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The Tampa Bay Lightning extended their winning streak to seven games on Thursday, wrapping up a three-game homestand with a 3-0 victory over the Calgary Flames. Nikita Kucherov scored the opening goal late in the first period for the Lightning, and teammate Erik Cernak made it 2-0 in the third period. Brandon Hagel’s empty-net goal sealed the win.

Tampa Bay Lightning aim to sweep the season series against Calgary Flames in their final game of February at AMALIE Arena. Calgary struggles with depth on their tough road trip, while Tampa Bay rides a six-game win streak.

In taking all three games of their homestand coming out of the 4 Nations Faceoff break, the Lightning (34-20-4, 72 points, third place in the Atlantic) have outscored opponents 11-2. Over their current nine-game point streak dating to Jan. 30, they’ve held opponents to an average of 1.67 goals a game.

Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded his fourth shutout, Brandon Hagel notched a goal and an assist, and the hot Tampa Bay Lightning extended their season-best winning streak to seven games in a 3-0 blanking of the visiting Calgary Flames on Thursday night.

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.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) and defenseman Ryan McDonagh (27) team up to stop a ...

The Tampa Bay Lightning are the hottest team in the NHL. They've won eight games in a row sandwiched around the 4 Nations Face-Off and last lost on Feb. 1.

Welcome to Instant Reaction, where we give you our instant reaction to tonight’s Calgary Flames game and ask our readers to do the same in the comments section below!

The Flames are familiar with low-scoring games this season, and tonight's goalie matchup vs. the Lightning suggests yet another Under will cash with Calgary involved, per our NHL betting picks.

On Thursday night at American Airlines Center, Calgary Flames netminder Dan Vladar played in his 100th NHL game.

Tampa Bay Lightning aim to sweep the season series against Calgary Flames in their final game of February at AMALIE Arena. Calgary struggles with depth on their tough road trip, while Tampa Bay ...