| Pos | Role | Name |
| C | 1 | Steven Stamkos  ActiveLightning head coach Jon Cooper isn't surprised that Steven Stamkos decided to stay in Tampa Bay. Stamkos re-signed with the Lightning less than two days before he was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent. Many expected Stamkos to head to a different team (possibly Toronto), but in the end, he wanted to stay put. "In my heart there wasn't one ounce of me that thought anybody was leaving," Cooper told NHL.com. "When we have this group, and as close as we are, I never leapt into the thought that we were losing some guys. Deep down inside, I never had a doubt." Aug 16 |
| 2 | Tyler Johnson ActiveTyler Johnson (wrist) is feeling 100% going into training camp. Johnson broke his wrist during the 2015 Stanley Cup Final and that problem ended up plaguing him for the entire 2015-16 campaign. That likely played a meaningful role in him being limited to 14 goals and 38 points in 69 contests last season compared to 72 points in 2014-15. His wrist problems finally came to an end in July. Sep 22 |
| 3 | Valtteri Filppula ActiveValtteri Filppula scored in Sunday's 4-1 loss to Team North America. The Finns were thoroughly dominated in this game, but the Lightning forward was able to beat Matt Murray late in the third period with his team already trailing 4-0. Jussi Jokinen and Leo Komarov picked up the assists on Finland's only goal. Finland will be in must-win mode when they take on Sweden on Tuesday. Sep 18 |
| 4 | Brian Boyle ActiveBrian Boyle scored a pair of goals in Tampa Bay's 5-2 loss to Pittsburgh in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final. The Bolts appeared to open the scoring in the first period when Jonathan Drouin beat Matt Murray, but after review Drouin was called off-side. Boyle finally got the Bolts on the board with his goal at the 5:30 mark of the third period. He cut the Penguins lead to 3-2 just over seven minutes later. Unfortunately for Tampa, that's as close as they would come to tying the game. Boyle has five goals in 16 playoff games this postseason. Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final goes Thursday night in Pittsburgh. May 24 |
| LW | 1 | Ondrej Palat ActiveOndrej Palat had a goal and an assist in the Lightning's 4-2 loss to Pittsburgh on Wednesday. Palat has four goals and eight points in 13 postseason contests. During the regular season he had 16 goals and 40 points in 62 games. May 19 |
| 2 | Alex Killorn ActiveAlex Killorn's recently inked seven-year, $31.15 million contract comes with a modified no-trade clause. Killorn can't be traded without his permission from 2017-18 through 2019-20. After that, he can limit Tampa Bay's options to a list of 16 teams. He's coming off a season where he had 14 goals and 40 points in 81 contests. Jul 20 |
| 3 | Vladislav Namestnikov ActiveVladislav Namestnikov has signed a two-year deal with the Lightning. His new contract is worth $1.9375 million per season. Namestnikov had an arbitration hearing scheduled for Friday, but that won't occur now. He recorded 14 goals and 35 points in 80 games last year. Jul 27 |
| 4 | Jonathan Drouin ActiveJonathan Drouin knows he has to be better after he didn't get much ice time on Monday against Russia. "It's up to me to be better," Drouin said after logging 9:59 of action. "We have such a good team, so when things weren't really rolling, coach shortened the bench. I just have to be better." Only Dylan Larkin played less (5:33) in the contest. Drouin joined the fourth line at Tuesday's practice alongside Jack Eichel and J.T. Miller. Sep 20 |
| 5 | Cory Conacher ActiveCory Conacher knows this could be his last chance in the NHL. Conacher managed to get a one-year contract with the Lightning this offseason, but if he fails to perform, he knows he might find himself out of the league. "The fire is in the belly," Conacher said. "This is my last chance, I think." The Lightning are stacked up front, so it's unlikely that he'll get an opportunity to produce much offense, but that doesn't mean he can't be an effective player for the Bolts this season. Sep 24 |
| 6 | Cedric Paquette ActiveCedric Paquette has inked a two-year, $1.625 million deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Paquette will make $800,000 next season and $825,000 in 2017-18. He would have been a restricted free agent in July after completing his entry-level contract. He had six goals, 11 points, and 51 penalty minutes in 56 contests last season. Jun 24 |
| RW | 1 | Nikita Kucherov ActiveNow that Team Russia has been eliminated from the World Cup, Tampa Bay Lightning GM Steve Yzerman says negotiations with Nikita Kucherov will pick up. The 23-year-old forward remains a restricted free agent, which offers Tampa Bay some leverage. However they have just over $6M in cap space remaining this season, with Jonthan Drouin, Ondrej Palat, Tyler Johnson, and Andrej Sustr as RFA's next season. Sep 25 |
| 2 | Ryan Callahan  SidelinedAlthough he has participated in Tampa's first two practices, Ryan Callahan is still waiting to get clearance to skate in scrimmages. Callahan is recovering from off-season hip surgery and the Lightning won't rush him into game situations just yet. It remains to be seen if he will be ready to go once the season starts the first week of October. Sep 25 |
| 3 | J.T. Brown ActiveJ.T. Brown responded to Team USA coach John Tortorella's comment that he would bench any player who didn't stand for the national anthem. "Wouldn't benching a black man for taking a stance only further prove Kap's point of oppression? But hey," Brown tweeted on Tuesday. He went further into depth on Thursday when he said: "I'd like to make it clear that I have no ill will towards John Tortorella. I do not know him. I responded to a story on Twitter with my opinion and that was how I saw it. He sees the situation through his reality and I see it through mine, as a black athlete in the NHL. I know I'm not on the United States World Cup roster, but I have had a chance to represent my country on other occasions. My Tweet was a hypothetical. What if I took a stance to promote awareness for one of the many injustices still occurring in our country and was punished despite there being no rule or law against it?" He added that what is happening in the United States hasn't gone unnoticed by the hockey community and he will look for opportunities to help bring awareness to racial issues. Sep 8 |
| 4 | Erik Condra ActiveThe Tampa Bay Lightning have announced that Erik Condra will not dress against the Penguins in Game 1 on Friday night. The Lightning have decided to roll with seven defensemen, inserting Nikita Nesterov in place of Condra. Mike Blunden, Jonathan Marchesseault, Matt Taormina and Luke Witkowski will have be scratched. May 13 |
| 5 | Jeremy Morin ActiveJeremy Morin has signed a one-year, two-way contract with Tampa Bay. Morin didn't get a qualifying offer from San Jose after he was acquired from Toronto in the James Reimer trade. He played in the AHL for Rockford, Toronto and San Jose last season, but he didn't see any NHL action. Look for him to play in Syracuse next year. Jul 1 |
| 6 | Joel Vermin ActiveJoel Vermin has inked a on-year extension with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Vermin had an assist in six games with the Lightning in 2015-16. At the AHL level he had nine goals and 21 points in 37 contests. May 21 |
| D | 1 | Victor Hedman ActiveVictor Hedman scored the game-winning goal in Sunday's 2-1 win over Team Russia. Hedman gave the Swede's a 2-0 lead at the 12:52 mark of the middle frame. The goal just 2:11 after Avalanche forward Gabriel Landeskog opened the scoring for Sweden. This was a huge win for Sweden, as they were without starting Henrik Lundqvist (flu). Sweden will take on Team Finland on Tuesday. Sep 18 |
| 2 | Anton Stralman ActiveAnton Stralman scored the game winner against Finland on Tuesday afternoon. The Swedes won the game 2-0 to give them a 2-0 record in the World Cup of Hockey. Loui Eriksson scored into an empty net to seal the victory. Sep 20 |
| 3 | Jason Garrison ActiveJason Garrison recorded an assist in Tampa Bay's 4-3 overtime win against Pittsburgh in Game 5 on Sunday. His shot in the extra session went off of Tyler Johnson's rear end and into the net. Garrison finished with five shots in nearly 20 minutes of ice time. He has posted seven points in 15 playoff games. May 23 |
| 4 | Braydon Coburn ActiveBraydon Coburn has been paired with Victor Hedman in Tampa Bay's Round 2 series against the New York Islanders. He got the chance to move up to the top pair after Matt Carle was injured. Carle was filling in for injured blueliner Anton Stralman. Coburn logged 23:45 of ice time in Game 3 against the Islanders. He has two assists in eight playoff games. May 5 |
| 5 | Nikita Nesterov ActiveNikita Nesterov has signed a one-year, $725,000 deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Nesterov had three goals and nine points in 57 games with the Lightning in 2015-16. He was a restricted free agent after completing his entry-level deal. Sep 26 |
| 6 | Andrej Sustr ActiveAndrej Sustr had an assist in Game 5 versus Pittsburgh during Tampa Bay's 4-3 overtime win. The helper was his second of the postseason and his third point in 15 games. Sustr got his first NHL playoff goal in Game 4 of the series. He doesn't contribute much offensively and earned points in two straight games just five times during the regular season. May 23 |
| 7 | Slater Koekkoek ActiveSlater Koekkoek hopes to be a permanent member of Tampa Bay's defense corps this season. He suited up in 10 of the Lightning's final 11 Stanley Cup playoff games, while moving ahead of Nikita Nesterov on the depth chart. Tampa Bay bought out the last two years of Matt Carle's contract in the off-season, so there is a spot on the roster for Koekkoek if he can stay ahead of Nesterov. Aug 4 |
| G | 1 | Ben Bishop ActiveBen Bishop was pulled in Thursday's 4-3 loss to the Czech Republic. The game was tied 2-2 late in the second period when Bishop allowed Andrej Sustr to score from a seemingly impossible angle. That's when things fell apart for the USA, as the Czechs scored less than one minute later to stretch their lead to 4-2 before the end of the second frame. Bishop didn't go return to the net for the start of the third period. Cory Schneider took his spot and stopped all seven shots he faced in the final period. Sep 22 |
| 2 | Andrei Vasilevskiy ActiveAndrei Vasilevskiy will be scratched for Saturday's semi-final match against Canada. Vasilevskiy has yet to suit up for Russia in the World Cup, which isn't terribly surprising given he has Sergei Bobrovkski and Semyon Varlamov ahead of him. Fantasy owners still should eye the young netminder as a solid back-up option, especially in deeper leagues. Sep 24 |