightning's roster last season, but primarily was healthy scratched. Martel skated in 9 games, recording 2 assists.[30][31][32]

On July 16, 2019, the Lightning re-signed defenseman Ben Thomas to a 1-year contract extension. Thomas was drafted by the Lightning in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, and has spent the previous seasons three seasons in the American Hockey League with the Syracuse Crunch.[33]

On July 17, 2019, the Lightning re-signed defenseman Dominik Masin to a 1-year contract extension. Masin has spent the last three seasons playing for the Syracuse Crunch. Last season Masin skated in 69 games with the Crunch, recording 2 goals and 10 assists.[34]

On July 29, 2019, the Lightning re-signed starting goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy to a $76 million, 8-year contract extension. The annual cap hit is valued at $9.5 million. Vasilevskiy was coming off his first career Vezina Trophy win as the NHL's top goaltender. Vasilevskiy recorded a .925 save percentage, 2.40 goals-against average, and 6 shutouts during his Vezina campaign.[35]

On July 30, 2019, the Lightning traded forward Ryan Callahan and the team's fifth-round 2020 draft pick to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Mike Condon and Ottawa's 2020 sixth-round pick. The move freed up approximately $3.4 million in cap space.[36]

August

On August 5, 2019, the Lightning signed free-agent defensemen Kevin Shattenkirk to a one-year, $1.75 million contract. Shattenkirk had played the previous two seasons for the New York Rangers before being bought out by the team. In the season prior to his buyout, Shattenkirk recorded 2 goals and 26 assists over 76 games.[37]

On August 14, 2019, the Lightning traded forward Adam Erne to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2020 NHL draft. Last season Erne skated in 65 games with the Lightning, recording 7 goals and 13 assists. Erne was originally acquired by the Lightning in the second-round of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.[38]

On August 24, 2019, the Lightning signed free-agent forward Patrick Maroon to a one-year, $900,000 contract. Maroon spent the previous season with the St. Louis Blues where he helped them capture their first Stanley Cup championship. Maroon scored 10 goals, and 28 points over 74 games in the regular season. In the playoffs Maroon recorded 3 goals and 7 points in 26 games.[39]

Training camp

September

On September 11, 2019, the Lightning announced their training camp roster for the coming season. The camp is to be divided among three rosters, which are named after Lightning radio and television broadcasters (Rick Peckham, Phil Esposito and Bobby ‘The Chief’ Taylor).[40][41] Notably absent from the roster was Lightning forward Brayden Point. Point currently remains unsigned as a restricted free agent.[42]

On September 18, 2019, the Lightning made their first round of training camp roster cuts. The team trimmed their roster of six players to reduce the camp roster down to 56 players. Lightning prospects Gabriel Fortier, Maxim Cajkovic and Quinn Schmeimann were assigned to their junior teams. Eli Zummack, Louis Crevier and Cody Donaghey were released from their tryout agreements.[43]

On September 20, 2019, the Lightning placed goaltenders Mike Condon and Louis Domingue on waivers for the purpose of assignment to the Syracuse for the upcoming season. Domingue served as the Lightning's backup last season and Condon was acquired in trade of forward Ryan Callahan. The team was rumored to have been trying to trade Domingue all summer, but no trade materialized. Both goaltenders cleared waivers the following day.[44]

On September 21, 2019, the Lightning made their second round of training camp roster cuts to reduce their roster to 42-players. The forward group cut consisted of Peter Abbandonato, Jimmy Huntington, Boris Katchouk, Alexey Lipanov, Ryan Lohin, Kevin Lynch, Mikhail Shalagin, and Dennis Yan. On defense it was Luc Snuggerud, Oleg Sosunov, Matt Spencer, and Nolan Valleau. Clint Windsor was the sole goaltender cut among the group. This group of players will report to Syracuse for training camp. Additionally, Cory Conacher, Chris Mueller and Spencer Martin were placed on waivers with the purpose of assignment to Syracuse.[45][46]

On September 22, 2019, the Lightning made their third round of training cam roster cuts. The team assigned forwards Alex Barre-Boulet, Ross Colton, Cory Conacher, Chris Mueller, Otto Somppi and Mitchell Stephens to Syracuse. Defeseman Cal Foote and goaltender Spencer Martin were also assigned to Syracuse. Conacher, Mueller and Martin were assigned due to having cleared waivers. Forward Nolan Foote was assigned to his junior club (Kelowna Rockets). The team also placed Cameron Gaunce, Dominik Masin and Scott Wedgewood on waivers for assignment to Syracuse.[47][48] All three players cleared waivers the following day.[49]

On September 23, 2019, the Lightning announced that it had re-signed center Brayden Point to a three-year contract extension with a cap hit valued at $6.75 million annually. Point set career highs last season, recording 41 goals, 92 points and 51 assists.[50] The team also announced that Point would not be medically cleared to play until late October due a procedure he had in the off-season.

On September 30, 2019, the Lightning made its final training camp roster cuts. The Lightning assigned forwards Danick Martel and Alexander Volkov to the Syracuse Crunch. Defenseman Luke Schenn was placed on waivers for the purpose of assignment to Syracuse. The forwards named to the opening night roster were Anthony Cirelli, Yanni Gourde, Tyler Johnson, Mathieu Joseph, Alex Killorn, Nikita Kucherov, Patrick Maroon, Ondrej Palat, Cedric Paquette, Brayden Point, Gemel Smith, Steven Stamkos, and Carter Verhaeghe. The defensemen named were Erik Cernak, Braydon Coburn, Victor Hedman, Ryan McDonagh, Jan Rutta, Mikhail Sergachev, Kevin Shattenkirk, and Luke Witkowski. Andrei Vasilevskiy and Curtis McElhinney were the starting and backup goaltenders named to the roster.[51][52]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	100
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	92
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	81
4	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	78
5	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	71
6	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	68
7	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	62
8	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	39

Source: National Hockey League[53]
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy.

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	.714	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[54]
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	.657
3	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	.652
4	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	.645
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	.623	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[54]
6	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	.596
7	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	.588
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	.579
9	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	.579
10	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	.565
11	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	.564
12	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	.500
13	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	.493
14	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	.493
15	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	.437
16	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	.275

Source: NHL Eastern Conference Points percentage

Schedule and results

Preseason

2019 preseason game log: 2–3–2 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 1–2–1)[55] Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Recap 1 September 17 Carolina Hurricanes 0–3 Wedgewood Amalie Arena 12,010 0–1–0 [56] 2 September 18 @ Carolina Hurricanes 0–2 Martin PNC Arena 0–2–0 [57] 3 September 20 Nashville Predators 3–1 McElhinney Amalie Arena 13,456 1–2–0 [58] 4 September 21 @ Nashville Predators 4–5 OT Wedgewood Bridgestone Arena 1–2–1 [59] 5 September 24 @ Florida Panthers 3–6 Vasilevskiy BB&T Center 8,744 1–3–1 [60] 6 September 26 @ Florida Panthers 4–2 McElhinney BB&T Center 8,611 2–3–1 [61] 7 September 28 Florida Panthers 0–1 SO Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 14,732 2–3–2 [62]

Lightning score listed first;   Win   Loss   Overtime/shootout loss

Regular season

2019–20 regular season game log[63]
October: 6–4–2, 14 points (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 4–3–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 3 Florida Panthers 5–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 1–0–0 2 [64] 2 October 5 @ Florida Panthers 3–4 Vasilevskiy BB&T Center 17,424 1–1–0 2 [65] 3 October 6 @ Carolina Hurricanes 3–4 OT McElhinney PNC Arena 14,125 1–1–1 3 [66] 4 October 10 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7–3 Vasilevskiy Scotiabank Arena 19,387 2–1–1 5 [67] 5 October 12 @ Ottawa Senators 2–4 McElhinney Canadian Tire Centre 11,023 2–2–1 5 [68] 6 October 15 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–1 Vasilevskiy Bell Centre 20,406 3–2–1 7 [69] 7 October 17 @ Boston Bruins 4–3 SO Vasilevskiy TD Garden 17,193 4–2–1 9 [70] 8 October 19 Colorado Avalanche 2–6 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 4–3–1 9 [71] 9 October 23 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 5–3–1 11 [72] 10 October 26 Nashville Predators 2–3 OT McElhinney Amalie Arena 19,092 5–3–2 12 [73] 11 October 29 @ New York Rangers 1–4 Vasilevskiy Madison Square Garden 17,196 5–4–2 12 [74] 12 October 30 @ New Jersey Devils 7–6 OT McElhinney Prudential Center 13,152 6–4–2 14 [75]
November: 6–5–1, 13 points (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 2–2–1) † Games played in Stockholm, Sweden Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 13 November 1 @ New York Islanders 2–5 Vasilevskiy Nassau Coliseum 12,043 6–5–2 14 [76] 14 November 8 @ Buffalo Sabres 3–2 Vasilevskiy Ericsson Globe† 13,230 7–5–2 16 [77] 15 November 9 Buffalo Sabres 5–3 McElhinney Ericsson Globe† 13,339 8–5–2 18 [78] 16 November 14 New York Rangers 9–3 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 9–5–2 20 [79] 17 November 16 Winnipeg Jets 3–4 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 9–6–2 20 [80] 18 November 19 @ St. Louis Blues 1–3 Vasilevskiy Enterprise Center 18,096 9–7–2 20 [81] 19 November 21 @ Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 McElhinney United Center 21,336 10–7–2 22 [82] 20 November 23 Anaheim Ducks 6–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 11–7–2 24 [83] 21 November 25 Buffalo Sabres 5–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 12–7–2 26 [84] 22 November 27 St. Louis Blues 3–4 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 12–8–2 26 [85] 23 November 29 @ Washington Capitals 3–4 OT Vasilevskiy Capital One Arena 18,573 12–8–3 27 [86] 24 November 30 Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 McElhinney Amalie Arena 19,092 12–9–3 27 [87]
December: 9–4–1, 19 points (Home: 6–3–1; Road: 3–1–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 25 December 3 @ Nashville Predators 3–2 OT Vasilevskiy Bridgestone Arena 17,163 13–9–3 29 [88] 26 December 5 Minnesota Wild 4–5 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 13–10–3 29 [89] 27 December 7 San Jose Sharks 7–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 14–10–3 31 [90] 28 December 9 New York Islanders 1–5 McElhinney Amalie Arena 19,092 14–11–3 31 [91] 29 December 10 @ Florida Panthers 2–1 Vasilevskiy BB&T Center 10,685 15–11–3 33 [92] 30 December 12 Boston Bruins 3–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 16–11–3 35 [93] 31 December 14 Washington Capitals 2–5 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 16–12–3 35 [94] 32 December 17 Ottawa Senators 4–3 OT Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 17–12–3 37 [95] 33 December 19 Dallas Stars 3–4 OT Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 17–12–4 38 [96] 34 December 21 @ Washington Capitals 1–3 McElhinney Capital One Arena 18,573 17–13–4 38 [97] 35 December 23 Florida Panthers 6–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 18–13–4 40 [98] 36 December 28 Montreal Canadiens 5–4 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 19–13–4 42 [99] 37 December 29 Detroit Red Wings 2–1 McElhinney Amalie Arena 19,092 20–13–4 44 [100] 38 December 31 @ Buffalo Sabres 6–4 Vasilevskiy KeyBank Center 18,465 21–13–4 46 [101]
January: 10–2–1, 21 points (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 7–2–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 39 January 2 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–1 Vasilevskiy Bell Centre 20,904 22–13–4 48 [102] 40 January 4 @ Ottawa Senators 5–3 McElhinney Canadian Tire Centre 13,914 23–13–4 50 [103] 41 January 5 @ Carolina Hurricanes 3–1 Vasilevskiy PNC Arena 18,015 24–13–4 52 [104] 42 January 7 Vancouver Canucks 9–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 25–13–4 54 [105] 43 January 9 Arizona Coyotes 4–0 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 26–13–4 56 [106] 44 January 11 @ Philadelphia Flyers 1–0 Vasilevskiy Wells Fargo Center 19,866 27–13–4 58 [107] 45 January 12 @ New Jersey Devils 1–3 McElhinney Prudential Center 14,203 27–14–4 58 [108] 46 January 14 Los Angeles Kings 4–3 SO Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 28–14–4 60 [109] 47 January 16 @ Minnesota Wild 2–3 McElhinney Xcel Energy Center 17,305 28–15–4 60 [110] 48 January 17 @ Winnipeg Jets 7–1 Vasilevskiy Bell MTS Place 15,325 29–15–4 62 [111] All-Star Break (January 23–26) 49 January 27 @ Dallas Stars 2–3 OT Vasilevskiy American Airlines Center 18,345 29–15–5 63 [112] 50 January 29 @ Los Angeles Kings 4–2 Vasilevskiy Staples Center 18,230 30–15–5 65 [113] 51 January 31 @ Anaheim Ducks 4–3 Vasilevskiy Honda Center 16,032 31–15–5 67 [114]
February: 10–4–0, 20 points (Home: 6–2–0; Road: 4–2–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 52 February 1 @ San Jose Sharks 3–0 McElhinney SAP Center 17,562 32–15–5 69 [115] 53 February 4 Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 33–15–5 71 [116] 54 February 6 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 34–15–5 73 [117] 55 February 8 New York Islanders 3–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 35–15–5 75 [118] 56 February 10 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 2–1 OT McElhinney Nationwide Arena 17,131 36–15–5 77 [119] 57 February 11 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 OT Vasilevskiy PPG Paints Arena 18,445 37–15–5 79 [120] 58 February 13 Edmonton Oilers 3–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 38–15–5 81 [121] 59 February 15 Philadelphia Flyers 5–3 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 39–15–5 83 [122] 60 February 17 @ Colorado Avalanche 4–3 OT McElhinney Pepsi Center 18,107 40–15–5 85 [123] 61 February 20 @ Vegas Golden Knights 3–5 Vasilevskiy T-Mobile Arena 18,376 40–16–5 85 [124] 62 February 22 @ Arizona Coyotes 3–7 Vasilevskiy Gila River Arena 14,825 40–17–5 85 [125] 63 February 25 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 40–18–5 85 [126] 64 February 27 Chicago Blackhawks 2–5 McElhinney Amalie Arena 19,092 40–19–5 85 [127] 65 February 29 Calgary Flames 4–3 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 41–19–5 87 [128]
March: 2–2–1, 5 points (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 1–1–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 66 March 3 Boston Bruins 1–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 41–20–5 87 [129] 67 March 5 Montreal Canadiens 4–0 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 42–20–5 89 [130] 68 March 7 @ Boston Bruins 5–3 Vasilevskiy TD Garden 17,850 43–20–5 91 [131] 69 March 8 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–5 OT McElhinney Little Caesars Arena 18,841 43–20–6 92 [132] 70 March 10 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–2 Vasilevskiy Scotiabank Arena 19,124 43–21–6 92 [133]
Cancelled games Game Date Opponent Location 71 March 12 Philadelphia Flyers Amalie Arena 72 March 14 Detroit Red Wings Amalie Arena 73 March 15 New Jersey Devils Amalie Arena 74 March 18 @ Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena 75 March 20 @ Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place 76 March 21 @ Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome 77 March 25 Toronto Maple Leafs Amalie Arena 78 March 27 Columbus Blue Jackets Amalie Arena 79 March 28 New York Rangers Amalie Arena 80 March 31 Ottawa Senators Amalie Arena 81 April 2 @ Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena 82 April 4 @ Detroit Red Wings Little Caesars Arena
Lightning score listed first;   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Seeding Round-robin – Tampa Bay finishes 2nd † Games played at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Record Points Recap 1 August 3 Washington Capitals 3–2 SO Vasilevskiy 1–0–0 2 [134] 2 August 5 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 Vasilevskiy 2–0–0 4 [135] 3 August 8 Philadelphia Flyers 1–4 Vasilevskiy 2–1–0 4 [136]
Lightning score listed first;   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference First Round vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (7) - Series tied 1–1 † Games played at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 11 Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 5OT Vasilevskiy 1–0 [137] 2 August 13 Columbus Blue Jackets 1–3 Vasilevskiy 1–1 [138] 3 August 15 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 4 August 17 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 5* August 19 Columbus Blue Jackets 6* August 21 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 7* August 22 Columbus Blue Jackets
Lightning score listed first;   Win   Loss   If necessary

Player stats

August 13, 2020[139]

Skaters

Regular season[140] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Nikita Kucherov 68 33 52 85 26 38 Steven Stamkos 57 29 37 66 14 22 Brayden Point 66 25 39 64 28 11 Victor Hedman 66 11 44 55 27 31 Alex Killorn 68 26 23 49 19 20 Anthony Cirelli 68 16 28 44 28 30 Ondrej Palat 69 17 24 41 25 22 Mikhail Sergachev 70 10 24 34 15 58 Kevin Shattenkirk 70 8 26 34 22 38 Tyler Johnson 65 14 17 31 9 16 Yanni Gourde 70 10 20 30 −5 49 Patrick Maroon 64 9 14 23 4 71 Cedric Paquette 60 7 11 18 −1 40 Carter Verhaeghe 52 9 4 13 −9 8 Erik Cernak 67 5 7 12 11 59 Ryan McDonagh 50 1 11 12 7 19 Mathieu Joseph 37 4 3 7 −2 16 Jan Rutta 33 1 6 7 6 14 Mitchell Stephens 38 3 3 6 −9 10 Braydon Coburn 40 1 3 4 5 16 Cameron Gaunce 3 1 3 4 2 4 Luke Schenn 25 1 2 3 −8 23 Luke Witkowski 12 1 2 3 −4 13 Zach Bogosian^† 8 0 2 2 0 12 Barclay Goodrow^† 8 0 2 2 0 17 Gemel Smith 3 1 0 1 0 4 Alexander Volkov 9 0 1 1 −6 6 Blake Coleman^† 9 0 1 1 2 16 Cory Conacher 4 0 1 1 −2 4

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Brayden Point 5 3 3 6 0 8 Nikita Kucherov 5 2 3 5 0 4 Tyler Johnson 5 2 1 3 −2 2 Alex Killorn 5 1 2 3 −3 6 Yanni Gourde 5 1 1 2 0 9 Ryan McDonagh 5 0 2 2 0 0 Victor Hedman 5 0 2 2 1 0 Ondrej Palat 5 0 2 2 0 0 Mitchell Stephens 5 1 0 1 0 0 Patrick Maroon 5 0 1 1 −1 0 Blake Coleman 5 0 1 1 0 11 Mikhail Sergachev 5 0 1 1 −2 2 Kevin Shattenkirk 5 0 0 0 −3 2 Barclay Goodrow 5 0 0 0 1 2 Cedric Paquette 5 0 0 0 0 0 Erik Cernak 5 0 0 0 0 4 Anthony Cirelli 5 0 0 0 −3 2 Zach Bogosian 4 0 0 0 1 2 Jan Rutta 1 0 0 0 0 0 Steven Stamkos – – – – – –

Goaltenders

Regular season[141]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Andrei Vasilevskiy	52	52	3122	35	14	3	133	2.56	1605	.917	3	0	4	4
Curtis McElhinney	18	18	1081	8	7	3	48	2.89	551	.906	1	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT^α	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Andrei Vasilevskiy	5	5	391	3	2	0	12	1.84	174	.931	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

Roster

Updated August 2, 2020[142][143]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
24		Zach Bogosian	D	R	30	2020	Massena, New York
81		Erik Cernak	D	R	23	2017	Košice, Slovakia
71		Anthony Cirelli	C	L	23	2015	Woodbridge, Ontario
55		Braydon Coburn	D	L	35	2015	Calgary, Alberta
20		Blake Coleman	C	L	28	2020	Plano, Texas
19		Barclay Goodrow	C/RW	L	27	2020	Toronto, Ontario
37		Yanni Gourde	LW	L	28	2014	Saint-Narcisse, Quebec
77		Victor Hedman (A)	D	L	29	2009	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
9		Tyler Johnson	C	R	30	2011	Spokane, Washington
7		Mathieu Joseph	RW	L	23	2017	Laval, Quebec
17		Alex Killorn	C	L	30	2007	Halifax, Nova Scotia
86		Nikita Kucherov	RW	L	27	2011	Maykop, Russia
14		Patrick Maroon	LW	L	32	2019	St. Louis, Missouri
27		Ryan McDonagh (A)	D	L	31	2018	St. Paul, Minnesota
35		Curtis McElhinney	G	L	37	2019	London, Ontario
18		Ondrej Palat	LW	L	29	2011	Frýdek-Místek, Czechoslovakia
13		Cedric Paquette	C	L	27	2012	Gaspé, Quebec
21		Brayden Point	C	R	24	2014	Calgary, Alberta
44		Jan Rutta	D	R	30	2019	Písek, Czechoslovakia
2		Luke Schenn	D	R	30	2019	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
98		Mikhail Sergachev	D	L	22	2017	Nizhnekamsk, Russia
22		Kevin Shattenkirk	D	R	31	2019	New Rochelle, New York
91		Steven Stamkos (C)	C	R	30	2008	Markham, Ontario
67		Mitchell Stephens	C	R	23	2015	Peterborough, Ontario
88		Andrei Vasilevskiy	G	L	26	2012	Tyumen, Russia
23		Carter Verhaeghe	C	L	25	2017	Toronto, Ontario
29		Scott Wedgewood	G	L	28	2019	Brampton, Ontario

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Cedric Paquette	Fined for high-sticking Frank Vatrano during the preseason game against the Florida Panthers on September 26, 2019, at the BB&T Center.	—	$2,500	September 27, 2019[144]
Erik Cernak	Suspended for elbowing Rasmus Dahlin during the regular season game against the Buffalo Sabres on November 25, 2019, at Amalie Arena.	2 games	$7,500	November 26, 2019[145]

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season Player Award Awarded Victor Hedman NHL First Star of the Week[146] December 30, 2019 Victor Hedman NHL All-Star Game selection[147] December 30, 2019 Andrei Vasilevskiy NHL First Star of the Week[148] January 13, 2020 Andrei Vasilevskiy NHL All-Star Game selection[149] January 13, 2020 Steven Stamkos NHL 2010s All-Decade Second Team [150] January 24, 2020 Andrei Vasilevskiy NHL Third Star of January[151] February 1, 2020 Steven Stamkos NHL Second Star of the Week[152] February 3, 2020 Andrei Vasilevskiy NHL Third Star of the Week[153] February 10, 2020 Andrei Vasilevskiy NHL Second Star of the Week[154] February 17, 2020

Hockey Hall of Fame

Individual	Award	Year awarded	Years with franchise	References
Rick Peckham	Foster Hewitt Memorial Award	2020	1995–2020	[155]

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached Carter Verhaeghe 1st career NHL game October 3, 2019 Carter Verhaeghe 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point October 5, 2019 Victor Hedman 700th career NHL game October 10, 2019 Brayden Point 200th career NHL point October 10, 2019 Alexander Volkov 1st career NHL game October 30, 2019 Yanni Gourde 200th career NHL game November 14, 2020 Steven Stamkos 400th career NHL goal November 16, 2019 Ondrej Palat 100th career NHL goal November 23, 2019 Ondrej Palat 200th career NHL assist 300th career NHL point November 25, 2019 Brayden Point 100th career NHL goal November 29, 2019 Victor Hedman 100th career NHL goal December 5, 2019 Carter Verhaeghe 1st career NHL goal December 7, 2019 Mitchell Stephens 1st career NHL game December 9, 2019 Mathieu Joseph 100th career NHL game December 14, 2019 Nikita Kucherov 200th career NHL goal December 22, 2019 Nikita Kucherov 300th career NHL assist 500th career NHL point December 23, 2019 Tyler Johnson 500th career NHL game December 28, 2019 Mitchell Stephens 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point December 28, 2019 Steven Stamkos 800th career NHL point December 28, 2019 Mikhail Sergachev 200th career NHL game January 7, 2020 Mitchell Stephens 1st career NHL assist January 7, 2020 Carter Verhaeghe 1st career NHL Hat-trick January 7, 2020 Steven Stamkos 400th career NHL assist January 9, 2020 Andrei Vasilevskiy 20th career NHL shutout January 11, 2020 Erik Cernak 100th career NHL game January 12, 2020 Alexander Volkov 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point January 14, 2020 Anthony Cirelli 1st career NHL Hat-trick January 17, 2020 Alex Killorn 300th career NHL point January 17, 2020 Nikita Kucherov 500th career NHL game February 6, 2020 Patrick Maroon 500th career NHL game February 10, 2020 Mikhail Sergachev 100th career NHL point February 10, 2020 Steven Stamkos 800th career NHL game February 17, 2020 Kevin Shattenkirk 300th career NHL assist March 5, 2020

Playoffs Player Milestone Reached Zach Bogosian 1st career playoff game August 3, 2020 Mitchell Stephens 1st career playoff game 1st career playoff point 1st career playoff goal August 3, 2020

Transactions

The Lightning have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To Vancouver Canucks J. T. Miller	To Tampa Bay Lightning Marek Mazanec 3rd-round pick in 2019 Conditional 1st-round pick in 2020	[156]
July 30, 2019 (2019-07-30)	To Ottawa Senators Ryan Callahan 5th-round pick in 2020	To Tampa Bay Lightning Mike Condon 6th-round pick in 2020	[157]
August 14, 2019 (2019-08-14)	To Detroit Red Wings Adam Erne	To Tampa Bay Lightning 4th-round pick in 2020	[158]
November 2, 2019 (2019-11-02)	To New Jersey Devils Louis Domingue	To Tampa Bay Lightning Conditional 7th-round pick in 2021	[159]
November 24, 2019 (2019-11-24)	To Buffalo Sabres Matt Spencer	To Tampa Bay Lightning Devante Stephens	[160]
December 30, 2019 (2019-12-30)	To Anaheim Ducks Chris Mueller	To Tampa Bay Lightning Patrick Sieloff	[161]
February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16)	To New Jersey Devils Nolan Foote Conditional 1st-round pick in 2020	To Tampa Bay Lightning Blake Coleman	[162]
February 20, 2020 (2020-02-20)	To Florida Panthers Danick Martel	To Tampa Bay Lightning Anthony Greco	[163]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To San Jose Sharks Anthony Greco 1st-round pick in 2020	To Tampa Bay Lightning Barclay Goodrow 3rd-round pick in 2020	[164]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019	Luke Schenn	from Vancouver Canucks	1-year	[165]
July 1, 2019	Curtis McElhinney	from Carolina Hurricanes	2-year	[166]
July 1, 2019	Luke Witkowski	from Detroit Red Wings	2-year	[167]
July 1, 2019	Scott Wedgewood	from Buffalo Sabres	1-year	[167]
July 1, 2019	Spencer Martin	from Colorado Avalanche	1-year	[167]
July 1, 2019	Chris Mueller	from Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	[167]
July 1, 2019	Anton Stralman	to Florida Panthers	3-year	[168]
July 1, 2019	Gabriel Dumont	to Minnesota Wild	2-year	[169]
July 1, 2019	Andy Andreoff	to Philadelphia Flyers	2-year	[170]
July 8, 2019	Gemel Smith	from Boston Bruins	1-year	[171]
August 5, 2019	Kevin Shattenkirk	from New York Rangers	1-year	[172]
August 24, 2019	Patrick Maroon	from St. Louis Blues	1-year	[173]
February 23, 2020	Zach Bogosian	from Buffalo Sabres	1-year	[174]
July 17, 2020	Sean Day	from Hartford Wolf Pack	1-year	[175]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref

Retirement Date Player Ref

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
June 25, 2019 (2019-06-25)	Nolan Foote	3-year	[176][177]
July 5, 2019 (2019-07-05)	Carter Verhaeghe	1-year	[178]
July 5, 2019 (2019-07-05)	Cedric Paquette	2-year	[179]
July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	Danick Martel	1-year	[180]
July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16)	Ben Thomas	1-year	[181]
July 17, 2019 (2019-07-17)	Dominik Masin	1-year	[182]
July 29, 2019 (2019-07-29)	Andrei Vasilevskiy	8-year	[183]
September 23, 2019 (2019-09-23)	Brayden Point	3-year	[184]
April 17, 2020 (2020-04-17)	Daniel Walcott	1-year	[185]

Draft picks

See also: List of Tampa Bay Lightning draft picks

Below are the Tampa Bay Lightning's selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	27	Nolan Foote	LW	United States	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
3	71^1	Hugo Alnefelt	G	Sweden	HV71 J20 (J20 SuperElit)
3	89	Maxim Cajkovic	RW	Slovakia	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
4	120	Maxwell Crozier	D	Canada	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
6	182	Quinn Schmiemann	D	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
7	189^2	Mikhail Shalagin	LW	Russia	JHC Spartak (MHL)
7	213	McKade Webster	LW	United States	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)

Notes:

1. The Vancouver Canucks' third-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent J. T. Miller to Vancouver in exchange for Marek Mazanec, a conditional first-round pick 2020 and this pick.[186]
2. The Chicago Blackhawks' seventh-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on January 11, 2019, that sent Slater Koekkoek and a fifth-round pick in 2019 to Chicago in exchange for Jan Rutta and this pick.[187]

Notes

^α In the Round-Robin Seeding games the format followed that of the regular season. This meant there was a possibility of the game ending in overtime or a shootout. The regular playoff games followed the traditional format of sudden death overtime.

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