TAMPA, FLORIDA - JUNE 03: Alex Killorn #17 of the Tampa Bay Lightning celebrates a second period goal during Game Three of the Second Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Carolina Hurricanes at Amalie Arena on June 03, 2021 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)The 2022-23 NHL season will begin in North America tonight with the 3-time reigning Eastern Conference champion Tampa Bay Lightning paying a visit to Broadway for a matchup with the New York Rangers. This is a rematch of last season’s Eastern Conference Final, which Tampa Bay won in 6 games after dropping Games 1 and 2 at Madison Square Garden. A somewhat-abbreviated offseason won’t help Tampa Bay and neither will the losses of Ryan McDonagh (traded to the Predators) Ondrej Palat (signed by Devils) and Jan Rutta (signed by Penguins) this summer. GoaltendingANDREI VASILEVSKIYAndrei Vasilevskiy, once again, topped the NHL in wins last season – sharing the honor with Sergei Bobrovsky of the Panthers, each with 39.

Source: Forbes October 11, 2022 14:33 UTC