2013–14 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 2013–14 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the franchise’s 22nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
== Schedule and results ==
===Preseason===
2013 Preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 1–2–0; Neutral: 2–0–0)
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Game	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision 	Location 	Attendance	Record	Recap
1 	September 18	St. Louis Blues 	4–3 	SO	Gudlevskis	Amway Center 	 	1–0–0 	
2 	September 19	Nashville Predators 	5–1 	 	Helenius 	Tampa Bay Times Forum	10,332 	2–0–0 	
3 	September 20	@ St. Louis Blues 	4–3 	 	Lindback 	Scottrade Center 	13,246 	3–0–0 	
4 	September 21	Florida Panthers 	5–4 	SO	Bishop 	Tampa Bay Times Forum	13,135 	4–0–0 	
5 	September 24	@ Nashville Predators	1–2 	 	Lindback 	Bridgestone Arena 	13,089 	4–1–0 	
6 	September 26	Florida Panthers 	3–2 	OT	Bishop 	Germain Arena 	 	5–1–0 	
7 	September 28	@ Florida Panthers 	3–5 	 	Lindback 	BB&T Center 	12,547 	5–2–0 	
===Regular season===
2013–14 Game Log	2013–14 Game Log	2013–14 Game Log 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
October: 8–4–0, 16 Points (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 3–2–0)
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Game 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision	Location 	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
1 	October 3 	@ Boston Bruins 	1–3 	 	Lindback	TD Garden 	17,565 	0–1–0 	0 	
2 	October 5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks	3–2 	SO	Bishop 	United Center 	21,563 	1–1–0 	2 	
3 	October 8 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	3–2 	OT	Bishop 	First Niagara Center 	18,243 	2–1–0 	4 	
4 	October 10 	Florida Panthers 	7–2 	 	Bishop 	Tampa Bay Times Forum	19,204 	3–1–0 	6 	
5 	October 12 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	4–5 	 	Lindback	Tampa Bay Times Forum	18,939 	3–2–0 	6 	
6 	October 15 	Los Angeles Kings 	5–1 	 	Bishop 	Tampa Bay Times Forum	16,310 	4–2–0 	8 	
7 	October 17 	Minnesota Wild 	3–1 	 	Bishop 	Tampa Bay Times Forum	16,454 	5–2–0 	10 	
8 	October 19 	Boston Bruins 	0–5 	 	Bishop 	Tampa Bay Times Forum	18,512 	5–3–0 	10 	
9 	October 24 	Chicago Blackhawks 	6–5 	OT	Bishop 	Tampa Bay Times Forum	18,820 	6–3–0 	12 	
10 	October 26 	Buffalo Sabres 	3–2 	 	Bishop 	Tampa Bay Times Forum	18,088 	7–3–0 	14 	
11 	October 27 	@ Florida Panthers 	4–3 	SO	Lindback	BB&T Center 	12,336 	8–3–0 	16 	
12 	October 29 	@ New Jersey Devils 	1–2 	 	Bishop 	Prudential Center 	13,501 	8–4–0 	16 	
===Playoffs===
2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs	2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs	2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Eastern Conference First Round vs. Montreal Canadiens (A3) - Montreal won series 4–0
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Game 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT 	Decision 	Location 	Attendance	Series	Recap
1 	April 16 	Montreal Canadiens 	4–5 	18:08 OT	Lindback 	Tampa Bay Times Forum	19,204 	0–1 	
2 	April 18 	Montreal Canadiens 	1–4 	 	Lindback 	Tampa Bay Times Forum	19,204 	0–2 	
3 	April 20 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	2–3 	 	Lindback 	Bell Centre 	21,273 	0–3 	
4 	April 22 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	3–4 	 	Gudlevskis	Bell Centre 	21,273 	0–4 	
==Player stats==
Final stats
;Skaters
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	62	29	32	61	12	6
 	81	23	36	59	32	20
 	75	25	33	58	5 	20
 	75	13	42	55	5 	53
 	82	24	26	50	23	26
 	81	12	30	42	 	14
 	82	17	24	41	8 	63
 	37	25	15	40	9 	18
 	82	2 	29	31	11	28
 	73	3 	19	22	2 	152
 	63	4 	15	19	 	6
 	52	9 	9 	18	3 	14
 	71	4 	13	17	11	18
 	77	4 	13	17	10	59
 	81	9 	7 	16	3 	27
 	57	5 	10	15	 	67
 	50	3 	10	13	 	21
 	20	6 	5 	11	4 	8
 	55	3 	7 	10	 	79
 	49	5 	5 	10	10	28
 	19	2 	6 	8 	7 	0
 	43	1 	7 	8 	3 	16
 	27	3 	4 	7 	 	4
 	19	0 	4 	4 	0 	22
 	15	0 	1 	1 	 	9
 	11	1 	0 	1 	 	4
 	2 	0 	1 	1 	1 	2
 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	2
 	13	0 	0 	0 	 	20
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	 	4
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	4	2	2	4	1	6
 	4	1	2	3	 	2
 	3	2	1	3	1	0
 	4	1	1	2	 	4
 	3	0	2	2	2	0
 	4	1	1	2	 	0
 	4	0	2	2	 	0
 	4	0	2	2	 	16
 	4	0	1	1	 	0
 	4	1	0	1	 	0
 	4	1	0	1	 	0
 	3	0	1	1	 	9
 	2	1	0	1	0	0
 	2	0	0	0	 	0
 	4	0	0	0	 	0
 	2	0	0	0	 	0
 	4	0	0	0	 	0
 	4	0	0	0	 	0
 	1	0	0	0	0	0
 	1	0	0	0	1	0
 	2	0	0	0	 	6
 	2	0	0	0	 	4
 	3	0	0	0	 	2
;Goaltenders
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	63	63	3586	37	14	7	133	2.23	1758	.924	5	0	2	4
 	23	18	1302	8 	12	2	63 	2.90	580 	.891	1	0	0	2
 	1 	1 	60 	1 	0 	0	2 	2.00	38 	.947	0	0	0	0
 	1 	0 	18 	0 	1 	0	2 	6.67	13 	.846	0	0	0	2
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	4	4	215	0	3	14	3.91	118	.881	0	0	0	0
 	2	0	40 	0	1	2 	3.00	20 	.900	0	0	0	0
†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==
==Awards and honours==
===Milestones===
 Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
Andrej Sustr 	1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	October 15, 2013
Steven Stamkos 	400th career NHL point 	October 24, 2013
Eric Brewer 	900th career NHL game 	October 29, 2013
Mark Barberio 	1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	November 2, 2013
Ryan Malone 	600th career NHL game 	November 9, 2013
Valtteri Filppula 	500th career NHL game 	November 11, 2013
J. T. Brown 	1st career NHL goal 	November 16, 2013
Martin St. Louis 	1,000th career NHL game 	November 19, 2013
Dmitry Korobov 	1st career NHL game 	November 19, 2013
Victor Hedman 	100th career NHL point 	November 19, 2013
Nikita Kucherov 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point 	November 25, 2013
Teddy Purcell 	200th career NHL point 	November 25, 2013
Jean-Philippe Cote 	1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	December 19, 2013
Nikita Kucherov 	1st career NHL assist 	December 23, 2013
Dmitry Korobov 	1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	December 29, 2013
Matt Carle 	200th career NHL assist 	January 1, 2014
Victor Hedman 	300th career NHL game 	January 16, 2014
Mark Barberio 	1st career NHL goal 	January 18, 2014
Martin St. Louis 	600th career NHL assist 	January 30, 2014
Vladislav Namestnikov	1st career NHL game 	February 8, 2014
Victor Hedman 	100th career NHL assist 	March 1, 2014
Alexander Killorn 	100th career NHL game 	March 4, 2014
Valtteri Filppula 	300th career NHL point 	March 19, 2014
Steven Stamkos 	400th career NHL game 	March 24, 2014
Andrej Sustr 	1st career NHL goal 	April 5, 2014
Teddy Purcell 	400th career NHL game 	April 10, 2014
Kristers Gudlevskis 	1st career NHL game 	April 11, 2014
Matt Carle 	600th career NHL game 	April 11, 2014
Cedric Paquette 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point	April 11, 2014
Cody Kunyk 	1st career NHL game 	April 13, 2014
==Transactions==
The Lightning have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season.
===Trades===
July 2, 2013 	To Columbus Blue Jackets Future Considerations 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Drew Olson (rights)
March 5, 2014	To New York Rangers:Martin St. LouisConditional 2nd-round pick in 2015	To Tampa Bay Lightning:Ryan CallahanConditional 2nd-round pick in 20141st-round pick in 2015Conditional 7th-round pick in 2015
March 5, 2014	To Columbus Blue Jackets Dana TyrellMatt Taormina 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Jonathan Audy-MarchessaultDalton Smith
=== Free agents signed ===
Player 	Former team 	Contract terms
Geoff WalkerLIGHTNING SIGN FORWARD GEOFF WALKER 	Lake Erie Monsters 	1 year, $575,000
Valtteri FilppulaLIGHTNING SIGN FREE AGENT CENTER VALTTERI FILPPULA 	Detroit Red Wings 	5 years, $25 million
Jean-Philippe CoteLIGHTNING SIGN, RECALL DEFENSEMAN JEAN-PHILIPPE COTE	Syracuse Crunch 	2 years, $1.1 million
Yanni GourdeLIGHTNING AGREE TO TERMS WITH FORWARD YANNI GOURDE 	Worcester Sharks 	2 years, 1.175 million entry-level contract
Cody KunykLIGHTNING SIGN FREE AGENT FORWARD CODY KUNYK 	University of Alaska-Fairbanks	1 year, $925,000 entry-level contract
=== Free agents lost ===
Player 	New team 	Contract terms
Vincent Lecavalier	Philadelphia Flyers	5 year, $22.5 million
J. T. Wyman 	Colorado Avalanche 	1 year, $750,000
Benoit Pouliot 	New York Rangers 	1 year, $1.3 million
Brendan Mikkelson 	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year, $550,000
===Claimed via Waivers===
Player 	Previous team 	Date
Mike Kostka	Chicago Blackhawks	February 23, 2014
=== Lost via waivers ===
Player	New team	Date
=== Lost via retirement ===
Player
===Player Signings===
Player 	Date 	Contract terms
Pierre-Cedric Labrie	July 1, 2013 	1 year, $625,000
Cedrick Desjardins 	July 3, 2013 	1 year, $650,000
Matt Taormina 	July 3, 2013 	1 year, $650,000
Jonathan Drouin 	July 5, 2013 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
J. T. Brown 	July 15, 2013 	1 year, $874,125
Mark Barberio 	July 16, 2013 	1 year, $605,000
Kristers Gudlevskis 	August 3, 2013 	3 years, $1.835 million entry-level contract
Joel Vermin 	September 17, 2013	3 years, $1.8 million entry-level contract
Adam Erne 	April 1, 2014 	3 years, $2.715 million entry-level contract
Henri Ikonen 	April 6, 2014 	3 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract
Jake Dotchin 	April 19, 2014 	3 years, 1.85 million entry-level contract
Andrei Vasilevskii 	May 6, 2014 	3 years, $4.425 million entry-level contract
Dylan Blujus 	May 21, 2014 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Tyler Johnson 	May 23, 2014 	3 years, $10 million contract extension
Ondrej Palat 	June 9, 2014 	3 years, $10 million contract extension
Alex Killorn 	June 19, 2014 	2 years, $5.1 million
Ryan Callahan 	June 25, 2014 	6 years, $34.8 million
J. T. Brown 	June 26, 2014 	2 years, $1.9 million
==Draft picks==
Tampa Bay Lightning's picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, which was held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	3 	Jonathan Drouin 	Left Wing 	 	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
2 	33 	Adam Erne 	Left Wing 	 	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
5 	124	Kristers Gudlevskis	Goaltender	 	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
6 	154	Henri Ikonen 	Left Wing 	 	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
7 	184	Saku Salminen 	Forward 	 	Jokerit (SM-liiga)
7 	186	Joel Vermin 	Forward 	 	SC Bern (NLA)
;Draft notes
* The Tampa Bay Lightning's third-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as the result of a June 15, 2012 trade that sent Anders Lindback, Kyle Wilson and a 2012 seventh-round pick (#202–Nikita Gusev) to the Lightning in exchange for Sebastien Caron, two 2012 second-round picks (#37–Pontus Aberg, #50–Colton Sissons) and this pick.
* The Tampa Bay Lightning's fourth-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers (via St. Louis), Tampa Bay traded this pick to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a July 10, 2012 trade that sent B. J. Crombeen and a 2014 fifth-round pick to the Lightning in exchange a 2014 fourth-round pick and this pick.
* The Carolina Hurricanes' seventh-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as a result of an April 2, 2013 trade that sent Marc-André Bergeron to the Hurricanes in exchange for Adam Hall and this pick.
==References==
Category:Tampa Bay Lightning seasons
Category:2014 in hockey