2012–13 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 2012–13 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the franchise's 21st season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout.
==Regular season==
The Lightning began the season with one of the best starts in franchise history, earning a 6–1–0 record. However, since that seventh game, the team went 7–16–1, falling to 14th out of 15 teams in the Eastern Conference. This prompted general manager Steve Yzerman to fire head coach Guy Boucher on March 24, 2013. Boucher was in his third year as the team's head coach.
One day later, the Lightning named Jon Cooper as the team's new head coach. Cooper was first hired by the organization in 2010 to coach the Lightning's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals, and after the Lightning changed affiliates, the Syracuse Crunch. While coaching the Admirals in the 2011–12 season, the team won 28 consecutive games and would go on to win the Calder Cup, sweeping the championship series. At the time of Cooper's naming as Lightning head coach, ten players on the team's roster had played for Cooper in Syracuse at some point during the season.
With goaltending having been an issue for the team all season, on April 3, the day of the trade deadline, the Lightning acquired Ben Bishop from the Ottawa Senators. In return, the Lightning dealt rookie left wing Cory Conacher, who at the time was second in the League in points among first-year players with 24, and led all rookies in assists with 15. The Lightning also gave up a fourth-round pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
The Lightning tied the Montreal Canadiens for the fewest shorthanded goals scored with zero.https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2013.html
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
As a result of the 2012–13 NHL lockout, the entire pre-season was canceled.
===Regular season===
Due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout, the Lightning's original 82-game schedule was reduced to a 48-game schedule in which they would face only teams from the Eastern Conference.
2012–13 Game Log	2012–13 Game Log	2012–13 Game Log 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
January: 5–1–0, 10 Points (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 1–1–0)
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Game 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision	Location 	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
1 	January 19 	Washington Capitals 	6–3 	 	Lindback	Tampa Bay Times Forum 	19,204 	1–0–0 	2 	
2 	January 21 	@ New York Islanders 	3–4 	 	Lindback	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	15,322 	1–1–0 	2 	
3 	January 22 	@ Carolina Hurricanes	4–1 	 	Garon 	PNC Arena 	18,680 	2–1–0 	4 	
4 	January 25 	Ottawa Senators 	6–4 	 	Lindback	Tampa Bay Times Forum 	19,204 	3–1–0 	6 	
5 	January 27 	Philadelphia Flyers 	5–1 	 	Lindback	Tampa Bay Times Forum 	19,204 	4–1–0 	8 	
6 	January 29 	Florida Panthers 	5–2 	 	Lindback	Tampa Bay Times Forum 	19,204 	5–1–0 	10 	
===Playoffs===
The Lightning were unable to qualify for the playoffs for the second year in a row.
==Player stats==
Final stats
;Skaters
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	48 	17 	43 	60 	0 	14
 	48 	29 	28 	57 	−4 	32
 	48 	11 	25 	36 	−1 	12
 	39 	10 	22 	32 	−5 	29
‡ 	35 	9 	15 	24 	−3 	16
 	48 	5 	17 	22 	1 	4
 	34 	8 	12 	20 	8 	15
 	44 	4 	16 	20 	1 	31
 	38 	7 	12 	19 	−6 	14
 	46 	2 	15 	17 	5 	16
 	43 	8 	8 	16 	5 	12
 	45 	7 	8 	15 	−2 	17
 	48 	4 	8 	12 	3 	30
 	25 	5 	4 	9 	−2 	4
 	24 	6 	2 	8 	−3 	22
 	44 	1 	7 	8 	4 	112
 	45 	2 	5 	7 	1 	60
 	14 	3 	3 	6 	3 	4
 	22 	2 	3 	5 	3 	38
‡ 	12 	1 	4 	5 	3 	4
 	21 	1 	3 	4 	−3 	4
 	14 	2 	2 	4 	5 	0
‡ 	20 	0 	4 	4 	3 	23
 	19 	2 	1 	3 	2 	30
 	4 	0 	1 	1 	1 	6
 	5 	1 	0 	1 	−3 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	0
 	22 	0 	0 	0 	−13	16
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0
Totals	Totals	101	186	287	15 	370
;Goaltenders
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	24 	21	1304:11	10	10	1	63 	2.90	642 	.902	0	0	1	0
 	18 	16	910:04 	5 	9 	2	44 	2.90	427 	.897	0	0	0	0
† 	9 	9 	502:26 	3 	4 	1	25 	2.99	302 	.917	1	0	0	2
 	3 	2 	160:06 	0 	3 	0	8 	3.00	73 	.890	0	0	0	0
Totals	Totals	48	2876:47	21	23	4	140	2.92	1444	.903	1	0	1	2
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Tampa Bay. Stats reflect time with Tampa Bay only.
‡Traded to Tampa Bay mid-season.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record
==Awards and records==
===Awards===
 Regular season
Player 	Award 	Awarded
Martin St. LouisMarleau, Crawford, St. Louis named 'Three Stars' 	NHL Third Star of the Week 	January 28, 2013
Steven StamkosVoracek, Stamkos, Bishop named NHL 'Three Stars' 	NHL Second Star of the Week 	February 25, 2013
Steven StamkosStamkos, Crosby, Emery named 'Stars' for February 	NHL First Star of the Month (February)	March 1, 2013
Martin St. Louis2013 NHL Awards 	Art Ross Trophy 	April 2013
Martin St. LouisLIGHTNING'S ST. LOUIS WINS LADY BYNG MEMORIAL TROPHY	Lady Byng Memorial Trophy 	June 14, 2013
===Milestones===
 Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
Cory Conacher 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point	January 19, 2013
Teddy Purcell 	100th career NHL assist 	January 19, 2013
Vincent Lecavalier 	1,000th career NHL game 	January 21, 2013
Alexander Killorn 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	February 10, 2013
Richard Panik 	1st career NHL game 	February 12, 2013
B. J. Crombeen 	300th career NHL game 	February 14, 2013
Alexander Killorn 	1st career NHL goal 	February 16, 2013
Brian Lee 	200th career NHL game 	February 19, 2013
Richard Panik 	1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point 	February 23, 2013
Ondrej Palat 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	March 4, 2013
Tom Pyatt 	200th career NHL game 	March 9, 2013
Radko Gudas 	1st career NHL game 	March 12, 2013
Keith Aulie 	100th career NHL game 	March 14, 2013
Tyler Johnson 	1st career NHL game 	March 14, 2013
Teddy Purcell 	300th career NHL game 	March 16, 2013
Tyler Johnson 	1st career NHL goal1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	March 16, 2013
Ondrej Palat 	1st career NHL goal 	March 16, 2013
Matt Carle 	500th career NHL game 	March 18, 2013
Steven Stamkos 	200th career NHL goal 	March 18, 2013
Radko Gudas 	1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point 	March 20, 2013
Richard Panik 	1st career NHL assist 	March 23, 2013
Andrej Sustr 	1st career NHL game 	March 29, 2013
Nate Thompson 	300th career NHL game 	April 6, 2013
Mark Barberio 	1st career NHL game 	April 9, 2013
Pierre-Cedric Labrie	1st career NHL goal 	April 9, 2013
Martin St. Louis 	900th career NHL point 	April 9, 2013
Sami Salo 	800th career NHL game 	April 13, 2013
==Transactions==
The Lightning have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season.
===Trades===
Date 	Details 	Details
June 15, 2012 	To Nashville Predators Sebastien Caron2nd-round pick in 20122nd-round pick in 20123rd-round pick in 2013	To Tampa Bay Lightning Anders LindbackKyle Wilson7th-round pick in 2012
June 23, 2012 	To Boston Bruins Michel Ouellet5th-round pick in 2012 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Benoit Pouliot
July 10, 2012 	To St. Louis Blues 4th-round pick in 20134th-round pick in 2014 	To Tampa Bay Lightning B. J. Crombeen5th-round pick in 2014
January 21, 2013 	To Florida Panthers Future considerations 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Jean-Francois Jacques
February 14, 2013	To Montreal Canadiens Dustin Tokarski 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Cedrick Desjardins
March 11, 2013 	To Anaheim Ducks Kyle Wilson 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Dan Sexton
April 2, 2013 	To Carolina Hurricanes Marc-Andre Bergeron 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Adam Hall7th-round pick in 2013
April 2, 2013 	To Chicago Blackhawks Kirill Gotovets 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Philippe Paradis
April 3, 2013 	To Ottawa Senators Cory Conacher4th-round pick in 2013 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Ben Bishop
===Free agents signed===
Player 	Former team 	Contract terms
Artem Sergeev 	Val-d'Or Foreurs 	3 years, $1.7 million entry-level contract
Sami Salo 	Vancouver Canucks 	2 years, $7.5 million
Matt Carle 	Philadelphia Flyers 	6 years, $33 million
Matt Taormina 	New Jersey Devils 	1 year, $700,000
Dmitri Korobov	Dinamo Minsk 	2 years, $1.55 million
Andrej Sustr 	University of Nebraska Omaha	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract
Mathieu Roy 	Hamburg Freezers 	3 games
Reto Suri 	EV Zug 	1 year, $867,500 entry-level contract
===Free agents lost===
Player 	New team 	Contract terms
Trevor SmithPenguins Sign Forward Trevor Smith 	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year, $575,000
Bruno GervaisFlyers sign Ruslan Fedotenko, Bruno Gervais	Philadelphia Flyers	2 years, $1.65 million
Brandon SegalSegal joins Blueshirts organization 	New York Rangers 	1 year, $550,000
Tim WallaceCanes Agree to Terms with Tim Wallace 	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year, $700,000
===Claimed via waivers===
Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
===Lost via waivers===
Player 	New team 	Date claimed off waivers
Adam HallHurricanes Acquire Adam Hall on Waivers	Carolina Hurricanes	March 16, 2013
Adam HallHALL CLAIMED 	Philadelphia Flyers	April 3, 2013
===Lost via retirement===
Player
===Player signings===
Player 	Date 	Contract terms
Riku Helenius 	June 14, 2012 	2 years, $1.2 million
Adam Hall 	June 15, 2012 	1 year, $650,000
J. T. Wyman 	June 15, 2012 	1 year, $600,000
Mike Angelidis 	June 18, 2012 	1 year, $525,000
Brendan Mikkelson	June 27, 2012 	1 year, $600,000
Brian Lee 	June 28, 2012 	2 years, $2.3 million
Keith Aulie 	June 30, 2012 	1 year, $577,500
Evan Oberg 	July 1, 2012 	1 year, $560,000
Benoit Pouliot 	July 1, 2012 	1 year, $1.8 million
Anders Lindback 	July 6, 2012 	2 years, $3.6 million
Teddy Purcell 	July 10, 2012 	3 years, $13.5 million contract extension
Nikita Kucherov 	September 10, 2012	3 years, $2.2275 million entry-level contract
Slater Koekkoek 	March 20, 2013 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Nate Thompson 	March 23, 2013 	4 years, $6.4 million contract extension
Tanner Richard 	April 1, 2013 	3 years, $1.925 million entry-level contract
Luke Witkowski 	April 1, 2013 	2 years, $1.255 million entry-level contract
B. J. Crombeen 	April 1, 2013 	2 years, $2.3 million contract extension
Ben Bishop 	April 15, 2013 	2 years, $4.6 million contract extension
Nikita Nesterov 	April 30, 2013 	3 years, $2.2275 million entry-level contract
Cedric Paquette 	May 3, 2013 	3 years, $1.9 million entry-level contract
Radko Gudas 	May 6, 2013 	3 years, $2.975 million contract extension
Keith Aulie 	June 26, 2013 	1 year, $975,000
Mike Angelidis 	June 27, 2013 	1 year, $550,000
==Draft picks==
Tampa Bay Lightning's picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 22 & 23, 2012.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	10 	Slater Koekkoek 	D 	 	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
1 	19 	Andrei Vasilevskiy	G 	 	Tolpar Ufa (MHL)
2 	40 	Dylan Blujus 	D 	 	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
2 	53 	Brian Hart 	RW 	 	Phillips Exeter Academy (USHS-NH)
3 	71 	Tanner Richard 	C 	 	Guelph Storm (OHL)
4 	101	Cedric Paquette 	C 	 	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL)
6 	161	Jake Dotchin 	D 	 	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
7 	202	Nikita Gusev 	LW 	 	CSKA Moscow Jr. (MHL)
;Draft Notes
* The Detroit Red Wings' first-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as a result of a February 21, 2012, trade that sent Kyle Quincey to the Red Wings in exchange for Sebastien Piche and this pick.
* The Philadelphia Flyers' second-round pick (originally from the Florida Panthers) went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as a result of a February 18, 2012, trade that sent Pavel Kubina to the Flyers in exchange for Jon Kalinski, 2013 fourth-round pick and this pick.
* The Tampa Bay Lightning's fifth-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a June 23, 2012, trade that sent Benoit Pouliot to the Lightning in exchange for Michel Ouellet and this pick.
* The Tampa Bay Lightning's seventh-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a February 16, 2012, trade that sent a 2012 second-round pick to the Lightning in exchange for Dominic Moore and this pick.
* The Nashville Predators' seventh-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as a result of a June 15, 2012, trade that sent Sebastien Caron, two 2012 second-round picks and a 2013 third-round pick to the Predators in exchange for Anders Lindback, Kyle Wilson and this pick.
==See also==
* 2012–13 NHL season
==References==
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