2019–20 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 2019–20 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 28th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on December 16, 1991. The Lightning entered the season as the defending Atlantic Division and Presidents' Trophy champions.
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. On July 10, following the extension of the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement by the league and the Players' Association, it was announced that the Canadian cities of Toronto and Edmonton would be the locations the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs would be staged in. The conclusion of the playoffs would be held in Edmonton as the site of both conference finals and the Stanley Cup Finals.
The playoffs began on August 1 in a modified format involving 24 teams. The Lightning began in Toronto with the other Eastern Conference teams and were given a bye into the first round by virtue of having the second-highest point percentage in the Eastern Conference at the time of the pause. For seeding, they competed in a four-team single round-robin along with the Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals, and Philadelphia Flyers, in which they finished in second place. The Lightning then defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first round in five games, and the Boston Bruins in the second round, also in five games. Shifting to Edmonton, they competed in their fourth Eastern Conference Finals in the past six seasons, defeating the New York Islanders in six games. 
On September 28, 2020, the Lightning won their second Stanley Cup in franchise history, defeating the Dallas Stars in six games. Victor Hedman won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
On August 27, the playoffs were briefly suspended as the remaining teams decided not to play their next scheduled contests in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake.
==Off-season==
===April===
The Lightning's off season began on April 16, 2019, when they were swept by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs.
===May===
The Lightning's first move of the off season happened on May 3, 2019, when the team signed Jan Rutta to a 1-year contract extension. Rutta appeared in 14 regular season games and 4 playoffs games for the Lightning after coming over in a trade from the Chicago Blackhawks.
On May 23, 2019, the Lightning and forward prospect Jonne Tammela mutually agreed to part ways via contract termination. On May 28, 2019, Tammela signed with Lukko of the Liiga hockey league in Finland.
===June===
On June 14, 2019, the Lightning re-signed defenceman Cameron Gaunce to a 1-year contract extension. Last season Gaunce appeared in two regular season games with the Lightning.
On June 18, 2019, the Lightning re-signed defenceman Braydon Coburn to a two-year contract extension valued at $3.4 million. The contract will carry a $1.7 million cap hit. Coburn was coming off a three-year contract with the team. In 74 games last season Coburn produced 23 points, which set a personal best during his tenure with the club.
On June 19, 2019, the Lightning announced that they had re-signed defenceman Daniel Walcott to a 1-year contract extension. Walcott missed the majority of the previous season due to injury.
That same evening, the NHL conducted the 2019 NHL Awards in Las Vegas. Nikita Kucherov was awarded the Ted Lindsay Award and Hart Memorial Trophy. Kucherov was the second player in franchise history win the Ted Lindsay Award and Hart Memorial Trophy. Andrei Vasilevskiy was awarded the Vezina Trophy. Vasilevskiy was the first goaltender in franchise history to win the award. Additionally, the NHL announced the NHL All-Star Teams and the NHL All-Rookie Team. Nikita Kucherov and Andrei Vasilevskiy were named to the NHL First All-Star Team and Victor Hedman was named to the NHL Second All-Star Team. Anthony Cirelli was named to the All-Rookie Team.
On June 20, 2019, the Lightning announced that Ryan Callahan had been diagnosed with a degenerative disk disease of the lower spine. Doctors gave Callahan the recommendation that it was medically in his best interest to no longer play hockey. The team further announced that it would be placing Callahan on Long Term Injured Reserve for the upcoming season, which is the final year of his contract. Callahan stated in an interview after the announcement that his back had been an issue for him for the last few seasons and that this past season was the worst it had been. Callahan will finish his career with 757 games played, recording 186 goals and 386 points.
On June 22, 2019, the Lightning traded forward J. T. Miller to the Vancouver Canucks on the second day of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. The Lightning received goaltender Marek Mazanec, a 3rd-round pick in 2019, and a conditional 1st-round pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. The condition of the pick is that if the Canucks miss the playoffs in the coming season the pick becomes a 1st-round pick in 2021.
===July===
On July 5, 2019, the Lightning re-signed forward Carter Verhaeghe to a 1-year contact extension. Verhaeghe led the Syracuse Crunch and American Hockey League in scoring with 82 points (34 goals and 48 assists).
On the same day, the Lightning re-signed forward Cedric Paquette to a 2-year, contract extension. The cap hit on the contract is valued at $1.65 million. Paquette recorded 13 goals and 17 points last season for the Lightning.
On July 8, 2019, the Lightning signed forward Gemel Smith to a 1-year, 2-way contract. Last season Smith skated with the Dallas Stars and Boston Bruins, appearing in 17 NHL games in which he recorded 2 goals and 1 assist. In his professional career Smith has appearing in 80 NHL games, recording 11 goals and 20 points.
On July 9, 2019, the Lightning re-signed forward Danick Martel to a 1-year contract extension. Martel made the Lightning's roster last season, but primarily was healthy scratched. Martel skated in 9 games, recording 2 assists.
On July 16, 2019, the Lightning re-signed defenseman Ben Thomas to a 1-year contract extension. Thomas was drafted by the Lightning in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, and has spent the previous seasons three seasons in the American Hockey League with the Syracuse Crunch.
On July 17, 2019, the Lightning re-signed defenseman Dominik Masin to a 1-year contract extension. Masin has spent the last three seasons playing for the Syracuse Crunch. Last season Masin skated in 69 games with the Crunch, recording 2 goals and 10 assists.
On July 29, 2019, the Lightning re-signed starting goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy to a $76 million, 8-year contract extension. The annual cap hit is valued at $9.5 million. Vasilevskiy was coming off his first career Vezina Trophy win as the NHL's top goaltender. Vasilevskiy recorded a .925 save percentage, 2.40 goals-against average, and 6 shutouts during his Vezina campaign.
On July 30, 2019, the Lightning traded forward Ryan Callahan and the team's fifth-round 2020 draft pick to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Mike Condon and Ottawa's 2020 sixth-round pick. The move freed up approximately $3.4 million in cap space.
===August===
On August 5, 2019, the Lightning signed free-agent defensemen Kevin Shattenkirk to a one-year, $1.75 million contract. Shattenkirk had played the previous two seasons for the New York Rangers before being bought out by the team. In the season prior to his buyout, Shattenkirk recorded 2 goals and 26 assists over 76 games.
On August 14, 2019, the Lightning traded forward Adam Erne to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2020 NHL draft. Last season Erne skated in 65 games with the Lightning, recording 7 goals and 13 assists. Erne was originally acquired by the Lightning in the second-round of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
On August 24, 2019, the Lightning signed free-agent forward Patrick Maroon to a one-year, $900,000 contract. Maroon spent the previous season with the St. Louis Blues where he helped them capture their first Stanley Cup championship. Maroon scored 10 goals, and 28 points over 74 games in the regular season. In the playoffs Maroon recorded 3 goals and 7 points in 26 games.
==Training camp==
===September===
On September 11, 2019, the Lightning announced their training camp roster for the coming season. The camp is to be divided among three rosters, which are named after Lightning radio and television broadcasters (Rick Peckham, Phil Esposito and Bobby ‘The Chief’ Taylor). Notably absent from the roster was Lightning forward Brayden Point, who was a restricted free agent.
On September 18, 2019, the Lightning made their first round of training camp roster cuts. The team trimmed their roster of six players to reduce the camp roster down to 56 players. Lightning prospects Gabriel Fortier, Maxim Cajkovic and Quinn Schmeimann were assigned to their junior teams. 
Eli Zummack, Louis Crevier and Cody Donaghey were released from their tryout agreements.
On September 20, 2019, the Lightning placed goaltenders Mike Condon and Louis Domingue on waivers for the purpose of assignment to the Syracuse for the upcoming season. Domingue served as the Lightning's backup last season and Condon was acquired in trade of forward Ryan Callahan. The team was rumored to have been trying to trade Domingue all summer, but no trade materialized. Both goaltenders cleared waivers the following day.
On September 21, 2019, the Lightning made their second round of training camp roster cuts to reduce their roster to 42-players. The forward group cut consisted of Peter Abbandonato, Jimmy Huntington, Boris Katchouk, Alexey Lipanov, Ryan Lohin, Kevin Lynch, Mikhail Shalagin, and Dennis Yan. On defense it was Luc Snuggerud, Oleg Sosunov, Matt Spencer, and Nolan Valleau. Clint Windsor was the sole goaltender cut among the group. This group of players will report to Syracuse for training camp. Additionally, Cory Conacher, Chris Mueller and Spencer Martin were placed on waivers with the purpose of assignment to Syracuse.
On September 22, 2019, the Lightning made their third round of training cam roster cuts. The team assigned forwards Alex Barre-Boulet, Ross Colton, Cory Conacher, Chris Mueller, Otto Somppi and Mitchell Stephens to Syracuse. Defeseman Cal Foote and goaltender Spencer Martin were also assigned to Syracuse. Conacher, Mueller and Martin were assigned due to having cleared waivers. Forward Nolan Foote was assigned to his junior club (Kelowna Rockets). The team also placed Cameron Gaunce, Dominik Masin and Scott Wedgewood on waivers for assignment to Syracuse. All three players cleared waivers the following day.
On September 23, 2019, the Lightning announced that it had re-signed center Brayden Point to a three-year contract extension with a cap hit valued at $6.75 million annually. Point set career highs last season, recording 41 goals, 92 points and 51 assists. The team also announced that Point would not be medically cleared to play until late October due a procedure he had in the off-season.
On September 30, 2019, the Lightning made its final training camp roster cuts. The Lightning assigned forwards Danick Martel and Alexander Volkov to the Syracuse Crunch. Defenseman Luke Schenn was placed on waivers for the purpose of assignment to Syracuse. The forwards named to the opening night roster were Anthony Cirelli, Yanni Gourde, Tyler Johnson, Mathieu Joseph, Alex Killorn, Nikita Kucherov, Patrick Maroon, Ondrej Palat, Cedric Paquette, Brayden Point, Gemel Smith, Steven Stamkos, and Carter Verhaeghe. The defensemen named were Erik Cernak, Braydon Coburn, Victor Hedman, Ryan McDonagh, Jan Rutta, Mikhail Sergachev, Kevin Shattenkirk, and Luke Witkowski. Andrei Vasilevskiy and Curtis McElhinney were the starting and backup goaltenders named to the roster.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Eastern Conference===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
2019 preseason game log: 2–3–2 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 1–2–1)
{| class="wikitable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Game	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision 	Location 	Attendance	Record	Recap
1 	September 17	Carolina Hurricanes 	0–3 	 	Wedgewood 	Amalie Arena 	12,010 	0–1–0 	
2 	September 18	@ Carolina Hurricanes	0–2 	 	Martin 	PNC Arena 	 	0–2–0 	
3 	September 20	Nashville Predators 	3–1 	 	McElhinney 	Amalie Arena 	13,456 	1–2–0 	
4 	September 21	@ Nashville Predators	4–5 	OT	Wedgewood 	Bridgestone Arena	 	1–2–1 	
5 	September 24	@ Florida Panthers 	3–6 	 	Vasilevskiy	BB&T Center 	8,744 	1–3–1 	
6 	September 26	@ Florida Panthers 	4–2 	 	McElhinney 	BB&T Center 	8,611 	2–3–1 	
7 	September 28	Florida Panthers 	0–1 	SO	Vasilevskiy	Amalie Arena 	14,732 	2–3–2 	
===Regular season===
2019–20 regular season game log	2019–20 regular season game log	2019–20 regular season game log	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
October: 6–4–2, 14 points (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 4–3–1)
{| class="wikitable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Game 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision 	Location 	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
1 	October 3 	Florida Panthers 	5–2 	 	Vasilevskiy	Amalie Arena 	19,092 	1–0–0 	2 	
2 	October 5 	@ Florida Panthers 	3–4 	 	Vasilevskiy	BB&T Center 	17,424 	1–1–0 	2 	
3 	October 6 	@ Carolina Hurricanes 	3–4 	OT	McElhinney 	PNC Arena 	14,125 	1–1–1 	3 	
4 	October 10 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	7–3 	 	Vasilevskiy	Scotiabank Arena 	19,387 	2–1–1 	5 	
5 	October 12 	@ Ottawa Senators 	2–4 	 	McElhinney 	Canadian Tire Centre 	11,023 	2–2–1 	5 	
6 	October 15 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	3–1 	 	Vasilevskiy	Bell Centre 	20,406 	3–2–1 	7 	
7 	October 17 	@ Boston Bruins 	4–3 	SO	Vasilevskiy	TD Garden 	17,193 	4–2–1 	9 	
8 	October 19 	Colorado Avalanche 	2–6 	 	Vasilevskiy	Amalie Arena 	19,092 	4–3–1 	9 	
9 	October 23 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	3–2 	 	Vasilevskiy	Amalie Arena 	19,092 	5–3–1 	11 	
10 	October 26 	Nashville Predators 	2–3 	OT	McElhinney 	Amalie Arena 	19,092 	5–3–2 	12 	
11 	October 29 	@ New York Rangers 	1–4 	 	Vasilevskiy	Madison Square Garden	17,196 	5–4–2 	12 	
12 	October 30 	@ New Jersey Devils 	7–6 	OT	McElhinney 	Prudential Center 	13,152 	6–4–2 	14 	
===Playoffs===
Seeding Round-robin – Tampa Bay finishes 2nd
† Games played at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
{| class="wikitable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Game	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision 	Record	Points	Recap
1 	August 3	Washington Capitals	3–2 	SO	Vasilevskiy	1–0–0 	2 	
2 	August 5	@ Boston Bruins 	3–2 	 	Vasilevskiy	2–0–0 	4 	
3 	August 8	Philadelphia Flyers	1–4 	 	Vasilevskiy	2–1–0 	4 	
2020 Stanley Cup playoffs	2020 Stanley Cup playoffs	2020 Stanley Cup playoffs	 	 	 	 	
Eastern Conference First Round vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (7) - Tampa Bay wins series 4–1
† Games played at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
{| class="wikitable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Game 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT 	Decision 	Series	Recap
1 	August 11 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	3–2 	5OT	Vasilevskiy	1–0 	
2 	August 13 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	1–3 	 	Vasilevskiy	1–1 	
3 	August 15 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets 	3–2 	 	Vasilevskiy	2–1 	
4 	August 17 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets 	2–1 	 	Vasilevskiy	3–1 	
5 	August 19 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	5–4 	OT 	Vasilevskiy	4–1 	
==Player stats==
Final
===Skaters===
Regular season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	68	33	52	85	26	38
 	57	29	37	66	14	22
 	66	25	39	64	28	11
 	66	11	44	55	27	31
 	68	26	23	49	19	20
 	68	16	28	44	28	30
 	69	17	24	41	25	22
 	70	10	24	34	15	58
 	70	8 	26	34	22	38
 	65	14	17	31	9 	16
 	70	10	20	30	−5	49
 	64	9 	14	23	4 	71
 	60	7 	11	18	−1	40
 	52	9 	4 	13	−9	8
 	67	5 	7 	12	11	59
 	50	1 	11	12	7 	19
 	37	4 	3 	7 	−2	16
 	33	1 	6 	7 	6 	14
 	38	3 	3 	6 	−9	10
 	40	1 	3 	4 	5 	16
 	3 	1 	3 	4 	2 	4
 	25	1 	2 	3 	−8	23
 	12	1 	2 	3 	−4	13
† 	8 	0 	2 	2 	0 	12
† 	8 	0 	2 	2 	0 	17
 	3 	1 	0 	1 	0 	4
 	9 	0 	1 	1 	−6	6
† 	9 	0 	1 	1 	2 	16
 	4 	0 	1 	1 	−2	4
Playoffs 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	25	7 	27	34	15	22
 	23	14	19	33	12	10
 	25	10	12	22	13	24
 	25	11	7 	18	14	10
 	25	7 	7 	14	12	19
 	25	5 	8 	13	6 	31
 	25	3 	10	13	8 	6
 	24	5 	5 	10	−6	27
 	25	3 	7 	10	4 	26
 	25	3 	6 	9 	−5	2
 	25	4 	3 	7 	−6	11
 	25	1 	5 	6 	2 	32
 	25	1 	5 	6 	5 	16
 	22	1 	4 	5 	−1	10
 	25	0 	4 	4 	2 	12
 	20	0 	4 	4 	1 	12
 	24	0 	2 	2 	−4	16
 	11	0 	2 	2 	3 	7
 	8 	0 	2 	2 	−1	2
 	7 	1 	0 	1 	−2	2
 	1 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	5 	0 	1 	1 	0 	12
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Goaltenders===
 Regular season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	52	52	3122	35	14	3	133	2.56	1605	.917	3	0	4	4
 	18	18	1081	8 	7 	3	48 	2.89	551 	.906	1	0	0	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	25	25	1709	18	7	0	54	1.90	740	.927	1	0	1	2
†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
==Roster==
==Suspensions/fines==
Player 	Explanation 	Length 	Salary	Date issued
Cedric Paquette	Fined for high-sticking Frank Vatrano during the preseason game against the Florida Panthers on September 26, 2019, at the BB&T Center. 	— 	$2,500	September 27, 2019
Erik Cernak 	Suspended for elbowing Rasmus Dahlin during the regular season game against the Buffalo Sabres on November 25, 2019, at Amalie Arena. 	2 games	$7,500	November 26, 2019
Alex Killorn 	Suspended for boarding Brock Nelson during the Eastern Conference final playoff game against the New York Islanders on September 9, 2020, at Rogers Place.	1 game 	— 	September 10, 2020
==Awards and honours==
===Awards===
Regular season
Player	Award 	Awarded
 	NHL First Star of the Week 	December 30, 2019
 	NHL All-Star Game selection 	December 30, 2019
 	NHL First Star of the Week 	January 13, 2020
 	NHL All-Star Game selection 	January 13, 2020
 	NHL 2010s All-Decade Second Team	January 24, 2020
 	NHL Third Star of January 	February 1, 2020
 	NHL Second Star of the Week 	February 3, 2020
 	NHL Third Star of the Week 	February 10, 2020
 	NHL Second Star of the Week 	February 17, 2020
 	Second Team All Star 	September 21, 2020
 	Second Team All Star 	September 21, 2020
Hockey Hall of Fame
Individual 	Award 	Year awarded	Years with franchise	References
Rick Peckham	Foster Hewitt Memorial Award	2020 	1995–2020 	
===Milestones===
Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
Carter Verhaeghe 	1st career NHL game 	October 3, 2019
Carter Verhaeghe 	1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	October 5, 2019
Victor Hedman 	700th career NHL game 	October 10, 2019
Brayden Point 	200th career NHL point 	October 10, 2019
Alexander Volkov 	1st career NHL game 	October 30, 2019
Yanni Gourde 	200th career NHL game 	November 14, 2020
Steven Stamkos 	400th career NHL goal 	November 16, 2019
Ondrej Palat 	100th career NHL goal 	November 23, 2019
Ondrej Palat 	200th career NHL assist300th career NHL point	November 25, 2019
Brayden Point 	100th career NHL goal 	November 29, 2019
Victor Hedman 	100th career NHL goal 	December 5, 2019
Carter Verhaeghe 	1st career NHL goal 	December 7, 2019
Mitchell Stephens 	1st career NHL game 	December 9, 2019
Mathieu Joseph 	100th career NHL game 	December 14, 2019
Nikita Kucherov 	200th career NHL goal 	December 22, 2019
Nikita Kucherov 	300th career NHL assist500th career NHL point	December 23, 2019
Tyler Johnson 	500th career NHL game 	December 28, 2019
Mitchell Stephens 	1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point 	December 28, 2019
Steven Stamkos 	800th career NHL point 	December 28, 2019
Mikhail Sergachev 	200th career NHL game 	January 7, 2020
Mitchell Stephens 	1st career NHL assist 	January 7, 2020
Carter Verhaeghe 	1st career NHL Hat-trick 	January 7, 2020
Steven Stamkos 	400th career NHL assist 	January 9, 2020
Andrei Vasilevskiy	20th career NHL shutout 	January 11, 2020
Erik Cernak 	100th career NHL game 	January 12, 2020
Alexander Volkov 	1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	January 14, 2020
Anthony Cirelli 	1st career NHL Hat-trick 	January 17, 2020
Alex Killorn 	300th career NHL point 	January 17, 2020
Nikita Kucherov 	500th career NHL game 	February 6, 2020
Patrick Maroon 	500th career NHL game 	February 10, 2020
Mikhail Sergachev 	100th career NHL point 	February 10, 2020
Steven Stamkos 	800th career NHL game 	February 17, 2020
Kevin Shattenkirk 	300th career NHL assist 	March 5, 2020
Playoffs
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
Zach Bogosian 	1st career playoff game 	August 3, 2020
Mitchell Stephens 	1st career playoff game1st career playoff point1st career playoff goal 	August 3, 2020
Carter Verhaeghe 	1st career playoff game1st career playoff point1st career playoff assist	August 15, 2020
Zach Bogosian 	1st career playoff point1st career playoff assist 	August 15, 2020
Victor Hedman 	100th career playoff game 	September 11, 2020
Andrei Vasilevskiy	1st career playoff point1st career playoff assist 	September 13, 2020
Andrei Vasilevskiy	1st career playoff shutout 	September 28, 2020
==Transactions==
The Lightning have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Vancouver CanucksJ. T. Miller 	To Tampa Bay LightningMarek Mazanec3rd-round pick in 2019Conditional 1st-round pick in 2020	
 	To Ottawa SenatorsRyan Callahan5th-round pick in 2020 	To Tampa Bay LightningMike Condon6th-round pick in 2020 	
 	To Detroit Red WingsAdam Erne 	To Tampa Bay Lightning4th-round pick in 2020 	
 	To New Jersey DevilsLouis Domingue 	To Tampa Bay LightningConditional 7th-round pick in 2021 	
 	To Buffalo SabresMatt Spencer 	To Tampa Bay LightningDevante Stephens 	
 	To Anaheim DucksChris Mueller 	To Tampa Bay LightningPatrick Sieloff 	
 	To New Jersey DevilsNolan FooteConditional 1st-round pick in 2020	To Tampa Bay LightningBlake Coleman 	
 	To Florida PanthersDanick Martel 	To Tampa Bay LightningAnthony Greco 	
 	To San Jose SharksAnthony Greco 1st-round pick in 2020 	To Tampa Bay LightningBarclay Goodrow 3rd-round pick in 2020 	
===Free agents===
Date 	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 	Luke Schenn 	from Vancouver Canucks 	1-year 	
July 1, 2019 	Curtis McElhinney	from Carolina Hurricanes	2-year 	
July 1, 2019 	Luke Witkowski 	from Detroit Red Wings 	2-year 	
July 1, 2019 	Scott Wedgewood 	from Buffalo Sabres 	1-year 	
July 1, 2019 	Spencer Martin 	from Colorado Avalanche 	1-year 	
July 1, 2019 	Chris Mueller 	from Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year 	
July 1, 2019 	Anton Stralman 	to Florida Panthers 	3-year 	
July 1, 2019 	Gabriel Dumont 	to Minnesota Wild 	2-year 	
July 1, 2019 	Andy Andreoff 	to Philadelphia Flyers 	2-year 	
July 8, 2019 	Gemel Smith 	from Boston Bruins 	1-year 	
August 5, 2019 	Kevin Shattenkirk	from New York Rangers 	1-year 	
August 24, 2019 	Patrick Maroon 	from St. Louis Blues 	1-year 	
February 23, 2020	Zach Bogosian 	from Buffalo Sabres 	1-year 	
July 17, 2020 	Sean Day 	from Hartford Wolf Pack 	1-year 	
===Waivers===
Date	Player	Team	Ref
 	 	 	
===Contract terminations===
Date	Player	Via	Ref
 	 	 	
===Retirement===
Date	Player	Ref
 	 	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Nolan Foote 	3-year 	
 	Carter Verhaeghe 	1-year 	
 	Cedric Paquette 	2-year 	
 	Danick Martel 	1-year 	
 	Ben Thomas 	1-year 	
 	Dominik Masin 	1-year 	
 	Andrei Vasilevskiy	8-year 	
 	Brayden Point 	3-year 	
 	Daniel Walcott 	1-year 	
 	Alex Green 	2-year 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Tampa Bay Lightning's selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	27 	Nolan Foote 	LW 	 	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
3 	711 	Hugo Alnefelt 	G 	 	HV71 J20 (J20 SuperElit)
3 	89 	Maxim Cajkovic 	RW 	 	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
4 	120 	Maxwell Crozier 	D 	 	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
6 	182 	Quinn Schmiemann	D 	Canada 	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
7 	1892	Mikhail Shalagin	LW 	 	JHC Spartak (MHL)
7 	213 	McKade Webster 	LW 	 	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
Notes:
# The Vancouver Canucks' third-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent J. T. Miller to Vancouver in exchange for Marek Mazanec, a conditional first-round pick 2020 and this pick.
# The Chicago Blackhawks' seventh-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on January 11, 2019, that sent Slater Koekkoek and a fifth-round pick in 2019 to Chicago in exchange for Jan Rutta and this pick.
==Notes==
:In the Round-Robin Seeding games the format followed that of the regular season. This meant there was a possibility of the game ending in overtime or a shootout. The regular playoff games followed the traditional format of sudden death overtime. 
:As the result of COVID-19 the Eastern Conference final games were held in the playoff bubble at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta.
==References==
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