Colorado Avalanche @ Tampa Bay Lightning

31-4-7, 14-4-5 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Avalanche COL	0	2	0	2
Lightning TB	1	1	2	4

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

26-13-3, 12-9-0 Home

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Lightning
2
Avalanche
3

Game 1

5/11

Avalanche
2
Lightning
4

Game 2

7/1

Benchmark International Arena

8:00 AM, 7 January 2026

Tampa, FL

Attendance: 19,092

Referees:
TJ Luxmore
Pierre Lambert

Linesmen:
Mark Shewchyk
Ben O'Quinn

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	55	16	11	121
Dallas	50	20	12	112
Minnesota	46	24	12	104
Utah	43	33	6	92
St. Louis	37	33	12	86
Nashville	38	34	10	86
Winnipeg	35	35	12	82
Chicago	29	39	14	72

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

Marshawn Lynch to be special guest at HDA's SummerFest

The Hockey Diversity Alliance is adding a football element to its youth SummerFest in Toronto this weekend, with former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch serving as a special guest.

Stars keep 'cornerstone' Jason Robertson with one-year deal

After a season in which he led the club with 96 points, Dallas forward Jason Robertson, who nixed a trade to the Seattle Kraken this summer, avoided a salary arbitration hearing with the Stars, accepting a one-year deal worth $12 million on Tuesday night.

NHL to produce games for Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Wild, Blues

The Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes, along with the Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues, will have their games produced and distributed by the NHL for the coming season as the league branches out into centralized production.

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