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NEW YORK — The Lightning spent most of Tuesday night’s season opener playing with fire.

"What's better than this?" he said with no emotion whatsoever.

The Tampa Bay Lightning will open up their season against the New York Rangers on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.

The Lightning said Sunday night they were fully cooperating with the NHL on an investigation and were making the decision to suspend Cole until they gather more details.

The Lightning have suspended defenseman Ian Cole pending the results of a league investigation into accusations of sexual abuse.

TAMPA, Fla. — Even after accomplishing as much as Lightning captain Steven Stamkos has over his Hall of Fame career, building confidence still means everything.

BRANDON, Fla. — He walks into a cramped conference room and immediately chooses the seat across from the window. Not much really to see, just a parking lot with some trees in the distance.

After a miserable, injury-plagued debut season, Johnson benefitted from a long-awaited full summer. But at age 32, it remains to be seen how similar he’ll be to his former self.

The ownership from two of Florida’s professional sports teams are assisting in relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.

Tampa Bay Lightning have set up camp in Nashville as they've moved away from their usual base due to Hurricane Ian, meaning that their pre-season schedule has completely changed

The predominant theme for the Penguins this offseason was continuity. Sticking with the core despite Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang now closer to 40 than 30. Returning capable wings such as Bryan Rust and Rickard Rakell. Bringing back Casey DeSmith instead of shopping for a snazzier complement to…