2017–18 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 2017–18 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 26th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on December 16, 1991.^[2]

2017–18 Tampa Bay Lightning
Atlantic Division champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	1st Eastern
2017–18 record	54–23–5
Home record	29–10–2
Road record	25–13–3
Goals for	296
Goals against	236
Team information
General manager	Steve Yzerman
Coach	Jon Cooper
Captain	Steven Stamkos
Alternate captains	Ryan Callahan Victor Hedman Ondrej Palat Anton Stralman
Arena	Amalie Arena
Average attendance	19,092^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Nikita Kucherov (39)
Assists	Nikita Kucherov (61)
Points	Nikita Kucherov (100)
Penalty minutes	Steven Stamkos (72)
Plus/minus	Yanni Gourde (+34)
Wins	Andrei Vasilevskiy (44)
Goals against average	Andrei Vasilevskiy (2.62)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Off-season

April

On April 9, 2017, the Lightning's 2016–17 season came to an end when they defeated the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 at Amalie Arena.^[3] The Lightning were eliminated from playoff contention the night before when the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3.^[4]

On April 23, 2017, the Lightning signed Boris Katchouk to a three-year, entry-level contract. Katchouk posted career highs in goals (35), assists (29) and points (64).^[5] Katchouk said he had "dreamed of this for a long time" after signing the contract.^[6] Katchouk joined the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League (AHL) after the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds were eliminated from the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) playoffs.^[7]

On April 25, 2017, Tanner Richard left the Syracuse Crunch to join the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team to try to earn a spot for the 2017 IIHF World Championship. It was unknown at the time whether Richard would rejoin the Crunch if the team remained in the playoffs.^[8]

On April 28, 2017, Richard agreed to a two-year contract with Genève-Servette HC of the Swiss National League A (NLA).^[9]

May

On May 15, 2017, the Lightning announced it had signed Taylor Raddysh to a three-year, entry-level contract.^[10] Raddysh led the OHL's Erie Otters offense the past season with 109 points in 58 games.^[11]

On May 29, 2017, the NHL announced the Lightning would host the 2018 NHL All-Star Game at Amalie Arena.^[12] The Lightning had previously served as host of the NHL All-Star game back in 1999, which notably featured Wayne Gretzky's final appearance in an NHL All-Star Game.^[13]

On May 31, 2017, the Lightning announced it had traded Bokondji Imama to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. For the condition to be satisfied, the Kings had to sign Imama to an NHL contract before the June 1, 2pm deadline.^[14] The Kings satisfied the requirements of the conditional seventh-round pick when it signed Imama to a three-year, entry-level contract.^[15]

June

On June 15, 2017, the Lightning announced a blockbuster trade that sent forward Jonathan Drouin to the Montreal Canadiens and a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for defenseman Mikhail Sergachev and a conditional second-round pick in the 2018 Draft.^[16] In 2016–17, Sergachev played in 50 games with the OHL's Windsor Spitfires, recording 10 goals and 43 points.^[17] Sergachev also helped Windsor capture the 2017 Memorial Cup as Canadian Hockey League (CHL) champions.^[18]

On June 18, 2017, the Lightning announced its list of protected players for the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft. The Lightning chose to protect forwards Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov, Ryan Callahan, Tyler Johnson, Ondrej Palat, Alex Killorn, Vladislav Namestnikov; defensemen Victor Hedman, Anton Stralman and Braydon Coburn; and goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy. Vegas was permitted to negotiate with any unprotected players until June 21. If a player was signed, then it counted as Vegas' expansion draft pick. Barring any trades, Vegas would create its inaugural roster by selecting one player from every NHL club.^[19]

On June 19, 2017, Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) announced it had signed Lightning forward prospect Henri Ikonen to a two-year contract.^[20]

On June 20, 2017, Lausanne HC of the NLA announced it had signed Lightning prospect Joel Vermin to a five-year contract that contains an NHL clause for a one-way deal. The deal had been previously reported in January, however the terms of the deal and which club had signed him was unknown. Vermin has played in 24 NHL games and recorded four assists. He has primarily played in the AHL, where he has made 185 appearances, scoring 44 goals and 55 assists.^[21]

On June 21, 2017, the Vegas Golden Knights selected Lightning defensemen Jason Garrison in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft. In order to facilitate Vegas selecting Garrison, the Lightning traded prospect Nikita Gusev, a second-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and a fourth-round pick in the 2018 Draft. In so doing, the Lightning were also able to protect defensive prospects Jake Dotchin and Slater Koekkoek. The selection of Garrison also freed up $4.6 million in salary cap for the 2017–18 season.^[22]

On June 22, 2017, it was leaked by the media that the Lightning were re-signing goaltender Peter Budaj to a two-year contract extension.^[23] Budaj joined the Lightning as part of the trade that sent Lightning starting goaltender Ben Bishop to the Los Angeles Kings (along with a fifth-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft) in exchange for prospect Erik Cernak, a seventh-round pick in 2017 and a conditional pick in 2017.^[24]

On June 25, 2017, the Lightning announced the schedule and tentative roster for their annual developmental cap at The Ice Sports Forum. The camp will feature some of the Lightning's top prospects, along with the 2017 Draftees and invitees. Notable prospects attending this year includes Mikhail Sergachev, Brett Howden, Anthony Cirelli, Mathieu Joseph, Taylor Raddysh and Conner Ingram. Also in attendance will be all six players selected at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, including first round pick Callan Foote.^[25]

On June 26, 2017, the Lightning announced it had re-signed defenseman Andrej Sustr to a one-year, $1.95 million contract.^[26] Sustr skated in 80 games last season, recording 14 points.^[27]

Shortly after Sustr's extension was announced by the Lightning, the team announced it had re-signed forward Yanni Gourde to a two-year, $1 million contract extension. Gourde made 20 appearances in 2016–17, scoring six goals.^[28]

Later in the afternoon, the Lightning announced it had issued qualifying offers to nine players: Michael Bournival, Jake Dotchin, Kristers Gudlevskis, Tyler Johnson, Tye McGinn, Ondrej Palat, Matthew Peca and Tanner Richard. In so doing, the Lightning retained the rights to these players. Notable players not being issued qualifying offers by the Lightning were prospects Dylan Blujus, Jonathan Racine and Henri Ikonen. Any player not tenured a qualifying offer became an unrestricted free agent.^[29]

On June 28, 2017, the Lightning announced it had re-signed forward Cory Conacher to a two-year, $1.3 million contract extension. Conacher appeared in 11 games in 2016–17 with the Lightning, recording a goal and three assists. Conacher predominately played for the Crunch this past season. In his stint with the Crunch, Conacher recorded 17 goals and 43 assists.^[30] Additionally, Conacher led all players in scoring in the 2017 Calder Cup playoffs with 12 goals and 28 points.^[31]

A short time after the announcement of Conacher being re-signed, the Lightning announced it had re-signed Gabriel Dumont to a two-year, $1.3 million contract extension.^[32] Dumont appeared in 39 games with the Lightning in 2016–17, recording two goals and two assists. In the AHL, Dumont played in 20 games with the Crunch, scoring five goals and five assists. Additionally, Dumont appeared in all 22 playoffs games with the Crunch, where he recorded 5 goals and 11 points.^[33]

On June 29, 2017, the Lightning announced a massive $6 million renovation to The Ice Sports Forum. The Ice Sports Forum owner Tom Bradley will also be contributing $500,000 to the project. As part of the expansion, the Lightning extended their lease for another ten years. The renovation will increase the size of the facility from roughly 14,500 square feet to 18,000 square feet.^[34]

Later that afternoon, the Lightning announced the signing of forward prospect Alexander Volkov to a three-year, entry-level contract. Volkov played for SKA-1946 St. Petersburg the past four seasons. During that time, he played in 128 games and recorded 35 goals and 26 assists.^[35] Volkov is expected to play for the Syracuse Crunch in upcoming 2017–18 season.^[36]

July

On July 1, 2017, the Lightning announced it had signed prospect Oleg Sosunov to a three-year, entry-level contract.^[37] Sosunov was recently selected 39th overall in the 2017 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft by the Western Hockey League (WHL)'s Moose Jaw Warriors.^[38] Sosunov will be playing for the Warriors in the upcoming 2017–18 season.^[39]

The Lightning acquired forward Carter Verhaeghe from the New York Islanders in exchange for goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis. Verhaeghe is a former third-round pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs.^[40] Verhaeghe appeared in 45 games with the AHL's Bridgeport Sound Tigers, where he scored 16 goals and 13 assists.^[41]

The Lightning announced the signing of goaltender Michael Leighton to a one-year, two-way contract. Leighton played in four games with the Carolina Hurricanes this past season. Leighton also spent time with the Hurricanes' AHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers, where he played in 23 games. He had a record of 11–7–3 in those games, along with a 2.17 goals-against average (GAA) and a .921 save percentage.^[42] Leighton is expected to start the season as the Syracuse Crunch's starting goaltender.^[43]

The Lightning announced the signing of defenseman Mat Bodie to a one-year, two-way contract. In 2016–17, Bodie played for both the AHL's Rochester Americans and Hartford Wolf Pack. His season totals were 10 goals and 39 points, both career highs.^[44]

The Lightning announced the signing of left wing Alex Gallant to a one-year, two-way contract.^[45] Gallant played in 29 games with the AHL's San Jose Barracuda in 2016–17, recording two assists. Gallant has also skated in 56 career AHL games, scoring one goal and two assists.^[46]

The Lightning announced it had signed defenseman Jamie McBain to a one-year, two-way contract. McBain spent the duration of the 2016–17 season with the Tucson Roadrunners. McBain is expected to provide Syracuse with a veteran presence, having played in 348 career NHL games.^[47]

The Lightning announced the free agent signing of defenseman Dan Girardi to a two-year contract valued at $3 million per season. Girardi had spent his entire career with the New York Rangers before signing with the Lightning.^[47] Girardi is a veteran of 788 career NHL games. During that span Girardi has scored 46 goals and 230 points.^[48]

The final signing announced by the Lightning was free agent left wing Chris Kunitz to a one-year contract was worth $2 million. Kunitz brings a plethora of playoff experience, having won four Stanley Cups. Kunitz's career has spanned 884 career NHL games where he has 250 goals and 580 points.^[49]

On July 10, 2017, the Lightning announced it had re-signed restricted free agent forward Tyler Johnson to a seven-year, $35 million contract extension. Johnson has spent his entire NHL career with the Lightning since signing with them as undrafted free agent. Over five season Johnson has recorded 89 goals and 122 assists.^[50]

On July 14, 2017, the Lightning announced the re-signing of restricted free agent forward Ondrej Palat to a five-year, $26.5 million contract extension.^[51][52] Since being selected in the seventh round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, Palat has scored 74 goals and 144 assists over 307 games.^[53]

On July 18, 2017, the Lightning announced it had re-signed forward Michael Bournival to a one-year contract extension. In 2016–17, Bournival played in 19 games with the Lightning last season and 38 with the Crunch. In his career, Bournival has played in 108 career NHL games where he has recorded 12 goals and 22 points.^[54]

August

On August 17, 2017, the Lightning announced it had re-signed forward Tye McGinn to a one-year, two-way contract. McGinn was limited to just 21 games in 2016–17 due to an injury. He recorded 10 goals and 19 points.^[55]

On August 29, 2017, the Lightning announced its annual prospect tournament roster. Prospects of note in attendance are Brett Howden, Callan Foote, Mikhail Sergachev, Taylor Raddysh, and Anthony Cirelli. Also of note, the younger brother of Lightning forward Cory Conacher, Shane Conacher, is attending as an invitee. The prospect tournament will take place at Germain Arena, which is located in Estero, Florida. The other teams participating in the tournament are the Florida Panthers, the Nashville Predators and Washington Capitals. The tournament is set to run from September 9 to 12, inclusive.^[56][57]

Training camp

September

On September 6, 2017, the Lightning announced the annual prospect tournament had been canceled due to Hurricane Irma.^[58] The Lightning opted to play the Nashville Predators' prospects in a series of scrimmages over three days at Ford Ice Center in Antioch, Tennessee.^[59]

On September 13, 2017, the Lightning announced its 63-man roster for training camp. There were six training camp invitees this year, which were Shane Conacher, Kevin Hancock, Kevin Lynch, Reid McNeill, Joseph Raaymakers and Nicola Riopel. The roster also features all the prospects that participated in the scrimmages with the Predators the prior weekend.^[60][61]

On September 18, 2017, Brian Hart and Cameron Darcy both cleared unconditional waivers. This terminated the remaining year on both players contract, which frees up two contracts as part of the team's 50-contract limit.^[62] On September 20, 2017, the Lightning announced the first round of players cut from their training camp roster. Kevin Hancock and Joseph Raaymakers were released from their tryout agreements. Alexey Lipanov, Christopher Paquette, Taylor Raddysh, Christopher Paquette and Oleg Sosunov were reassigned to their respective junior clubs.^[63]

On September 21, 2017, the Lightning announced that it had trimmed down its training camp roster by three players. Boris Katchouk, Callan Foote and Libor Hajek were assigned to their junior clubs for the upcoming season.^[64]

On September 23, 2017, the Lightning made another round of roster cuts, which reduced the training camp roster to 44 players. Shane Conacher, Kevin Lynch, Reid McNeill were released from their tryout agreements. Otto Somppi was assigned to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)'s Halifax Mooseheads. Alex Gallant, Carter Verhaghe, Mat Bodie, Matthew Spencer, Connor Ingram and Michael Leighton were assigned to the Syracuse Crunch.^[65]

On September 25, 2017, the Lightning announced it was retiring Vincent Lecavalier's number 4 jersey on February 10, 2018. The retirement ceremony will take place before the game against the Los Angeles Kings, the club Lecavalier finished his career with.^[66] That same day, the Lightning announced it had reduced its training camp roster down to 30 players. Former first round pick Brett Howden was assigned to his junior club in the WHL, while Anthony Cirelli, Adam Erne, Mathieu Joseph, Tye McGinn, Matthew Peca, Mitchell Stephens, Dennis Yan, Erik Cernak, Jamie McBain, Ben Thomas and Daniel Walcott were reassigned to Syracuse.^[67]

On September 28, 2017, the Lightning announced it had signed forward prospect Alexy Lipanov to a three-year, entry-level contract.^[68]

On September 29, 2017, the Lightning announced it had reduced its training camp roster by one player: Alexander Volkov, the Lightning's 2017 second-round draft pick, was reassigned to Syracuse.^[69]

October

On October 1, 2017, the Lightning announced that it had reassigned goaltender Nicola Riopel to the Adirondack Thunder of the ECHL.^[70]

On October 2, 2017, the Lightning placed on Cory Conacher on waivers for the purpose of reassigning him to the Crunch.^[71][72] Conacher was the final roster cut of training camp. The Lightning will started the season with thirteen forwards and eight defensemen. The forward group consisted of J. T. Brown, Ryan Callahan, Gabriel Dumont, Yanni Gourde, Tyler Johnson, Alex Killorn, Nikita Kucherov, Chris Kunitz, Vladislav Namestnikov, Ondrej Palat, Cedric Paquette, Brayden Point and Steven Stamkos. The defensemen on the opening night roster were Braydon Coburn, Jake Dotchin, Dan Girardi, Victor Hedman, Slater Koekkoek, Mikhail Sergachev, Anton Stralman and Andrej Sustr.^[73][74] Forwards Michael Bournival, Erik Condra, Jonne Tammela, Carter Verhaeghe and defenseman Dominik Masin remained with the team on injured reserve.^[75]

Standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	54	23	5	48	296	236	+60	113
2	x – Boston Bruins	82	50	20	12	47	270	214	+56	112
3	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	49	26	7	42	277	232	+45	105
4	Florida Panthers	82	44	30	8	41	248	246	+2	96
5	Detroit Red Wings	82	30	39	13	25	217	255	−38	73
6	Montreal Canadiens	82	29	40	13	27	209	264	−55	71
7	Ottawa Senators	82	28	43	11	26	221	291	−70	67
8	Buffalo Sabres	82	25	45	12	24	199	280	−81	62

Source: National Hockey League^[76]
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

Schedule and results

Preseason

2017 preseason game log: 3–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 2–2–0)^[77] Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Recap 1 September 19 Carolina Hurricanes 1–2 Leighton Amalie Arena 11,454 0–1–0 ^[78] 2 September 20 @ Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 Leighton PNC Arena 6,486 1–1–0 ^[79] 3 September 22 Nashville Predators 3–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 15,504 2–1–0 ^[80] 4 September 24 Florida Panthers 2–4 Budaj Amalie Arena 12,911 2–2–0 ^[81] 5 September 26 @ Florida Panthers 2–4 Vasilevskiy BB&T Center 8,242 2–3–0 ^[82] 6 September 28 @ Florida Panthers 2–5 Budaj BB&T Center 13,279 2–4–0 ^[83] 7 September 30 @ Nashville Predators 3–2 OT Vasilevskiy Bridgestone Arena 17,133 3–4–0 ^[84]

Lightning score listed first;   Win   Loss   Overtime/shootout loss

Regular season

2017–18 regular season game log^[85]
October: 10–2–1, 21 points (Home: 6–1–0; Road: 4–1–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 6 Florida Panthers 5–3 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 1–0–0 2 ^[86] 2 October 7 @ Florida Panthers 4–5 Vasilevskiy BB&T Center 16,871 1–1–0 2 ^[87] 3 October 9 Washington Capitals 4–3 OT Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 2–1–0 4 ^[88] 4 October 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 3–1–0 6 ^[89] 5 October 14 St. Louis Blues 2–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 4–1–0 8 ^[90] 6 October 16 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–2 Vasilevskiy Little Caesars Arena 19,515 5–1–0 10 ^[91] 7 October 17 @ New Jersey Devils 4–5 SO Budaj Prudential Center 13,176 5–1–1 11 ^[92] 8 October 19 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 2–0 Vasilevskiy Nationwide Arena 13,155 6–1–1 13 ^[93] 9 October 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 7–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 7–1–1 15 ^[94] 10 October 24 @ Carolina Hurricanes 5–1 Vasilevskiy PNC Arena 10,498 8–1–1 17 ^[95] 11 October 26 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 9–1–1 19 ^[96] 12 October 28 Anaheim Ducks 1–4 Budaj Amalie Arena 19,092 9–2–1 19 ^[97] 13 October 30 @ Florida Panthers 8–5 Vasilevskiy BB&T Center 9,493 10–2–1 21 ^[98]
November: 7–4–1, 15 points (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 4–3–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 14 November 2 New York Rangers 1–2 OT Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 10–2–2 22 ^[99] 15 November 4 Columbus Blue Jackets 5–4 SO Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 11–2–2 24 ^[100] 16 November 8 @ San Jose Sharks 5–1 Vasilevskiy SAP Center 17,044 12–2–2 26 ^[101] 17 November 9 @ Los Angeles Kings 5–2 Budaj Staples Center 18,230 13–2–2 28 ^[102] 18 November 12 @ Anaheim Ducks 2–1 Vasilevskiy Honda Center 15,707 14–2–2 30 ^[103] 19 November 16 Dallas Stars 6–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 15–2–2 32 ^[104] 20 November 18 New York Islanders 3–5 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 15–3–2 32 ^[105] 21 November 22 Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 OT Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 16–3–2 34 ^[106] 22 November 24 @ Washington Capitals 1–3 Vasilevskiy Capital One Arena 18,506 16–4–2 34 ^[107] 23 November 25 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2–5 Budaj PPG Paints Arena 18,659 16–5–2 34 ^[108] 24 November 28 @ Buffalo Sabres 2–0 Vasilevskiy KeyBank Center 17,569 17–5–2 36 ^[109] 25 November 29 @ Boston Bruins 2–3 Vasilevskiy TD Garden 17,565 17–6–2 36 ^[110]
December: 11–2–0, 22 points (Home: 7–1–0; Road: 4–1–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 26 December 2 San Jose Sharks 5–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 18–6–2 38 ^[111] 27 December 5 New York Islanders 6–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 19–6–2 40 ^[112] 28 December 7 Colorado Avalanche 5–2 Budaj Amalie Arena 19,092 20–6–2 42 ^[113] 29 December 9 Winnipeg Jets 4–3 OT Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 21–6–2 44 ^[114] 30 December 12 @ St. Louis Blues 3–0 Vasilevskiy Scottrade Center 18,290 22–6–2 46 ^[115] 31 December 14 @ Arizona Coyotes 4–1 Vasilevskiy Gila River Arena 11,591 23–6–2 48 ^[116] 32 December 16 @ Colorado Avalanche 6–5 Budaj Pepsi Center 16,956 24–6–2 50 ^[117] 33 December 19 @ Vegas Golden Knights 3–4 Vasilevskiy T-Mobile Arena 17,813 24–7–2 50 ^[118] 34 December 21 Ottawa Senators 4–3 SO Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 25–7–2 52 ^[119] 35 December 23 Minnesota Wild 3–0 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 26–7–2 54 ^[120] 36 December 28 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 27–7–2 56 ^[121] 37 December 29 Philadelphia Flyers 3–5 Budaj Amalie Arena 19,092 27–8–2 56 ^[122] 38 December 31 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 5–0 Vasilevskiy Nationwide Arena 18,878 28–8–2 58 ^[123]
January: 6–5–1, 13 points (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 5–3–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 39 January 2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–0 Vasilevskiy Air Canada Centre 19,344 29–8–2 60 ^[124] 40 January 4 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–2 SO Vasilevskiy Bell Centre 21,302 29–8–3 61 ^[125] 41 January 6 @ Ottawa Senators 3–6 Vasilevskiy Canadian Tire Centre 16,247 29–9–3 61 ^[126] 42 January 7 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–2 Domingue Little Caesars Arena 19,515 30–9–3 63 ^[127] 43 January 9 Carolina Hurricanes 5–4 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 31–9–3 65 ^[128] 44 January 11 Calgary Flames 1–5 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 31–10–3 65 ^[129] 45 January 18 Vegas Golden Knights 1–4 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 31–11–3 65 ^[130] 46 January 20 @ Minnesota Wild 2–5 Vasilevskiy Xcel Energy Center 19,007 31–12–3 65 ^[131] 47 January 22 @ Chicago Blackhawks 2–0 Vasilevskiy United Center 21,662 32–12–3 67 ^[132] 48 January 23 @ Nashville Predators 4–3 OT Domingue Bridgestone Arena 17,332 33–12–3 69 ^[133] 49 January 25 @ Philadelphia Flyers 5–1 Vasilevskiy Wells Fargo Center 19,489 34–12–3 71 ^[134] All-Star Break (January 26–29) 50 January 30 @ Winnipeg Jets 1–3 Domingue Bell MTS Place 15,321 34–13–3 71 ^[135]
February: 9–4–1, 19 points (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 5–3–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 51 February 1 @ Calgary Flames 7–4 Vasilevskiy Scotiabank Saddledome 19,000 35–13–3 73 ^[136] 52 February 3 @ Vancouver Canucks 4–2 Vasilevskiy Rogers Arena 18,865 36–13–3 75 ^[137] 53 February 5 @ Edmonton Oilers 2–6 Vasilevskiy Rogers Place 18,347 36–14–3 75 ^[138] 54 February 8 Vancouver Canucks 5–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 37–14–3 77 ^[139] 55 February 10 Los Angeles Kings 4–3 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 38–14–3 79 ^[140] 56 February 12 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4 Vasilevskiy Air Canada Centre 19,112 38–15–3 79 ^[141] 57 February 13 @ Buffalo Sabres 3–5 Domingue KeyBank Center 16,530 38–16–3 79 ^[142] 58 February 15 Detroit Red Wings 4–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 39–16–3 81 ^[143] 59 February 17 New Jersey Devils 3–4 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 39–17–3 81 ^[144] 60 February 20 @ Washington Capitals 4–2 Vasilevskiy Capital One Arena 18,506 40–17–3 83 ^[145] 61 February 22 @ Ottawa Senators 4–3 Domingue Canadian Tire Centre 16,204 41–17–3 85 ^[146] 62 February 24 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–3 SO Vasilevskiy Bell Centre 21,203 42–17–3 87 ^[147] 63 February 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 SO Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 43–17–3 89 ^[148] 64 February 28 Buffalo Sabres 1–2 OT Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 43–17–4 90 ^[149]
March: 9–5–0, 18 points (Home: 6–3–0; Road: 3–2–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 65 March 1 @ Dallas Stars 5–4 OT Domingue American Airlines Center 17,337 44–17–4 92 ^[150] 66 March 3 Philadelphia Flyers 7–6 SO Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 45–17–4 94 ^[151] 67 March 6 Florida Panthers 5–4 OT Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 46–17–4 96 ^[152] 68 March 8 New York Rangers 5–3 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 47–17–4 98 ^[153] 69 March 10 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 SO Domingue Amalie Arena 19,092 48–17–4 100 ^[154] 70 March 13 Ottawa Senators 4–7 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 48–18–4 100 ^[155] 71 March 17 Boston Bruins 0–3 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 48–19–4 100 ^[156] 72 March 18 Edmonton Oilers 3–1 Domingue Amalie Arena 19,092 49–19–4 102 ^[157] 73 March 20 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 50–19–4 104 ^[158] 74 March 22 @ New York Islanders 7–6 Vasilevskiy Barclays Center 10,354 51–19–4 106 ^[159] 75 March 24 @ New Jersey Devils 1–2 Vasilevskiy Prudential Center 16,514 51–20–4 106 ^[160] 76 March 26 Arizona Coyotes 1–4 Domingue Amalie Arena 19,092 51–21–4 106 ^[161] 77 March 29 @ Boston Bruins 2–4 Vasilevskiy TD Garden 17,565 51–22–4 106 ^[162] 78 March 30 @ New York Rangers 7–3 Domingue Madison Square Garden 18,006 52–22–4 108 ^[163]
April: 2–1–1, 5 points (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–0–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 79 April 1 Nashville Predators 1–4 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 52–23–4 108 ^[164] 80 April 3 Boston Bruins 4–0 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 53–23–4 110 ^[165] 81 April 6 Buffalo Sabres 7–5 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 54–23–4 112 ^[166] 82 April 7 @ Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 OT Domingue PNC Arena 15,402 54–23–5 113 ^[167]
Lightning score listed first;   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2018 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference First Round vs. New Jersey Devils (WC2) – Tampa Bay wins series 4–1 Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Series Recap 1 April 12 New Jersey Devils 5–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 1–0 ^[168] 2 April 14 New Jersey Devils 5–3 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 2–0 ^[169] 3 April 16 @ New Jersey Devils 2–5 Vasilevskiy Prudential Center 16,514 2–1 ^[170] 4 April 18 @ New Jersey Devils 3–1 Vasilevskiy Prudential Center 16,514 3–1 ^[171] 5 April 21 New Jersey Devils 3–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 4–1 ^[172]
Eastern Conference Second Round vs. Boston Bruins (A2) – Tampa Bay wins series 4–1 Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Series Recap 1 April 28 Boston Bruins 2–6 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 0–1 ^[173] 2 April 30 Boston Bruins 4–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 1–1 ^[174] 3 May 2 @ Boston Bruins 4–1 Vasilevskiy TD Garden 17,565 2–1 ^[175] 4 May 4 @ Boston Bruins 4–3 OT Vasilevskiy TD Garden 17,565 3–1 ^[176] 5 May 6 Boston Bruins 3–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 4–1 ^[177]
Eastern Conference Finals vs. Washington Capitals (M1) – Washington wins series 4–3 Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Series Recap 1 May 11 Washington Capitals 2–4 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 0–1 ^[178] 2 May 13 Washington Capitals 2–6 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 0–2 ^[179] 3 May 15 @ Washington Capitals 4–2 Vasilevskiy Capital One Arena 18,506 1–2 ^[180] 4 May 17 @ Washington Capitals 4–2 Vasilevskiy Capital One Arena 18,506 2–2 ^[181] 5 May 19 Washington Capitals 3–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 3–2 ^[182] 6 May 21 @ Washington Capitals 0–3 Vasilevskiy Capital One Arena 18,506 3–3 ^[183] 7 May 23 Washington Capitals 0–4 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena 19,092 3–4 ^[184]
Lightning score listed first;   Win   Loss   If necessary

Player stats

May 23, 2018^[185]

Skaters

Regular season^[186] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Nikita Kucherov 80 39 61 100 15 42 Steven Stamkos 78 27 59 86 18 72 Brayden Point 82 32 34 66 18 24 Yanni Gourde 82 25 39 64 34 50 Victor Hedman 77 17 46 63 32 54 Tyler Johnson 81 21 29 50 3 24 Vladislav Namestnikov^‡ 62 20 24 44 11 35 Alex Killorn 82 15 32 47 22 45 Mikhail Sergachev 79 9 31 40 11 38 Ondrej Palat 56 11 24 34 16 6 Chris Kunitz 82 13 16 29 8 35 J. T. Miller^† 18 10 8 18 −3 12 Dan Girardi 77 6 12 18 18 27 Ryan Callahan 66 5 13 18 −4 29 Anton Stralman 80 4 14 18 29 18 Braydon Coburn 72 1 14 15 3 40 Cory Conacher 36 8 4 12 0 24 Anthony Cirelli 18 5 6 11 11 6 Jake Dotchin 48 3 8 11 17 38 Cedric Paquette 56 5 4 9 −5 41 Slater Koekkoek 35 4 4 8 4 18 Andrej Sustr 44 2 5 7 −5 18 Matthew Peca 10 2 3 5 6 0 J. T. Brown^‡ 24 1 3 4 −1 12 Adam Erne 23 3 1 4 −1 11 Ryan McDonagh^† 14 2 1 3 1 0 Gabriel Dumont^‡† 7 0 0 0 0 4 Michael Bournival 5 0 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Nikita Kucherov 17 7 10 17 −6 10 Steven Stamkos 17 7 9 16 −1 4 Brayden Point 17 7 9 16 −6 10 Ondrej Palat 17 6 6 12 −1 2 Victor Hedman 17 1 10 11 −4 10 Tyler Johnson 17 3 5 8 −1 6 J. T. Miller 17 2 6 8 −4 15 Alex Killorn 17 5 2 7 4 12 Yanni Gourde 17 2 5 7 0 8 Mikhail Sergachev 17 2 3 5 1 12 Anton Stralman 17 1 4 5 −3 8 Ryan McDonagh 17 0 5 5 2 6 Dan Girardi 17 2 1 3 3 2 Anthony Cirelli 17 2 1 3 1 4 Ryan Callahan 15 2 1 3 1 4 Cedric Paquette 17 1 1 2 −1 37 Braydon Coburn 17 0 2 2 1 19 Chris Kunitz 17 0 1 1 −1 16 Cory Conacher 2 0 0 0 −1 10

Goaltenders

Regular season^[187]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Andrei Vasilevskiy	65	64	3826	44	17	3	167	2.62	2075	.920	8	0	2	14
Louis Domingue^†	12	11	687	7	3	1	33	2.89	384	.914	0	0	0	2
Peter Budaj	8	7	431	3	3	1	27	3.77	217	.876	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Andrei Vasilevskiy	17	17	1000	11	6	43	2.58	524	.918	0	0	0	2
Louis Domingue	1	0	19	0	0	0	0.00	7	1.000	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
Steven Stamkos	Fined $5,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct during game with the New York Rangers on November 2, 2017, at Amalie Arena.	—	$5,000	November 3, 2017^[188]
Alex Killorn	Fined $5,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct during game with the New York Rangers on November 2, 2017, at Amalie Arena.	—	$5,000	November 3, 2017^[189]
Cedric Paquette	Suspended one game for boarding Boston Bruins' defenseman Torey Krug on November 29, 2017, at TD Garden.	1 game	$4,368	November 30, 2017^[190]
Steven Stamkos	Fined $5,000 for a dangerous trip on Toronto Maple Leafs' defenseman Morgan Rielly on March 20, 2018, at Amalie Arena.	—	$5,000	March 21, 2018^[191]

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season Player Award Awarded Steven Stamkos NHL First Star of the Week^[192] October 23, 2017 Nikita Kucherov NHL Second Star of the Week^[193] October 23, 2017 Steven Stamkos NHL First Star of October^[194] November 1, 2017 Nikita Kucherov NHL Second Star of October^[195] November 1, 2017 Nikita Kucherov NHL Second Star of the Week^[196] November 13, 2017 Nikita Kucherov NHL Third Star of December^[197] January 2, 2018 Steven Stamkos NHL All-Star game selection^[198] January 3, 2018 Jon Cooper NHL All-Star game selection^[199] January 7, 2018 Nikita Kucherov NHL All-Star game selection^[200] January 10, 2018 Victor Hedman NHL All-Star game selection^[201] January 10, 2018 Andrei Vasilevskiy NHL All-Star game selection^[202] January 10, 2018 Brayden Point NHL All-Star game selection^[203] January 24, 2018 Yanni Gourde NHL Rookie of the Month for February^[204] March 1, 2018 Victor Hedman James Norris Memorial Trophy^[205] June 20, 2018

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Mikhail Sergachev 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point October 6, 2017 Slater Koekkoek 1st career NHL goal October 12, 2017 Mikhail Sergachev 1st career NHL goal October 19, 2017 Steven Stamkos 600th career NHL point October 21, 2017 Andrei Vasilevskiy 100th career NHL game October 26, 2017 Dan Girardi 800th career NHL game October 28, 2017 Steven Stamkos 600th career NHL game November 2, 2017 Nikita Kucherov 300th career NHL game November 4, 2017 Chris Kunitz 900th career NHL game November 8, 2017 Jake Dotchin 1st career NHL goal November 8, 2017 Vladislav Namestnikov 100th career NHL point November 22, 2017 Braydon Coburn 800th career NHL game November 24, 2017 Brayden Point 100th career NHL game December 16, 2017 Cedric Paquette 200th career NHL game December 23, 2017 Tyler Johnson 100th career NHL goal December 31, 2017 Alex Killorn 400th career NHL game January 22, 2018 Andrej Sustr 300th career NHL game January 25, 2018 Steven Stamkos 300th career NHL assist January 25, 2018 Alex Killorn 200th career NHL point February 1, 2018 Nikita Kucherov 300th career NHL point February 3, 2018 Victor Hedman 600th career NHL game February 12, 2018 Braydon Coburn 200th career NHL point February 12, 2018 Chris Kunitz 600th career NHL point February 22, 2018 Anthony Cirelli 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point March 1, 2018 Ryan Callahan 700 career NHL game March 18, 2018 Adam Erne 1st career NHL assist March 20, 2018 Brayden Point 100th career NHL point March 22, 2018 Yanni Gourde 100th career NHL game March 30, 2018 Anton Stralman 700th career NHL game April 3, 2018

Playoffs Player Milestone Reached Yanni Gourde 1st career playoff game 1st career playoff assist 1st career playoff goal 1st career playoff point April 12, 2018 Brayden Point 1st career playoff game 1st career playoff assist 1st career playoff point April 12, 2018 Mikhail Sergachev 1st career playoff game 1st career playoff assist 1st career playoff point April 12, 2018 Anthony Cirelli 1st career playoff game April 12, 2018 Brayden Point 1st career playoff goal April 14, 2018 Ryan McDonagh 100th career playoff game April 18, 2018 Mikhail Sergachev 1st career playoff goal April 21, 2018 Anthony Cirelli 1st career playoff assist 1st career playoff point April 21, 2018 Anthony Cirelli 1st career playoff goal May 2, 2018 Anton Stralman 100th career playoff game May 17, 2018

Transactions

The Lightning have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)	To Vegas Golden Knights Nikita Gusev 2nd-round pick in 2017 4th-round pick in 2018	To Tampa Bay Lightning Vegas Golden Knights select Jason Garrison in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft	^[206]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	To New York Islanders Kristers Gudlevskis	To Tampa Bay Lightning Carter Verhaeghe	^[207]
November 14, 2017 (2017-11-14)	To Arizona Coyotes Michael Leighton Tye McGinn	To Tampa Bay Lightning Louis Domingue	^[208]
January 31, 2018 (2018-01-31)	To Edmonton Oilers Future considerations	To Tampa Bay Lightning Edward Pasquale	^[209]
February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26)	To New York Rangers Libor Hajek Brett Howden Vladislav Namestnikov 1st-round pick in 2018 Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2019	To Tampa Bay Lightning Ryan McDonagh J. T. Miller	^[210]
June 13, 2018 (2018-06-13)	To Los Angeles Kings Peter Budaj	To Tampa Bay Lightning Andy Andreoff	^[211]

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Dan Girardi New York Rangers 2-year, $6 million ^[212] July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Jamie McBain Arizona Coyotes 1-year, $650,000 ^[213] July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Michael Leighton Carolina Hurricanes 1-year, $650,000 ^[214] July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Mat Bodie Buffalo Sabres 1-year, $650,000 ^[215] July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Chris Kunitz Pittsburgh Penguins 1-year, $2 million ^[216] July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Alex Gallant San Jose Barracuda 1-year, $675,000 ^[217] March 1, 2018 (2018-03-01) Alex Barré-Boulet Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 3-year, $2.27 million ^[218]

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref April 25, 2017 (2017-04-25) Tanner Richard Genève-Servette HC Unknown ^[219] June 19, 2017 (2017-06-19) Henri Ikonen Jokerit Unknown ^[220] June 20, 2017 (2017-06-20) Joel Vermin Lausanne HC Unknown ^[21] July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Luke Witkowski Detroit Red Wings 2-year, $1.5 million ^[221] July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Matt Taormina Montreal Canadiens 2-year, $1.3 million ^[222] July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Byron Froese Montreal Canadiens 2-year, $1.3 million ^[223] July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Greg McKegg Pittsburgh Penguins 1-year, $650,000 ^[224] July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Mike McKenna Dallas Stars 1-year, $650,000 ^[225] September 6, 2017 (2017-09-06) Mike Halmo HC Bolzano Unknown September 26, 2017 (2017-09-26) Cameron Darcy Kalamazoo Wings 1-year ^[226] October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01) Stefan Fournier Brampton Beast Unknown ^[227] October 14, 2017 (2017-10-14) Dylan Blujus Jacksonville Icemen Unknown ^[228]

Players released Date Player Via Ref September 18, 2017 Cameron Darcy Buyout ^[62] September 18, 2017 Brian Hart Buyout ^[62]

Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Ref Chris DiDomenico Ottawa Senators November 24, 2017 ^[229] Gabriel Dumont Ottawa Senators February 21, 2018 ^[230]

Lost via waivers Player New team Date Ref Gabriel Dumont Ottawa Senators November 22, 2017 ^[231] Chris DiDomenico Ottawa Senators December 1, 2017 ^[232] J. T. Brown Anaheim Ducks January 14, 2018 ^[233]

Lost via retirement

Date	Player	Ref
August 13, 2017 (2017-08-13)	Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond	^[234]

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)	Peter Budaj	2-year, $2.05 million	^[235]
June 27, 2017 (2017-06-27)	Andrej Sustr	1-year, $1.95 million	^[236]
June 27, 2017 (2017-06-27)	Yanni Gourde	2-year, $1 million	^[237]
June 28, 2017 (2017-06-28)	Cory Conacher	2-year, $1.3 million	^[238]
June 28, 2017 (2017-06-28)	Gabriel Dumont	2-year, $1.3 million	^[239]
June 29, 2017 (2017-06-29)	Alexander Volkov	3-year, $2.775 million	^[240]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Oleg Sosunov	3-year, $2.775 million	^[241]
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)	Slater Koekkoek	1-year, $800,000	^[242]
July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05)	Matthew Peca	1-year, $650,0000	^[243]
July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05)	Jake Dotchin	2-year, $1.62 million	^[244]
July 10, 2017 (2017-07-10)	Tyler Johnson	7-year, $35 million	^[245]
July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14)	Ondrej Palat	5-year, $26.5 million	^[246]
July 18, 2017 (2017-07-18)	Michael Bournival	1-year, $650,000	^[247]
August 17, 2017 (2017-08-17)	Tye McGinn	1-year, $650,000	^[248]
September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28)	Alexey Lipanov	3-year, $2.775 million	^[249]
April 1, 2018 (2018-04-01)	Cal Foote	3-year, $2.775 million	^[250]
April 19, 2018 (2018-04-19)	Michael Bournival	1-year, $650,000	^[251]
April 19, 2018 (2018-04-19)	Otto Somppi	3-year, $2.4 million	^[252]
June 7, 2018 (2018-06-07)	Daniel Walcott	1-year, $650,000	^[253]
June 12, 2018 (2018-06-12)	Carter Verhaeghe	1-year, $650,000	^[254]
June 18, 2018 (2018-06-18)	Edward Pasquale	1-year, $650,000	^[255]

Draft picks

See also: List of Tampa Bay Lightning draft picks

Below are the Tampa Bay Lightning' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	14	Callan Foote	D	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
2	48^1	Alexander Volkov	RW	Russia	SKA-1946 St. Petersburg (MHL)
3	76	Alexey Lipanov	C	Russia	Dynamo Balashikha (VHL)
6	169	Nicklaus Perbix	D	United States	Elk River High School (MSHSL)
6	180	Cole Guttman	C	United States	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
7	200	Sam Walker	C	United States	Edina High School (MSHSL)

Draft notes:

1. The Toronto Maple Leafs' second-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on February 27, 2017, that sent Brian Boyle to Toronto in exchange for Byron Froese and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[256]

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