The Lighting were prepared to dress all 18 healthy skaters, but a team rule states that any player who misses a meeting will be benched for the next game. When Point arrived late to TD Garden Tuesday morning, Tampa Bay summoned Finley from Syracuse to fill the empty forward spot.

TAMPA, Fla. — Brayden Point scored with 52 seconds to play and the Tampa Bay Lightning snapped a four-game skid with a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night. Brandon Hagel and Nick Paul also scored for Tampa Bay while Darren Raddysh ...

The Tampa Bay Lightning have established ... regardless of his star status. Lightning forward Brayden Point, one of their top forwards and a key element in their championship success, is being ...

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brayden Point reached 600 career points with a power-play goal, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Thursday night.

The Lightning have spent all season tweaking their power play, but the looks they showed before Thursday’s game against the Ducks featured a massive shuffling of personnel. During the morning skate, coach Jon Cooper jumbled the two units,

This just in, the Tampa Bay Lightning have scratched forward Brayden Point from the lineup for tonight’s game against the Boston Bruins for missing a scheduled team meeting. Check it out: Cue the ‘No Point in Meetings’

The Tampa Bay Lightning made a bold statement on Tuesday, scratching star forward Brayden Point for their game against the Boston Bruins due to a team policy violation. According to Gabby Shirley of FanDuel Sports Network, Point missed a team meeting, prompting head coach Jon Cooper to bench the two-time Stanley Cup champion.

Lightning forward Brayden Point is finding out the hard way what happens when you miss a team meeting, regardless of his star status.

The Tampa Bay Lightning got back in the win column on Thursday night, defeating the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 in a shootout at AMALIE Arena to earn a season series split with their Western Conference opponent. Jake Guentzel scored the lone goal in the three-round shootout.