After advancing to back-to-back-to-back Stanley Cup Finals between 2020-22 -- and winning two of them -- the Lightning are going all in again.

The Lightning (36-21-4) have gone from a team battling for a wild card spot in the Eastern Conference to pushing toward the top of the Atlantic Division by going 10-1-1 in their past 12 games heading into their game against the Buffalo Sabres at Amalie Arena on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; ESPN).

Outspoken skipper John Tortorella was hired as the fourth head coach in Lightning history midway through the 2000-2001 season. In a little over six seasons, Tortorella coached Tampa Bay to four straight playoff appearances, including a Stanley Cup Final and a Jack Adams Award in 2004.

The Lightning could be interested in bringing back a former two-time Stanley Cup winner that departed the team in 2021.

Aleksander Barkov scored twice in the second period, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 shots, and the Florida Panthers beat their in-state rival Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Monday night. The defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers won their fourth straight game,

Ference, who had an impressive 907-game NHL career, spent parts of four seasons with the Flames from 2003 to 2007. He was a part of the Flames team that advanced to the Stanley Cup Final back in 2004, and chose to recently release some pictures on Instagram he had from that legendary group.

Gourde and Oliver Bjorkstrand waited for three hours — until two players cleared waivers for the Lightning — before they could be informed they were heading to Tampa Bay as the main pieces of a three-team trade that also included the Red Wings.

because the Lightning have not picked near the top of the draft for a very long time. And he didn’t need to mention that Tampa Bay has two Stanley Cup titles and 30 more postseason victories ...

The Tampa Bay Lightning have a habit of making big moves at the trade deadline, but whether or not they will do so this year remains a mystery. Tampa Bay is in

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