Lightning activity surged to an eight-year high by the end of 2025, with new regional hot spots emerging as the new “lightning capitals.”

Bettman explained how the Tampa Bay Lightning will host the Boston Bruins in the 2026 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series at Raymond James Stadium on Feb. 1 (6:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN, TVAS), showing an animated video of the League constructing an air-conditioned tent on the field to make the ice and removing the tent before the game.

The Great Plains, including parts of Texas, has become an epicenter for severe storm activity, according to a new report. Environmental insight firm AEM just released its annual lightning report, which uses detection technology that recorded nearly 430 million lightning pulses within 88.

Lundmark's figures to serve as an emergency depth option for the Bolts ahead of Tuesday's matchup with the Avalanche. With the 25-year-old Swede's promotion to the NHL roster, fantasy managers can likely expect Ryan McDonagh (undisclosed) to remain on injured reserve. If Lundmark were to get into a game for Tampa, it would mark his NHL debut.

Darren Raddysh led the Lightning in scoring with his first career hat trick, extending Tampa Bay’s win streak to seven

A woman living abroad for the past two years captured the "perfectly timed" moment when she surprised her best friend at a Tampa Bay Lightning game late last month.

Two lightning-related incidents on 3 January 2026 injured multiple people, resulting in two fatalities at the Mphebatho Troop Festival and others in Hammanskraal.

Colorado entered play on Monday 11 points ahead of Dallas atop the Central Division. The Avalanche’s plus-72 goal differential was 40 better than the Lightning, who ranked second in the NHL at plus-32. So for a Lightning team that’s playing some of its best hockey now, you could call Tuesday a measuring-stick game.