The Lightning made top center Brayden Point a healthy scratch for Tuesday’s game against the Bruins after he missed a team meeting before the morning skate. Forward prospect Jack Finley was called up from AHL Syracuse just hours before the game to make his NHL debut.

Point (coach's decision) was back in his customary first-line role ahead of Thursday's matchup with Anaheim, Benjamin Pierce of the Lightning 's official site reports.

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.

It took everything they had to pull out two points, winning 4-3 as Andrei Vasilevskiy (34 saves) stopped all three Ducks shots in the shootout and Jake Guentzel scored what wound up being the winning goal in the first round.

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Point missed a team meeting and won't play Tuesday versus the Bruins, Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times reports. This is likely to be a one-game absence for Point as head coach Jon Cooper sends a message on accountability.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Tampa Bay Lightning center Brayden Point (21) cuts around Carolina Hurricanes left wing Eric Robinson (50 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Tampa Bay Lightning center Brayden Point (21) breaks out ahead of Boston Bruins left wing Brad Marchand (63 ...

Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Thursday night. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper.

Thanks to Schenn’s two goals, Kyrou’s goal of his own and Holloway’s pair of assists, the line combined for five points in another important win over Calgary on Thursday night.

Evan Bouchard scored the winning goal late in the third period, capping the Edmonton Oilers' rally from a three-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 in Denver on Thursday night.