1:34 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler to a two-year contract worth $2,250,000 on Friday. The contract has an average annual value of $1,125,000. The breakdown is as follows: $1,050,000 in the 2021-22 season and $1,200,000 in the 2022-23 season. The 24-year-old Siegenthaler

9:00 AM ET An announced crowd of 18,110 fans watched the Tampa Bay Lightning win the Stanley Cup on Wednesday night. That’s 18,110 more fans than attended their home opener on Jan. 13 against the Chicago Blackhawks at Amalie Arena, and 18,110 more fans than saw them raise last season’s Stanley Cup in the Edmonton,

Jul 7, 2021 As Tampa Bay Lightning fans drink up their team’s second straight Stanley Cup, they’ll soon be able to sip beer made from the ice on which it was won. Coors Light has used ice collected from the rink at Amalie Arena during the Stanley Cup Final to brew “Champions Ice,” a limited-edition

10:26 PM ET Star winger Vladimir Tarasenko has requested a trade from the St. Louis Blues, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Tarasenko, 29, is in the seventh year of an eight-year, $60 million deal he signed in July 2015. He has a full no-trade clause to go along with 218 goals and 224

Jul 7, 2021 Evil has prevailed. Tampa Bay has captured a second straight Stanley Cup. The Great Lightning Heist has been completed. This is how we’re supposed to react to this victory, right? That the “cheaters” won? That the team that was $18 million over the salary cap after reuniting with star winger Nikita Kucherov

12:17 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Tom Brady is no stranger to celebrating championships. The city of Tampa is getting pretty used to it as well since the Tampa Bay Lightning have won consecutive Stanley Cups, sandwiched around Brady and the Bucs winning the Super Bowl. The Lightning finished off the Montreal

10:54 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning are back-to-back Stanley Cup champs — and they did it in a nine-month span. “This group, no matter what happens from here on out, this group is going to be etched in history forever, and that’s pretty F’ing special,” captain Steven Stamkos said. “I’m so

Columbus Blue Jackets: Death of Matiss Kivlenieks a ‘devastating loss … that will always be with us’ The Blue Jackets confirmed Wednesday that the errant fireworks mortar blast that killed Matiss Kivlenieks occurred at the house of goaltending coach Manny Legace. The team is still considering his death a “tragic accident,” pending a police investigation.

11:42 AM ET Forward Alex Killorn, who hasn’t played since taking a puck off his skate in Game 1, is still considered doubtful as the Tampa Bay Lightning try to clinch the Stanley Cup on home ice against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 5 on Wednesday night. Killorn was on the ice for warm-ups prior

9:28 PM ET Associated Press EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Defenseman Christian Wolanin has agreed to a one-year, $750,000 contract extension to return to the Los Angeles Kings. Wolanin was eligible for unrestricted free agency. The Kings announced the deal Tuesday. Wolanin, 26, appeared in three games with Los Angeles after the Kings acquired him from