Victor Hedman was named captain of Team Sweden for the 4 Nations Face-Off on Thursday. Victor Hedman is in his first season as captain of the Tampa Bay Lightning and now he will captain Team Sweden for the 4 Nations Face-off.

Anaheim opened the scoring 6:03 into the game on a redirection by forward Troy Terry, but the Lightning tied the score eight minutes later on the power play. Hedman got the puck at the left point and fed forward Brandon Hagel in the right corner, where the latter passed the puck to Anthony Cirelli at the back post for a tap-in and a tie game.

Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov joined teammate Victor Hedman in an exclusive club during Saturday's win over the Detroit Red Wings.

(AP) — Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel each had a goal and two assists ... Kucherov recorded his 600th career assist, one game after Victor Hedman recorded his 600th assist. The Red Wings play at Dallas on Sunday, and the Lightning are in Toronto ...

Nikita Kucherov scored in overtime as the Tampa Bay Lightning took advantage of late penalties to defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3. Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist, and Victor Hedman assisted twice to lead the Lightning to the come-from-behind victory.

Robby Fabbri, Troy Terry and Leo Carlsson score for the Ducks, who fall to 1-3-1 on their six-game trip when Guentzel scores the only goal for either team in the shootout to hand them a 4-3 defeat.

Here are three reasons to like the Lightning’s new-look power play. Thursday’s moves were transformative, because the personnel and positional changes made it difficult to tell which was the top unit and which was the second. Point men Victor Hedman and Darren Raddysh switched units, with Brayden Point and Jake Guentzel matched with Raddysh.

It’s no secret that January has been a grind for the Lightning. It’s that way for every team at this point in the season. But add Tampa Bay’s schedule this month — 16 games over 29 days — and it’s

Nikita Kucherov scored 58 seconds into overtime and had two assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Friday night. Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist, Nick Paul and Mitchell Chaffee also scored and Victor Hedman had two assists to help the Lightning end a two-game skid.

As the visiting dressing room at Little Caesars Arena began to clear out around him Saturday night, defenseman Victor Hedman sat at his stall and replayed the chance that could have launched another late third-period comeback for the Lightning.

Landon Slaggert’s offensive game isn’t all that nuanced. To the Chicago Blackhawks forward, scoring goals is pretty much black-and-white. Or, better yet, blue. “Just getting to the blue paint,” he said hours before he was set to make his NHL season debut Tuesday against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Lightning general manager Julian BriseBois believes that his team is playing better than last season despite their struggles.