TAMPA, Fla. – The Lightning endured a rather rugged regular season in which they lost 339 man-games to injury. They emerged from the 82-game journey with a 50-26-6 mark, good for the franchise’s fifth 50-win season, and made the postseason for a ninth straight year.
Jon Cooper’s team will lift the curtain on a hoped-for lengthy playoff run Sunday (5:45) at Benchmark International Arena against the Montreal Canadiens, coached by Martin St. Louis. Here is a by-the-numbers glimpse at the Bolts in the postseason.
1 – Wins in the Bolts’ last 10 home playoff games dating to the 2022 Cup final against the Avalanche. The lone win was versus the Panthers in 2024.
3 – Stanley Cup victories. The Lightning won in 2004, 2020 and 2021.
4 – Times the Lightning and Canadiens previously met in the playoffs. Most memorable was Tampa Bay’s five-game series win in the 2021 Cup final, which was the most recent postseason meeting between the teams. The Bolts are 3-1 with the other series victories in 2004 (4-0) and 2015 (4-2), both in the conference semis. The lone series loss was a 2014 first-round sweep by the Habs.
5 – Cup finals Corey Perry has played in. He won in Anaheim in 2007 and was on the losing end with Dallas (Lightning, 2020), Montreal (Lightning, 2021), the Lightning (Colorado, 2022) and Edmonton (Florida. 2025).
7 – Shutouts by Andrei Vasilevskiy in his playoff career.
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8 – Most goals in a playoff game, which has been achieved three times. Most recent was against the Islanders (8-0) in Tampa and in the 2021 EC Final. Also, most goals allowed. That was also at home in a 2006 first-round loss (8-4) to Ottawa.
9 – Players who have been in at least 100 playoff games as a member of the Lightning: Victor Hedman (170), Nikita Kucherov (152), Alex Killorn (140), Ondrej Palat (138), Steven Stamkos (128), Andrei Vasilevskiy (120), Tyler Johnson (116), Anthony Cirelli (108) and Mikhail Sergachev (100).
18 – Playoff appearances in 33 seasons. (There was no 2004-05 season due to a lockout.)
33 – Goals scored by Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis in 63 playoff games with the Lightning.
38 – All-time playoff series (24-14).
53 – Nikita Kucherov’s franchise record playoff goals.
67 – Postseason victories by Andrei Vasilevskiy. It is the most by an active goaltender and is 12th in NHL history and one behind Andy Moog for 11th.
171 – Nikita Kucherov’s franchise record for playoff points.
196 – Ryan McDonagh’s career playoff games: 96 NYR, 94 TBL, 6 NSH. He is tied with Steve Yzerman for 26th all-time. Next up at 200 are Jari Kurri and Zdeno Chara.
224 – All-time playoff games. The Bolts are 125-99.
237 – Corey Perry’s career playoff games placing him fourth all-time and 10 behind Patrick Roy.
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