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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 — if not an absolute first. Walcott, Mathieu Joseph and Gemel Smith were out together for the openi...

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 shut on a Bolts backdoor opportunity! : Bally Sports *Sun* MacKenzie Weegar opened the scoring 15;1...

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 minutes before game time. “First of all, they’re all in the NHL for a reason,” Tampa Bay coach J...

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 Cooper had to say in his postgame press conference. ““First of all, they’re all in the NHL for ...

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 Lightning started three Black forwards in their regular-season finale against the Florida Panthers...