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@boltsben.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 2:44 PM

Andrei Vasilevskiy the first goalie off, I would expect him to start the #GoBolts home opener vs. WSH. It’s his 600th NHL game if so.

@boltsben.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 2:37 PM

#GoBolts lineup looks a bit different again at morning skate:

Goncalves-Point-Kucherov
Hagel-Cirelli-Guentzel
Mikheyev-Girgensons-Holmberg
Viel-Harkins-Geekie
Sabourin

Moser-Carlson
McDonagh-Cernak
Hedman-Lilleberg
D’Astous-Crozier

@boltsben.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 2:22 PM

We have our first #GoBolts on the ice for morning skate.

Dominic James and Yanni Gourde (non-contact) join Conor Geekie to get things underway.

@boltsben.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 1:22 PM

Good morning and happy #GoBolts home opener!! Morning skate will kick things off shortly at 10:30.

@hockeyfights.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 10:00 PM

#HFscrums - October 1st, 2026

Jeffrey Viel v. Braden Schneider
Lightning vs. Rangers - #NHL #GoBolts #NYR

This is not a #HockeyFight, but you can always see them on hockeyfights.com

@rawcharge.com Oct 2, 2026, 6:50 PM

Justin entered enemy territory to talk to @jaredbook.bsky.social about the Lightning, expectations, and Dennis Hildeby. #GoBolts

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@rawcharge.com Oct 2, 2026, 1:12 PM

Your morning news. It ain't all bad. Nobody got hurt, so that's nice. #GoBolts

@erikerlendsson.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 7:49 AM

Opening night for #TBLightning started on the first of October but the game was more suited for a showing on All Hallows' Eve. Yeah, it was pretty scary all around for #GoBolts but fortunately it was just one game lightninginsider.com/game-recaps/...

@boltsben.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 3:24 AM

The Tampa Bay Lightning’s season opener on Thursday was described as ‘disappointing’ postgame.

The #GoBolts expect more from themselves than what they showed in game one.

“We had limited pushback, and that’s just not a staple of what’s gone on in this room.”

www.nhl.com/lightning/ne...

@xjawn-gamer.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 3:20 AM

Lightning vs. Rangers 5-on-5 matchups (NHL · Oct 1, 2026)
Every head-to-head skater pairing: who won the xG while they shared the ice, and for how long.

https://xjawn.com/games/2026020010
#GoBolts #NYR #NHL #hockey

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, New York Rangers 5, Oct 1, 2026. Full-rink shot map: TBL attacks the left net, NYR the right; every attempt marked, goals as crosses, over a heat map of expected-goal rate versus a typical team per 60 (orange above, blue below). Expected goals TBL 2.14, NYR 3.06; shots on goal 25–24; attempts 64–46. The Rangers beat the Lightning 5–1 at home, and the chances agreed: NYR out-created TBL 3.1–2.1 in expected goals. At 5v5: TBL 1.4, NYR 2.4.

@xjawn-gamer.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 3:20 AM

Lightning vs. Rangers player stats (NHL · Oct 1, 2026)
Every skater's on-ice xG, plus forward lines and defense pairs.
Best on-ice xG: Lightning, Nikita Kucherov +0.59 · Rangers, Alexis Lafrenière +0.80

https://xjawn.com/games/2026020010
#GoBolts #NYR #NHL #hockey

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters, TBL 1–5 NYR: every skater's on-ice expected goals for (right of zero) and against (left), best net first, ice time under each name. Best: Nikita Kucherov +0.59 net xG (1.20 for, 0.60 against). Toughest: Pontus Holmberg −0.87 (0.31 for, 1.17 against).

New York Rangers skaters, NYR 5–1 TBL: every skater's on-ice expected goals for (right of zero) and against (left), best net first, ice time under each name. Best: Alexis Lafrenière +0.80 net xG (1.21 for, 0.41 against). Toughest: Tye Kartye −0.30 (0.42 for, 0.71 against).

Tampa Bay Lightning lines and defence pairs, detected from 5-on-5 shifts: when each unit was on the ice across the game clock, and its on-ice expected goals for and against. L1 Guentzel – Cirelli – Hagel 9 min together, +0.14 net xG; D1 McDonagh – Cernak 12 min together, +0.20 net xG.

New York Rangers lines and defence pairs, detected from 5-on-5 shifts: when each unit was on the ice across the game clock, and its on-ice expected goals for and against. L1 Miller – Bjorkstrand – Dorofeyev 8 min together, +0.27 net xG; D1 Pettersson – Durzi 18 min together, −0.23 net xG.

@xjawn-gamer.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 2:39 AM

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, New York Rangers 5
NHL · Oct 1, 2026
Expected goals (xG): Lightning 3.23, Rangers 3.15

https://xjawn.com/games/2026020010
#GoBolts #NYR #NHL #hockey

Net expected goals over the game: one line of cumulative TBL minus NYR xG, above zero when TBL is ahead on chances, below when NYR is, each goal a vertical line at its time and power-play time shaded in the side's colour. Final xG TBL 3.23, NYR 3.15; score 1–5.

@boltsben.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 2:22 AM

Cooper: “I think the disappointing thing for me, is a coach understands you’re going to lose games, you’re going to win games, but it’s how you go about that. And I just thought we had limited pushback, and that’s just not a staple of what’s gone on in this room.”

#GoBolts

@rawcharge.com Oct 2, 2026, 2:13 AM

Not the best start to a season, but hey they have 83 more games to go! #GoBolts

@boltsben.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 2:13 AM

#GoBolts Hagel: "Obviously not the way we wanted to start. I think basically everything was missing, but it’s one game. Gotta move on. We know we’ve got better in here.”

@jasonmahoney.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 2:00 AM

0/7 on power play. #GoBolts

@nhlgoals.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 1:54 AM

Empty net goal for New York!

Scored by Igor Shesterkin with 02:34 remaining in the 3rd period.

New York: 5
Tampa Bay: 1

#TBLvsNYR #NYR #GoBolts