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List of Tampa Bay Lightning players

List of Tampa Bay Lightning players

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This is a complete list of ice hockey players who have played for the Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League (NHL). It includes players that have played at least one regular season or playoff game for the Tampa Bay Lightning since the franchise was established in 1992. Founded in 1992 as an expansion team along with the Ottawa Senators, 460 different players have played with the Lightning. The Lightning have won three Stanley Cup championships: 2004, 2020, and 2021. They also reached the Stanley Cup Finals in 2015 and in 2022. The Lightning have had five players, Dave Andreychuk, Dino Ciccarelli, Mark Recchi, Denis Savard, and Martin St. Louis, inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Tampa playing the Ottawa Senators during the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

As of May 1, 2023, 53 goaltenders and 407 skaters (forwards and defensemen) have appeared in at least one regular-season and/or playoff game with the Tampa Bay Lightning since the team joined the league in the 1992–93 NHL season. The 460 all-time members of the Lightning are listed below, with statistics complete through the end of the 2022–23 season.

Key

  •    Stanley Cup winner, Hockey Hall of Famer, or retired number.
  •  *  Appeared in a Lightning game during the 2022–23 season.
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The "Seasons" column lists the first year of the season of the player's first game and the last year of the season of the player's last game. For example, a player who played one game in the 2000–2001 season would be listed as playing with the team from 2000–2001, regardless of what calendar year the game occurred within.

Statistics complete as of the 2022–2023 NHL season.

Goaltenders

The 19th overall pick in 2012, Andrei Vasilevskiy has won the Conn Smythe Trophy, Vezina Trophy and the Stanley Cup (2x). Vasilevskiy is the Lightning all-time leader for goalie games played (425), wins (263), shutouts (32), shots against (12914), and saves (11863). Vasilevskiy holds the single season record for most shutouts (8) and wins (44).
Ben Bishop was the Lightning all-time leader in all statistical categories when he left the team. He has since been surpassed by Vasilevskiy. He finished his Tampa Bay career with a 2.28 GAA and a .921 save percentage.
Shown with the Calgary Flames, Curtis McElhinney won the Stanley Cup as the backup goaltender in 2020 and 2021.
Shown with the Chicago Blackhawks, Nikolai Khabibulin appeared in 192 games with the Lightning and won the Stanley Cup as the starting goaltender in 2004.
John Grahame spent four years with the Lightning and won the Stanley Cup as the backup goaltender in 2004.
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Skaters

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Notes

  1. Beginning in the 2005–06 season, ties are no longer possible. At the same time, the league began tracking overtime losses for goaltenders.

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