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Tampa Bay

Lightning

Superior

A Overall Grade 96

Reigning Supreme

Brutal Schedule

4-2 Record

66.7% Win %

#3 Overall Rank

2.8 Goals / Game

L 1 Streak

Premium Season Forecast

Next Up:
vs Seattle, Thu Oct 15

Performance

	Rating	Rank
Overall	96 A	3
Power	80 B-	16
Offensive	76 C	19
Defensive	86 B	11
Schedule (Current)	99 A+	1
Schedule (Future)	70 C-	24

Records

Overall	4-2 (66.7%)
Versus Top 5	0-2 (0%)
Versus > .500 Teams	3-2 (60%)
Versus < .500 Teams	1-0 (100%)
Last 10 Games	4-2 (66.7%)

Superlatives

Best Win	#6 Washington
Worst Loss	#1 NY Rangers
Largest MOV	3 goals, #31 Philadelphia
Largest MOD	4 goals, #1 NY Rangers

Other Statistics

Goals per Game	2.8
Goals Against	2.7
Opponent Record	23-21
Average Opponent Rank	10.3
Long Streak	W 4
Current Streak	L 1

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	4-2	66.7%	#3

Eastern Atlantic

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
2	Boston	5	2	4
3	Tampa Bay	4	2	2
12	Ottawa	5	2	3
16	Toronto	3	4	10
19	Buffalo	3	4	9
20	Montreal	3	4	1
22	Florida	3	4	4
29	Detroit	1	5	5

Game Results

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Thu Oct 1	at #1 NY Rangers (6-2) Metropolitan	L1-5
Sat Oct 3	vs Washington (4-3) Metropolitan	W3-1
Mon Oct 5	vs Philadelphia (0-8) Metropolitan	W4-1
Thu Oct 8	vs Minnesota (4-3) Central	W3-2
Sat Oct 10	at NY Islanders (3-3) Metropolitan	W5-3
Tue Oct 13	at #1 NY Rangers (6-2) Metropolitan	L1-4