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The Chargers started the all-black route by playing against the Panthers, creating NHL history Daniel Walcott (Daniel Walcott) is already very excited to participate in his first NHL game. When he saw how his debut took place, he became even more excited. On Monday night, the Tampa Bay Chargers started three black forwards in the regular season final against the Florida Panthers, which is rare in NHL history-if not the absolute first. Walcott, Mathieu Joseph and Gemel Smith fought together for ...

SUNRISE, Fla.- (AP) — Chris Driedger stopped 30 shots to record his third shutout of the season, Juho Lammikko scored a short-handed goal, and the Florida Panthers secured home-ice advantage for the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in the regular season finale for both clubs on Monday night. Driedger made his first start in six games. “I kind of just show up … the guys played fantastic defensively tonight,” Driedger said. ...

Defending champion Lightning make NHL history by starting an all-black forward line as Tampa Bay head coach Jon Cooper says he hopes it will become the norm The Tampa Bay Lightning started three black forwards in their regular-season finale on Monday night, a rarity in NHL history, if not an absolute first Daniel Walcott, Mathieu Joseph and Gemel Smith played together against Florida - likely the first time three black forwards were ever on the same line Roughly 3 percent of NHL players are bla...

Bantering Points: 5/11/21 Share this story Rangers News: Larry Brooks examines New York’s salary cap situation in the wake of the Ryan Lindgren extension (NY Post) Brooks also explains why he doesn’t expect the Blueshirts to try and pry Jack Eichel out of Buffalo (NY Post) Mollie Walker notes that even in the wake of exit interviews, David Quinn’s future with the organization is still up in the air (NY Post) Colin Stephenson hears that Mika Zibanejad has walked back his earlier claims, bl...

Tampa Bay Lightning lose to Florida Panthers, 4-0 Share this story Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty Images Chris Driedger posted a 30-save shutout and four different Florida Panthers scored as they beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0 in the final game of the season. MacKenzie Weegar, Juho Lammikko, Carter Verhaeghe, and Alex Wennberg scored against Andre Vasilevskiy, who had 26 saves on 30 shots in the loss. Overshadowing the loss was the NHL debut of one of the most popular players in S...

A rarity: Tampa Bay Lightning start all-Black forward line By Associated Press AP SHARE SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Daniel Walcott was already excited to be in his first NHL game. He got even more excited when he got to see how his debut would happen. The Tampa Bay Lightning started three Black forwards in their regular-season finale against the Florida Panthers on Monday night, a rarity in NHL history �...

Panthers blank Lightning 4-0 to clinch second place finish in Central Division Share this story Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports The Florida Panthers finished the 2020-21 regular season with a convincing 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning to wrap up second place in the hodgepodge Discover Central Division, Chris Driedger stopped all 30 Lightning shots in his first game action since April 26. It was the pending UFA’s third shutout of the season. Rust? What rust? Chris Driedger slams door shu...

Lynne Sladky/AP SUNRISE, Fla. — Daniel Walcott was already excited to be in his first NHL game. He got even more excited when he got to see how his debut would happen. The Tampa Bay Lightning started three Black forwards in their regular-season finale against the Florida Panthers on Monday night, a rarity in NHL history — if not an absolute first. Walcott, Mathieu Joseph and Gemel Smith were out together for the opening faceoff and didn’t know they would be starting together until just mi...

By Mike Wennmacher Photo Courtesy of Twitter @TBLightning The Tampa Bay Lightning made NHL history last night when head Coach Jon Cooper decided to send out the line of Mathieu Joseph, Gemel Smith, and Daniel Walcott to start the game. Smith, Joseph, and Walcott are all black players and became the first all-black line to start a NHL game in league history. All black lines have played in games in other pro leagues in the past but never in the NHL. Here is what Lightning head Coach Jon C...

Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper starts three Black forwards for regular-season finale in what was a pretty cool moment play Lightning start game with all-Black starting forward line (0:28) Daniel Walcott, Mathieu Joseph and Gemel Smith are believed to be the first all-Black forward line to start a game in NHL history. (0:28) SUNRISE, Fla. -- Daniel Walcott was already excited to be in his first NHL game. He got even more excited when he got to see how his debut would happen. The Tampa Bay ...