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Tampa Bay

Lightning

Superior

A+ Overall Grade 99

Reigning Supreme

Winner

2-1 Record

66.7% Win %

#1 Overall Rank

2.7 Goals / Game

W 2 Streak

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Performance

	Rating	Rank
Overall	99 A+	1
Power	84 B	13
Offensive	78 C+	18
Defensive	88 B+	10
Schedule (Current)	88 B+	10
Schedule (Future)	79 C+	17

Records

Overall	2-1 (66.7%)
Versus Top 5	1-0 (100%)
Versus > .500 Teams	1-1 (50%)
Versus < .500 Teams	1-0 (100%)
Last 10 Games	2-1 (66.7%)

Superlatives

Best Win	#5 Washington
Worst Loss	#7 NY Rangers
Largest MOV	3 goals, #27 Philadelphia
Largest MOD	4 goals, #7 NY Rangers

Other Statistics

Goals per Game	2.7
Goals Against	2.3
Opponent Record	6-6
Average Opponent Rank	13
Long Streak	W 2
Current Streak	W 2

Tampa Bay Lightning Franchise History

Tampa Bay Lightning has been rated by Versus for 18 seasons, from 2009-10 through 2026-27.

Winning season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2009-10	33-48	40.7%	#27
2010-11	57-43	57.0%	#6
2011-12	38-44	46.3%	#20
2012-13	18-30	37.5%	#27
2013-14	46-40	53.5%	#12
2014-15	64-44	59.3%	#4
2015-16	57-42	57.6%	#5
2016-17	42-40	51.2%	#16
2017-18	65-34	65.7%	#1
2018-19	62-24	72.1%	#1
2019-20	61-34	64.2%	#1
2020-21	52-27	65.8%	#1
2021-22	65-40	61.9%	#3
2022-23	48-40	54.5%	#13
2023-24	46-41	52.9%	#13
2024-25	48-39	55.2%	#11
2025-26	53-35	60.2%	#4
2026-27	2-1	66.7%	#1

Eastern Atlantic

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
1	Tampa Bay	2	1	3
4	Buffalo	2	1	1
9	Boston	2	2	1
10	Ottawa	2	1
14	Montreal	1	2	9
18	Florida	2	2	2
20	Detroit	1	2	3
24	Toronto	2	2	6

Game Results

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Thu Oct 1	at NY Rangers (4-1) Metropolitan	L1-5
Sat Oct 3	vs #5 Washington (2-1) Metropolitan	W3-1
Mon Oct 5	vs Philadelphia (0-4) Metropolitan	W4-1