2013–14 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division2nd Atlantic
Conference3rd Eastern
2013–14 record46–27–9
Home record25–10–6
Road record21–17–3
Goals for240
Goals against215
Team information
General managerSteve Yzerman
CoachJon Cooper
CaptainMartin St. Louis (Oct.–Mar.)
Steven Stamkos (Mar.–Apr.)
Alternate captainsEric Brewer (Mar.–Apr.)
Matt Carle
Steven Stamkos (Oct.–Mar.)
Nate Thompson
ArenaTampa Bay Times Forum
Average attendance18,612 (95.6%)[1]
(41 games)
Minor league affiliate(s)Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
Florida Everblades (ECHL)
Brampton Beast (CHL)
Team leaders
GoalsMartin St. Louis (29)
AssistsVictor Hedman (42)
PointsMartin St. Louis (61)
Penalty minutesRadko Gudas (152)
Plus/minusOndrej Palat (+32)
WinsBen Bishop (37)
Goals against averageBen Bishop (2.23)

The 2013–14 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the franchise's 22nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Standings

Atlantic Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Boston Bruins 82 54 19 9 51 261 177 +84 117
2 x – Tampa Bay Lightning 82 46 27 9 38 240 215 +25 101
3 x – Montreal Canadiens 82 46 28 8 40 215 204 +11 100
4 x – Detroit Red Wings 82 39 28 15 34 222 230 −8 93
5 Ottawa Senators 82 37 31 14 30 236 265 −29 88
6 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 38 36 8 29 231 256 −25 84
7 Florida Panthers 82 29 45 8 21 196 268 −72 66
8 Buffalo Sabres 82 21 51 10 14 157 248 −91 52
Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

2013 Preseason game log: 5–2–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 1–2–0; Neutral: 2–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordRecap
1September 18St. Louis Blues4–3SOGudlevskisAmway Center1–0–0[2]
2September 19Nashville Predators5–1HeleniusTampa Bay Times Forum10,3322–0–0[3]
3September 20@ St. Louis Blues4–3LindbackScottrade Center13,2463–0–0[4]
4September 21Florida Panthers5–4SOBishopTampa Bay Times Forum13,1354–0–0[5]
5September 24@ Nashville Predators1–2LindbackBridgestone Arena13,0894–1–0[6]
6September 26Florida Panthers3–2OTBishopGermain Arena5–1–0[7]
7September 28@ Florida Panthers3–5LindbackBB&T Center12,5475–2–0[8]
2013 Preseason Schedule
Lightning score listed first;

  Win   Loss   Overtime/shootout loss

Regular season

2013–14 Game Log
October: 8–4–0, 16 Points (home: 5–2–0; road: 3–2–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 3@ Boston Bruins1–3LindbackTD Garden17,5650–1–00[9]
2October 5@ Chicago Blackhawks3–2SOBishopUnited Center21,5631–1–02[10]
3October 8@ Buffalo Sabres3–2OTBishopFirst Niagara Center18,2432–1–04[11]
4October 10Florida Panthers7–2BishopTampa Bay Times Forum19,2043–1–06[12]
5October 12Pittsburgh Penguins4–5LindbackTampa Bay Times Forum18,9393–2–06[13]
6October 15Los Angeles Kings5–1BishopTampa Bay Times Forum16,3104–2–08[14]
7October 17Minnesota Wild3–1BishopTampa Bay Times Forum16,4545–2–010[15]
8October 19Boston Bruins0–5BishopTampa Bay Times Forum18,5125–3–010[16]
9October 24Chicago Blackhawks6–5OTBishopTampa Bay Times Forum18,8206–3–012[17]
10October 26Buffalo Sabres3–2BishopTampa Bay Times Forum18,0887–3–014[18]
11October 27@ Florida Panthers4–3SOLindbackBB&T Center12,3368–3–016[19]
12October 29@ New Jersey Devils1–2BishopPrudential Center13,5018–4–016[20]
November: 8–5–1, 17 Points (home: 5–1–0; road: 3–4–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
13November 1@ Carolina Hurricanes3–0BishopPNC Arena14,8289–4–018[21]
14November 2St. Louis Blues4–2BishopTampa Bay Times Forum18,88510–4–020[22]
15November 7Edmonton Oilers4–2BishopTampa Bay Times Forum18,69511–4–022[23]
16November 9@ Detroit Red Wings3–2OTBishopJoe Louis Arena20,06612–4–024[24]
17November 11@ Boston Bruins0–3LindbackTD Garden17,56512–5–024[25]
18November 12@ Montreal Canadiens2–1SOBishopBell Centre21,27313–5–026[26]
19November 14Anaheim Ducks5–1BishopTampa Bay Times Forum17,76314–5–028[27]
20November 16@ Phoenix Coyotes3–6BishopJobing.com Arena12,56214–6–028[28]
21November 19@ Los Angeles Kings2–5BishopStaples Center18,11814–7–028[29]
22November 21@ San Jose Sharks1–5LindbackSAP Center at San Jose17,56214–8–028[30]
23November 22@ Anaheim Ducks0–1OTBishopHonda Center16,64814–8–129[31]
24November 25New York Rangers5–0BishopTampa Bay Times Forum19,20415–8–131[32]
25November 27Philadelphia Flyers4–2LindbackTampa Bay Times Forum18,42716–8–133[33]
26November 29Pittsburgh Penguins0–3BishopTampa Bay Times Forum19,06516–9–133[34]
December: 7–3–3, 17 Points (home: 4–1–2; road: 3–2–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
27December 3@ Columbus Blue Jackets0–1BishopNationwide Arena10,22316–10–133[35]
28December 5Ottawa Senators3–1BishopTampa Bay Times Forum16,56217–10–135[36]
29December 7Winnipeg Jets1–2OTLindbackTampa Bay Times Forum18,35417–10–236[37]
30December 10@ Washington Capitals5–6SOBishopVerizon Center18,50617–10–337[38]
31December 12Detroit Red Wings2–1SOBishopTampa Bay Times Forum19,20418–10–339[39]
32December 14@ New Jersey Devils0–3LindbackPrudential Center13,83218–11–339[40]
33December 15@ Detroit Red Wings3–0BishopJoe Louis Arena20,06619–11–341[41]
34December 17@ New York Islanders3–2SOBishopNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum13,61820–11–343[42]
35December 19Nashville Predators4–2LindbackTampa Bay Times Forum17,25421–11–345[43]
36December 21Carolina Hurricanes3–2OTBishopTampa Bay Times Forum19,20422–11–347[44]
37December 23@ Florida Panthers6–1BishopBB&T Center15,94223–11–349[45]
38December 28Montreal Canadiens1–2SOBishopTampa Bay Times Forum19,20423–11–450[46]
39December 29New York Rangers3–4LindbackTampa Bay Times Forum19,20423–12–450[47]
January: 8–6–1, 17 Points (home: 2–2–1; road: 6–4–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
40January 1@ Vancouver Canucks4–2BishopRogers Arena18,91024–12–452[48]
41January 3@ Calgary Flames2–0BishopScotiabank Saddledome19,28925–12–454[49]
42January 5@ Edmonton Oilers3–5LindbackRexall Place16,83925–13–454[50]
43January 7@ Winnipeg Jets4–2LindbackMTS Centre15,00426–13–456[51]
44January 9Washington Capitals3–4LindbackTampa Bay Times Forum19,20426–14–456[52]
45January 11@ Philadelphia Flyers6–3LindbackWells Fargo Center19,98727–14–458[53]
46January 13@ Columbus Blue Jackets2–3LindbackNationwide Arena14,07027–15–458[54]
47January 14@ New York Rangers2–1BishopMadison Square Garden18,00628–15–460[55]
48January 16New York Islanders1–2SOBishopTampa Bay Times Forum18,33328–15–561[56]
49January 18San Jose Sharks4–5BishopTampa Bay Times Forum19,20428–16–561[57]
50January 19@ Carolina Hurricanes5–3BishopPNC Arena16,76029–16–563[58]
51January 23Ottawa Senators4–3SOBishopTampa Bay Times Forum18,75130–16–565[59]
52January 25Colorado Avalanche5–2BishopTampa Bay Times Forum19,20431–16–567[60]
53January 28@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–3BishopAir Canada Centre19,47531–17–567[61]
54January 30@ Ottawa Senators3–5BishopCanadian Tire Centre19,75731–18–567[62]
February: 2–3–0, 4 Points (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–2–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
55February 1@ Montreal Canadiens2–1OTBishopBell Centre21,27332–18–569[63]
56February 4@ Minnesota Wild1–2BishopXcel Energy Center18,45432–19–569[64]
57February 6Toronto Maple Leafs1–4DesjardinsTampa Bay Times Forum19,20432–20–569[65]
58February 8Detroit Red Wings4–2BishopTampa Bay Times Forum19,20433–20–571[66]
League-wide break for 2014 Winter Olympics (February 9–24)
59February 27@ Nashville Predators2–3BishopBridgestone Arena17,11333–21–571[67]
March: 8–4–4, 20 Points (home: 4–1–3; road: 4–3–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
60March 1@ Dallas Stars4–2BishopAmerican Airlines Center15,89734–21–573[68]
61March 2@ Colorado Avalanche3–6BishopPepsi Center15,59234–22–573[69]
62March 4@ St. Louis Blues2–4BishopScottrade Center18,60234–23–573[70]
63March 6Buffalo Sabres1–3LindbackTampa Bay Times Forum19,20434–24–573[71]
64March 8Boston Bruins3–4SOBishopTampa Bay Times Forum19,20434–24–674[72]
65March 10Phoenix Coyotes3–4SOBishopTampa Bay Times Forum18,16734–24–775[73]
66March 13Florida Panthers5–4BishopTampa Bay Times Forum18,32435–24–777[74]
67March 15New Jersey Devils3–0BishopTampa Bay Times Forum19,20436–24–779[75]
68March 17Vancouver Canucks4–3BishopTampa Bay Times Forum19,20437–24–781[76]
69March 19@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–3BishopAir Canada Centre19,58538–24–783[77]
70March 20@ Ottawa Senators5–4BishopCanadian Tire Centre17,13639–24–785[78]
71March 22@ Pittsburgh Penguins3–4OTLindbackConsol Energy Center16,66839–24–886[79]
72March 24Ottawa Senators3–4SOBishopTampa Bay Times Forum18,48639–24–987[80]
73March 27New York Islanders3–2SOBishopTampa Bay Times Forum18,55440–24–989[81]
74March 29@ Buffalo Sabres4–3OTBishopFirst Niagara Center19,07041–24–991[82]
75March 30@ Detroit Red Wings2–3BishopJoe Louis Arena20,06641–25–991[83]
April: 5–2–0, 10 Points (home: 4–2–0; road: 1–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
76April 1Montreal Canadiens3–1BishopTampa Bay Times Forum18,80842–25–993[84]
77April 3Calgary Flames1–4BishopTampa Bay Times Forum17,49542–26–993[85]
78April 5Dallas Stars2–5BishopTampa Bay Times Forum19,20442–27–993[86]
79April 8Toronto Maple Leafs3–0LindbackTampa Bay Times Forum18,89643–27–995[87]
80April 10Philadelphia Flyers4–2LindbackTampa Bay Times Forum19,20444–27–997[88]
81April 11Columbus Blue Jackets3–2GudlevskisTampa Bay Times Forum18,68645–27–999[89]
82April 13@ Washington Capitals1–0SOLindbackVerizon Center18,50646–27–9101[90]
2013–14 Schedule
Lightning score listed first;

  Win (2 Points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2014 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference First Round vs. Montreal Canadiens (A3) – Montreal won series 4–0
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 16Montreal Canadiens4–518:08 OTLindbackTampa Bay Times Forum19,2040–1[91]
2April 18Montreal Canadiens1–4LindbackTampa Bay Times Forum19,2040–2[92]
3April 20@ Montreal Canadiens2–3LindbackBell Centre21,2730–3[93]
4April 22@ Montreal Canadiens3–4GudlevskisBell Centre21,2730–4[94]
Lightning score listed first;

  Win   Loss

Player statistics

Final stats[95]

Skaters
Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Ben Bishop63633586371471332.231758.9245024
Anders Lindback231813028122632.90580.8911002
Kristers Gudlevskis116010022.0138.9470000
Cedrick Desjardins101801026.6513.8460002
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Anders Lindback4321503143.92118.8810000
Kristers Gudlevskis21400123.0220.9000000

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Tampa Bay. Stats reflect time with Tampa Bay only.
‡Traded from Tampa Bay mid-season.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and honours

Milestones

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached
Andrej Sustr1st career NHL assist
1st career NHL point		October 15, 2013
Steven Stamkos400th career NHL pointOctober 24, 2013
Eric Brewer900th career NHL gameOctober 29, 2013
Mark Barberio1st career NHL assist
1st career NHL point		November 2, 2013
Ryan Malone600th career NHL gameNovember 9, 2013
Valtteri Filppula500th career NHL gameNovember 11, 2013
J. T. Brown1st career NHL goalNovember 16, 2013
Martin St. Louis1,000th career NHL gameNovember 19, 2013
Dmitry Korobov1st career NHL gameNovember 19, 2013
Victor Hedman100th career NHL pointNovember 19, 2013
Nikita Kucherov1st career NHL game
1st career NHL goal
1st career NHL point		November 25, 2013
Teddy Purcell200th career NHL pointNovember 25, 2013
Jean-Philippe Cote1st career NHL assist
1st career NHL point		December 19, 2013
Nikita Kucherov1st career NHL assistDecember 23, 2013
Dmitry Korobov1st career NHL assist
1st career NHL point		December 29, 2013
Matt Carle200th career NHL assistJanuary 1, 2014
Victor Hedman300th career NHL gameJanuary 16, 2014
Mark Barberio1st career NHL goalJanuary 18, 2014
Martin St. Louis600th career NHL assistJanuary 30, 2014
Vladislav Namestnikov1st career NHL gameFebruary 8, 2014
Victor Hedman100th career NHL assistMarch 1, 2014
Alex Killorn100th career NHL gameMarch 4, 2014
Valtteri Filppula300th career NHL pointMarch 19, 2014
Steven Stamkos400th career NHL gameMarch 24, 2014
Andrej Sustr1st career NHL goalApril 5, 2014
Teddy Purcell400th career NHL gameApril 10, 2014
Kristers Gudlevskis1st career NHL gameApril 11, 2014
Matt Carle600th career NHL gameApril 11, 2014
Cedric Paquette1st career NHL game
1st career NHL assist
1st career NHL point		April 11, 2014
Cody Kunyk1st career NHL gameApril 13, 2014

Transactions

The Lightning have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season.

Trades

July 2, 2013[96] To Columbus Blue Jackets
Future considerations		 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Drew Olson
March 5, 2014[97] To New York Rangers:
Martin St. Louis
Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2015[lower-alpha 1] – Oliver Kylington		 To Tampa Bay Lightning:
Ryan Callahan
Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2014[lower-alpha 2] – Josh Ho-Sang
1st-round pick in 2015[lower-alpha 3] – Anthony Beauvillier
Conditional 7th-round pick in 2015[lower-alpha 4] – Ziyat Paigin
March 5, 2014[98] To Columbus Blue Jackets
Dana Tyrell
Matt Taormina		 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Jonathan Marchessault
Dalton Smith
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