Brandon Hagel notched the go-ahead goal for the second straight game against Ottawa, and the Tampa Bay Lightning swept their two-game home series against the Senators with a 5-1 win on Thursday.

Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark (35 ... And then we kept building off that.” Nikita Kucherov’s power-play goal at 7:38 of the second gave the Lightning a 2-1 lead and snapped an ...

Can we count on Nikita Kucherov finding the back of the net when the Tampa Bay Lightning face off with the Ottawa Senators at ...

For Ottawa Senator fans so far ... Giroux threaded the puck through Nikita Kucherov's skates right to Norris, who beat Andrei Vasilevskiy low to the glove side. The two clubs erupted for a ...

Nikita Kucherov’s one-timer from the right ... But the Lightning delivered a terrific kill, holding the Senators to just one shot on net. Ottawa pulled Ullmark for an extra attacker during ...

Luke Glendening, Nikita Kucherov and Ryan McDonagh also scored for Tampa Bay while Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 25 saves. Michael Amadio, Claude Giroux and Drake Batherson scored for Ottawa.

Sometimes, the difference between making or missing the playoffs isn’t just about how many wins but who those wins are against.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 36 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning extended their winning streak to five games with a 4-1 victory against the Seattle Kraken ...

(AP) Brandon Hagel scored less than two minutes into the third period to give the Tampa Bay Lightning the lead for good in a 4-3 win on Tuesday night that snapped the Ottawa Senators' five-game ...

Luke Glendening, Nikita Kucherov and Ryan McDonagh also scored for Tampa Bay while Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 25 saves. Michael Amadio, Claude Giroux and Drake Batherson scored for Ottawa.