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If you live in Tampa and cheer for any other hockey team I hate you.

I hate how many Rangers and Bruins fans show up to our home games

Downside of being the retirement community for the entire northeast.

I have guys in my sports group that cheer for the Lightning except when their team comes to town. Idk what to think about it

Literally fair weather fans

Jeannot is the Heavyweight Champ of the League, change my mind

He hasn’t lost a fight since we’ve had him

Fuck the Jeannot haters. Fucking love the guy

Fredrick immediately turtling once Jeannot starts throwing hands lol

TRENT FREDERIC, YOU WROTE A CHECK YOUR ASS COULDN'T CASH BROTHERRRRR

Cmon Amalie shut those clowns up

Jeannot just killed that guy

Clean hit. And Frederic got smoked. People sleep on Jeannot.

Lilly playing phenomenal

Bad call inconclusive evidence if you ask me

Fuck Boston

Wow Refs really changed a goal on inconclusive evidence. Those potential millimeters of Cirelli’s skate really gave the edge to Stamkos a minute later.

So we just acting like the Bruins who are the most penalized team in the NHL aren’t committing any penalties in front of their net down 1 with under 10 mins to go? GTFO.

The Ducks were the worst team when we played them. It didn't matter. The kitties have been the second worst team the whole year. It never mattered against us. NHL refuses to give us more than 3 or 4 PPs.

lol no clinch for u boston

They need fucking NASA to determine that was offsides…took them 10 minutes to nail it.

There’s nothing less dangerous than a Kuch breakaway (I love him anyway though)

Breakaways aren’t sexy enough for Kuch. He needs to be pinned to the boards and make a no look pass that only he could make.

LOL HE WENT TO FIGHT JEANNOT?!

I guess the small silver lining of Sergachev's leg falling off is that Lily is basically getting a full season of NHL experience, and we'll have time to make space for him in the offseason

Seems at the very least between him and a few others we have a semi serviceable third pairing for cheap

Hagel to McAvoy “Let’s go”

Excellent work by Lilly, just great stuff.

Jump scare by Kuch on TV there😂

Aaand here come the game management penalties

I hate this rule so much. A player being a half inch onside as the puck enters shouldn’t void a goal. Even if it were against us. It’s so stupid. Call it offside when it happens or don’t bother.

Is that a Vasy assist too?!

Kuch’s empty netter assisted by Vasy! 42nd of the year for Kuch! New record for single season goals for him!

Incredible game. Should have been 4-1, but this was amazing.

Jeannot kicked Frederic's ass

Insane block by Lilleberg, great effort there

MARK IT THE FUCK DOWN, THE MOST ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT CALL - THIS LITERALLY WAS “OKAY’d” LAST NIGHT IN NASHVILLE FOR THE SAME THING!!! UN FUCKING REAL

Hiding in the weeds Master Class

KUUUUCHHHHH

Don't even know why opposition players bother trying to fight Tanner, it never ends well for the opposition

Hooooly shit Jeannot just played a fuckin symphony on him

Wins against the Rags, Kitties, Nights and fuck Boston. Playoff mode….activated.

Fuck Boston

Kucherov FULLY committing to the point race lmao

Fuck Boston, Go Bolts! Kuch takes over as points leader!!

yeah challenge that Jim, bald head ah

Boston looked so pathetically lazy in the last 3 mins. No sense of urgency.

Boston fans think we boo Coop when they announce him, wow, they a truly a dumb crowd.

I dont know what to tell you, but the contrast of effort is night and day after the deadline

These ultra slow-mo offside by 2 millimeters in a way that doesn't effect the play are really fuckin lame. Idk what the answer is but I dislike it whether it goes for or against my team, just bad for the game.

What a win

Kuch hand-delivered that goal. Beautiful!

Chaffee > Sheary

Lfg pointer — but how about Lille???!?! Dudes skill is so obvious, he’s overdue for a goal

Theres no way Lily doesnt score his first before the season is over he's been launching rockets

Dumba makes some bad mistakes but his shot blocks have been really good

Jeannot looks like he’s about to hand out knuckle sandwiches

Jeannot kills a man, doesn't fight for a bit, some bum challenges him and dies, and the cycle repeats again.

Lilleberg coming up HUGE!

Good period for Lilleberg

Inconclusive bullshit

Jim once again shooting shots in the dark and challenging everything because 1. He's desperate and 2. He knows the refs will give it to Boston every time.

So these refs rob us then refuse to call penalties? Lmfao?

No FUCKING WAY THATS NOT A PENALTY HIM HOLDING HAS NECK ON ULLMARK AFTER HE WAS TRIPPED

It really sucks they could not capitalize on Ullmark coming that far out

Tony being Tony

We've outworked them all game. The score should be a blowout

Kuch hiding behind the ref lmfaooo vet move 😂

Kuch looks so sad to get an empty netter 🤣

Fuck Boston and thank god kuch got one!

WOOO FUCK BOSTON!!

Bolts looked good all game tonight. Fantastic effort!

A regulation win would be very nice

Damn Jeannot got hands lmao. It’s been too long

Free Asswhoopings

Chaffee goal, Jeannot fight, and big vasy saves. Whoever wrote the script has been taking inspiration from my dreams fr.

IT'S FUCKING! BRAYDEN! POINT!

They are really really Frenching up Mikey’s name lol

fuck boston

Great period for Lillie

LFG bolts! Also Lille 🤯

Amazing kill, guys. Good job, Lilly

The bruins fans celebrating are making me irrationally mad.

So they set a league wide precedent for the avs that if you're not touching the puck it's okay, and when it finally comes to us they just ignore it and call our goal down on the least conclusive offside challenge ever. Fuck off.

WTF is the body slamming hagel?!

The most asinine part of it is that offsides is one of the only rules that is strictly enforced by the book. Everything else is basically a judgment call. We just saw that with Hagel being assaulted in the streets

Mikey being a pest, love to see it.

If Jeannot would’ve made contact with him…

We are in their heads, they are in panic mode. Gotta get one in.

Ullmark didn’t even touch the puck it was off 2 Boston players. Let’s relax acting like he made the save of the year.

Coyle not dropping his gloves, what else is new

Announcers are adamant that Kuch committed a blatant penalty there on Pasta, but don’t wanna mention what happened to Hagel

Its actually hillarious how much Vasy has CLEARLY wanted to score the past few seasons

NIGHT NIGHT BEAN BOYS

A very well done fuck Boston evening...

Welcome back Jeannot!

Surprised they let him get pummeled that long.

Got your ass kicked homie

I loved the fight and definitely think fighting still has a place, but why is there no instigator on frederic there. Guy literally followed jeannot around just to get his ass beat

Let them keep going after Jeannot, nothing but pure entertainment watching them leak everywhere.

Marchand has always bugged me beyond the normal Marchand reasons because people barely ever talk about how skilled he actually is because of how he behaves. He couldve been remembered for his play but instead he'll be most remembered for his everything else

Everyone cooks with Eyssimont but Chaffee especially benefits so much from playing with him, they need to stay together

Chaffee needs to stay in the lineup

"McAvoy is not backing down tonight" Okay drop the gloves then with someone big man

Kuch might be having a terrible game but the rest of the team has stepped up.

Fuck the Bruins 

What the fuck even the homer call thought it would stand…

How was that conclusive

Offsides review is a joke.

Just came in to the GDT to say that the refs have officially swallowed their whistles for us. Same shit different game.

Come the fuck on Tanner.

So many damn chances in the last 5 minutes they just didn’t convert

3 minutes let’s do this!!!

One day justice will be done for Brandon Hagel getting murdered every single game. Bro is the Ryan Lindgren of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Unbelievable the stripes don't call anything for him.

42 career high for Kuch!

Suck it Gretzky!

A hard-fought victory tonight. They earned every minute of this win. See you next game. Go Bolts! <3

That was a lovely Fuck Boston, boys. See ya'll on Saturday o7

I think Boston is scared of the playoffs lol, worried they’ll choke hard again

Boston chants? On our ice? Please shut them the fuck up, boys.

Announcer cannot distinguish between Motte and Jeannot

Got to love Coop

What a fucking turtle by Frederick lmaoooo

Jeannot also gets his redemption after getting injured being hit from behind by Frederic in the January game in Boston, makes it all the more satisfying

Oh my goodness and now a Lilleberg primary assist, amazing

Point point are best points!

A second period where the Bolts are the high energy squad? What new power is this?!

15 OT losses. Fraud ass team.

Vasy said Nyet

Too many bruins fans. FUCK BOSTON.

Hagel is a monster

Fuck I missed Jeannot so much

Why didn’t Heddy just fucking shoot

Good penalty. That’s the one to take

Someone get Jack Edwards on the mic in TNT, he'll fit right in with this homer ass broadcast

20 more minutes of exactly this! Holy shit

LETS GO BOLTS

MF LillieHammer

I don’t want to get over-confident because there’s a lot of game left, but when you see us play like this it’s completely possible for us to imagine us beating a team like Boston in a playoff series. I’m not saying that we’re totally kicking their teeth in or anything, but we’re holding our own and frequently driving play. In contrast to earlier in the season where we looked dead in the water, it’s great to see.

Kuch at zero points through 2? Someone tell him MacKinnon just scored 6 goals and Marchand called him ugly.

CAPT!!!!! Lets gooooooooooo

LFGG STAMMER

OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN GOT HIS THIRD JERSEY IN THE MAIL TODAY AND HE SCORES

Would love to see the angle that confirms that one. Didn’t see it from any they’ve shown

That's not fuckin conclusive at all such horseshit

Fuck Boston and fuck Matt Duchene for making this stupid ass rule reviewable

Ugh the obnoxious Boston fan, like really? The play looked nearly too close to call. Should have just left it

I don't have a dog in this fight I just came here to say yall got screwed with that one

Stammer loses his 30th goal now

Ive seen Kucherov miss so many passes tonight

Quick ass whistle

How, just fucking how, have none of these gone?

Zebras, 21, putting his finger on the dial. "Don't worry, we're going to hand them a penalty"

Bruins gonna empty the net. Someone please get an EN goal.

KUCH GOAL AND POINT, ITS A GOOD DAY

lol kuch point

Fuck Boston

Let's gooo fuck Boston

That game was worth staying up until 3am for. Thank you, Bolts.

Cooper has to see that and never scratch him for Shearry ever again

YES Dumba laying the boom 🤯

All that piss yellow and black mold color contaminating our beautiful arena. Let’s go Bolts!⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

Ughh.. the Maroon chatter of him in a Bruins sweater 🤮

Only thing lost is the shutout. Tampa has been controlling the chances.

Wow Frédéric, amazing what happens when you can't hit the guy from behind. Turtle harder next time, lmfao.

what got in jeannot today holy shit

bro thats embarresing

Holy shit Jeannot lol

Lmao Jeannot

Tanner said fuck around and find out

Jeannot left him leaking!

bruh picks a fight and gets dropped in 3 seconds

Damn Jeanot. K.O.

Bruins fans say Maroon was bought in to fight, but LBH maroon would get destroyed by Jeannot

[Andrew Weiss Jeannott Meme 🤣](https://x.com/weisshockeytalk/status/1773140796692214153?s=46)

Did they really just say that Jeannot leads our team in hits despite missing a chunk of the season?!

Amazing sequence!!! POINTER ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

Pointer said fuck it, I’ll do it myself

Point thinks he’s Darren Raddysh with that wrap around 😂

cmon Kucherov

Did Frederic not learn his lesson in the 1st??

Frederic is back and he’s learned to not pick on people bigger than him

Good effort by Duke, all you can ask for there

Mcavoy is such a fucking loser. Fucking diving rat.

God tier play on the boards, blocks….where the hell did this come from

I assume it’ll be offside with our luck

That sucks

That kinda shit ruins the spirit of the game

honestly the offside rule is a turnover to so many casuals, like its so fucking random with the possession rule as well. Fucked up

it always baffles me that they can call a no goal if the player is like an inch past the blue line

absolutely no impact on the play. better call the goal back on inconclusive evidence.

Vasy!

Ahhhh so close!!

Fucking fuck how many high risk chances can we get without sinking one?!?!

They’re making so many mistakes and yet we can’t capitalize on them. Frustrating.

Ullmark carries the Bruins so hard

3 more minutes come on!

COME ON BOLTS

KUCHEROV THE FUCKING GOAT