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Lightning News The Lightning tied a franchise record and completed an undefeated month of October at Benchmark International Arena last night with a 6-4 victory over the Winnipeg Jets. The Lightning raced out to a 5-1 lead after 40 minutes before playing an ugly final 20 minutes. It will be a night to remember for Pontus Holmberg who recorded a goal and three assists in a career night for the Swede. The Lightning finished the month of October undefeated at home and tied a franchise record with their sixth win to start the season at home. [ Raw Charge ] Phew, we're all caught up! How about some goal highlights? pic.twitter.com/3xrvSMbdCM — Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) October 30, 2026 The Top 20 Under 25 countdown reached the penultimate on the countdown with forward Dominic James making the top two. The 24-year-old forward came over as a rookie free agent last year and has made quite in impression in a short amount of time. Who will be #1? You’ll have to wait and see. [ #2 Dominic James ] The Tampa Bay Lighting power play was not something to be proud of the first chunk of the season but has slowly been turning things around. Anthony Cirelli scored on the power play last night against Winnipeg which made it five straight games with a power play goal. According to this piece about the Lightning power play from Benjamin Pierce, that ties the longest run in nearly two years (the Lightning scored in six straight games from Nov. 25 to Dec. 8, 2024). It’s still a work in progress, but the power play is clicking now by a simple “just shoot” mentality. [ NHL ] Don’t expect top face-off man and fourth line center Zemgus Girgensons to be back on Saturday when the Lightning play in Nashville. Girgensons was ruled out for that game as well. In other injury news, it seems that the return of Yanni Gourde will be back sooner than the original December timeline. [ Tampa Bay Times ] The Crunch have had an up-and-down start to their season. With a little bit of a break in the schedule. can they get back on track as they work to integrate some of the new players into the line-up? Patrick Williams takes a look at Syracuse’s start to the season. [ The AHL ] As Jimmy Buffett once sang, “Come Monday, I’ll be alright”. It looks like Monday will be the big reveal for the Hometown Remix jerseys. Prepare your outrage or undying love now. View this post on Instagram League News Disgruntled Olympic gold-winning goaltender Connor Hellebuyck finally got his wish as he was traded to New Jersey a few days ago. Disgruntled Olympic gold-winning forward Dylan Larkin has decided to follow in Hellebuyck’s footsteps and sit out for the Red Wings as he believes he’s given the Red Wings ample time to trade him. The Red Wings have since suspended him without pay for failure to play. It’s getting ugly in Detroit. It’s been a weird time in the NHL post Olympics with so many trade demands. [ Winging It In Motown ] Larkin will be forfeiting around $40k per day while refusing to play for Detroit. Interim GM Horcoff is prepared to wait as long as is necessary to make a deal that makes sense for the Red Wings. Considering the 10-team list Larkin has agreed to, it may be a long time before Larkin finds a new home. [ NHL ] Larkin isn’t the only healthy player MIA in Detroit. RFA Simon Edvinsson is still without a contract as November is only hours away. The Athletic breaks down how their situations could give Red Wings a chance to reshape their roster. The Wings will have to do it without a full-time General Manager, as interim GM Shawn Horcoff tries to navigate this difficult time in Detroit. [ The Athletic ] If you’re unfamiliar with Islanders defenseman Matthew Schaefer, you better get used to him. The phenom from the blue line had an incredible Calder Trophy winning season as an 18-year-old rookie last year and is doing things never done before in the NHL this year, too. Schaefer played the entire five minute overtime a few nights ago against Nashville which is the first time ever done before since the league started using real-time data in 2009-10. [ ESPN ]