2012–13 Tampa Bay Lightning season

2012–13 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division	4th Southeast
Conference	14th Eastern
2012–13 record	18–26–4
Home record	12–10–2
Road record	6–16–2
Goals for	148
Goals against	150
Team information
General Manager	Steve Yzerman
Coach	Guy Boucher (Oct–Mar)[1] Jon Cooper (Mar/Apr)[2]
Captain	Vincent Lecavalier
Alternate captains	Mattias Ohlund Martin St. Louis Steven Stamkos
Arena	Tampa Bay Times Forum
Average attendance	19,056 (99.2%)
Team leaders
Goals	Steven Stamkos (29)
Assists	Martin St. Louis (43)
Points	Martin St. Louis (60)
Penalties in minutes	B. J. Crombeen (112)
Plus/minus	(+): Benoit Pouliot (8) (−): Brian Lee (−13)
Wins	Anders Lindback (10)
Goals against average	Anders Lindback Mathieu Garon (2.90)
<2011–12 2013–14>

The 2012–13 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the franchise’s 20th season (21st season of operation) in the National Hockey League (NHL). The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a lockout.

Regular season

The Lightning began the season with one of the best starts in franchise history, earning a 6–1–0 record. Since that seventh game, however, the team went 7–16–1, falling to 14th out of 15 teams in the Eastern Conference. This led 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.^[1][3]

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, 10 players on the team's roster had played for Cooper in Syracuse at some point during the season.^[2]

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.^[4]

The Lightning tied the Montreal Canadiens for the fewest shorthanded goals scored, with zero.^[5]

Standings

Divisional standings

Southeast Division^[6]

		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Washington Capitals	48	27	18	3	24	149	130	57
2	Winnipeg Jets	48	24	21	3	22	128	144	51
3	Carolina Hurricanes	48	19	25	4	18	128	160	42
4	Tampa Bay Lightning	48	18	26	4	17	148	150	40
5	Florida Panthers	48	15	27	6	12	112	171	36

Conference standings

Eastern Conference^[7]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	48	36	12	0	33	165	119	72
2	y – Montreal Canadiens	NE	48	29	14	5	26	149	126	63
3	y – Washington Capitals	SE	48	27	18	3	24	149	130	57
4	Boston Bruins	NE	48	28	14	6	24	131	109	62
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	48	26	17	5	26	145	133	57
6	New York Rangers	AT	48	26	18	4	22	130	112	56
7	Ottawa Senators	NE	48	25	17	6	21	116	104	56
8	New York Islanders	AT	48	24	17	7	20	139	139	55
9	Winnipeg Jets	SE	48	24	21	3	22	128	144	51
10	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	48	23	22	3	22	133	141	49
11	New Jersey Devils	AT	48	19	19	10	17	112	129	48
12	Buffalo Sabres	NE	48	21	21	6	14	125	143	48
13	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	48	19	25	4	18	128	160	42
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	48	18	26	4	17	148	150	40
15	Florida Panthers	SE	48	15	27	6	12	112	171	36

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs, y – Won division, z – Won best record in conference

Schedule and results

The Tampa Bay Lightning 20th Anniversary patch

Preseason

As a result of the 2012–13 NHL lockout, the entire pre-season was canceled.^[8]

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.^[9]

2012–13 Game Log
January: 5–1–0, 10 Points (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 1–1–0) 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 [10] 2 January 21 @ New York Islanders 3–4 Lindback Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 15,322 1–1–0 2 [11] 3 January 22 @ Carolina Hurricanes 4–1 Garon PNC Arena 18,680 2–1–0 4 [12] 4 January 25 Ottawa Senators 6–4 Lindback Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 3–1–0 6 [13] 5 January 27 Philadelphia Flyers 5–1 Lindback Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 4–1–0 8 [14] 6 January 29 Florida Panthers 5–2 Lindback Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 5–1–0 10 [15]
February: 4–9–1, 9 Points (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 2–5–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 7 February 1 Winnipeg Jets 8–3 Lindback Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 6–1–0 12 [16] 8 February 2 New York Rangers 2–3 Garon Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 6–2–0 12 [17] 9 February 5 @ Philadelphia Flyers 1–2 Lindback Wells Fargo Center 19,616 6–3–0 12 [18] 10 February 7 @ New Jersey Devils 2–4 Lindback Prudential Center 14,802 6–4–0 12 [19] – February 9 @ Boston Bruins Game rescheduled to April 25 due to a blizzard in Boston.[20][21] 11 February 10 @ New York Rangers 1–5 Garon Madison Square Garden 17,200 6–5–0 12 [22] 12 February 12 Montreal Canadiens 3–4 SO Lindback Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 6–5–1 13 [23] 13 February 14 Washington Capitals 3–4 Garon Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 6–6–1 13 [24] 14 February 16 @ Florida Panthers 6–5 OT Lindback BB&T Center 17,009 7–6–1 15 [25] 15 February 19 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 Lindback Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 8–6–1 17 [26] 16 February 21 Boston Bruins 2–4 Lindback Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 8–7–1 17 [27] 17 February 23 @ Carolina Hurricanes 5–2 Garon PNC Arena 18,680 9–7–1 19 [28] 18 February 24 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3–5 Garon Consol Energy Center 18,632 9–8–1 19 [29] 19 February 26 Buffalo Sabres 1–2 Garon Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 9–9–1 19 [30] 20 February 28 @ New York Rangers 1–4 Garon Madison Square Garden 17,200 9–10–1 19 [31]
March: 6–8–0, 12 Points (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 2–5–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 21 March 2 @ Boston Bruins 2–3 Garon TD Garden 17,565 9–11–1 19 [32] 22 March 4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4 Lindback Consol Energy Center 18,656 9–12–1 19 [33] 23 March 5 @ New Jersey Devils 5–2 Lindback Prudential Center 15,229 10–12–1 21 [34] 24 March 7 Winnipeg Jets 1–2 Lindback Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 10–13–1 21 [35] 25 March 9 Montreal Canadiens 3–4 Desjardins Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 10–14–1 21 [36] 26 March 12 @ Florida Panthers 3–2 Lindback BB&T Center 15,174 11–14–1 23 [37] 27 March 14 New York Islanders 0–2 Lindback Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 11–15–1 23 [38] 28 March 16 Carolina Hurricanes 4–1 Garon Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 12–15–1 25 [39] 29 March 18 Philadelphia Flyers 4–2 Lindback Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 13–15–1 27 [40] 30 March 20 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–4 Garon Air Canada Centre 19,433 13–16–1 27 [41] 31 March 23 @ Ottawa Senators 3–5 Desjardins Scotiabank Place 20,016 13–17–1 27 [42] 32 March 24 @ Winnipeg Jets 2–3 Desjardins MTS Centre 15,004 13–18–1 27 [43] 33 March 26 Buffalo Sabres 2–1 Garon Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 14–18–1 29 [44] 34 March 29 New Jersey Devils 5–4 SO Garon Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 15–18–1 31 [45]
April: 2–8–3, 7 Points (Home: 1–3–1; Road: 1–5–2) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 35 April 2 Florida Panthers 2–3 SO Garon Tampa Bay Times Forum 17,904 15–18–2 32 [46] 36 April 4 @ Carolina Hurricanes 5–0 Bishop PNC Arena 17,042 16–18–2 34 [47] 37 April 6 @ New York Islanders 2–4 Bishop Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 16,170 16–19–2 34 [48] 38 April 7 @ Washington Capitals 2–4 Bishop Verizon Center 18,506 16–20–2 34 [49] 39 April 9 Ottawa Senators 3–2 Bishop Tampa Bay Times Forum 17,323 17–20–2 36 [50] 40 April 11 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–6 Bishop Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 17–21–2 36 [51] 41 April 13 @ Washington Capitals 5–6 OT Garon Verizon Center 18,506 17–21–3 37 [52] 42 April 14 @ Buffalo Sabres 1–3 Garon First Niagara Center 18,991 17–22–3 37 [53] 43 April 16 @ Winnipeg Jets 3–4 SO Bishop MTS Centre 15,004 17–22–4 38 [54] 44 April 18 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–3 Bishop Bell Centre 21,273 17–23–4 38 [55] 45 April 21 Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 Lindback Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 17–24–4 38 [56] 46 April 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 Bishop Tampa Bay Times Forum 18,826 18–24–4 40 [57] 47 April 25 @ Boston Bruins 0–2 Lindback TD Garden 17,565 18–25–4 40 [58] 48 April 27 Florida Panthers 3–5 Lindback Tampa Bay Times Forum 19,204 18–26–4 40 [59]
2012–13 Regular Season Schedule Lightning score listed first;       Win (2 Points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Lightning were unable to qualify for the playoffs for the second year in a row.

Player stats

Final stats^[60]

Skaters Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM St. Louis, MartinMartin St. Louis 48 17 43 60 0 14 Stamkos, StevenSteven Stamkos 48 29 28 57 −4 32 Purcell, TeddyTeddy Purcell 48 11 25 36 −1 12 Lecavalier, VincentVincent Lecavalier 39 10 22 32 −5 29 Conacher, CoryCory Conacher^‡ 35 9 15 24 −3 16 Carle, MatthewMatthew Carle 48 5 17 22 1 4 Pouliot, BenoitBenoit Pouliot 34 8 12 20 8 15 Hedman, VictorVictor Hedman 44 4 16 20 1 31 Killorn, AlexanderAlexander Killorn 38 7 12 19 −6 14 Salo, SamiSami Salo 46 2 15 17 5 16 Pyatt, TomTom Pyatt 43 8 8 16 5 12 Thompson, NateNate Thompson 45 7 8 15 −2 17 Brewer, EricEric Brewer 48 4 8 12 3 30 Panik, RichardRichard Panik 25 5 4 9 −2 4 Malone, RyanRyan Malone 24 6 2 8 −3 22 Crombeen, B. J.B. J. Crombeen 44 1 7 8 4 112 Aulie, KeithKeith Aulie 45 2 5 7 1 60 Johnson, TylerTyler Johnson 14 3 3 6 3 4 Gudas, RadkoRadko Gudas 22 2 3 5 3 38 Bergeron, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Bergeron^‡ 12 1 4 5 3 4 Tyrell, DanaDana Tyrell 21 1 3 4 −3 4 Palat, OndrejOndrej Palat 14 2 2 4 5 0 Hall, AdamAdam Hall^‡ 20 0 4 4 3 23 Labrie, Pierre-CedricPierre-Cedric Labrie 19 2 1 3 2 30 Mikkelson, BrendanBrendan Mikkelson 4 0 1 1 1 6 Connolly, BrettBrett Connolly 5 1 0 1 −3 0 Roy, MathieuMathieu Roy 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Wyman, J. T.J. T. Wyman 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Lee, BrianBrian Lee 22 0 0 0 −13 16 Angelidis, MikeMike Angelidis 1 0 0 0 0 0 Barberio, MarkMark Barberio 2 0 0 0 −2 0 Taormina, MattMatt Taormina 2 0 0 0 −1 0 Sustr, AndrejAndrej Sustr 2 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 101 186 287 15 370

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Lindback, AndersAnders Lindback	24	21	1304:11	10	10	1	63	2.90	642	.902	0	0	1	0
Garon, MathieuMathieu Garon	18	16	910:04	5	9	2	44	2.90	427	.897	0	0	0	0
Bishop, BenBen Bishop^†	9	9	502:26	3	4	1	25	2.99	302	.917	1	0	0	2
Desjardins, CedrickCedrick Desjardins	3	2	160:06	0	3	0	8	3.00	73	.890	0	0	0	0
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. Louis[61]	NHL Third Star of the Week	January 28, 2013
Steven Stamkos[62]	NHL Second Star of the Week	February 25, 2013
Steven Stamkos[63]	NHL First Star of the Month (February)	March 1, 2013
Martin St. Louis[64]	Art Ross Trophy	April 2013
Martin St. Louis[65]	Lady Byng Memorial Trophy	June 14, 2013

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached
Cory Conacher	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL goal 1st 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 game 1st career NHL assist 1st 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 goal 1st career NHL point	February 23, 2013
Ondrej Palat	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st 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 goal 1st career NHL assist 1st 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 goal 1st 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
June 15, 2012[66]	To Nashville Predators Sebastien Caron Two 2nd-round picks in 2012 3rd-round pick in 2013	To Tampa Bay Lightning Anders Lindback Kyle Wilson 7th-round pick in 2012
June 23, 2012[67]	To Boston Bruins Michel Ouellet 5th-round pick in 2012	To Tampa Bay Lightning Benoit Pouliot (negotiating rights)
July 10, 2012[68]	To St. Louis Blues 4th-round pick in 2013 4th-round pick in 2014	To Tampa Bay Lightning B. J. Crombeen 5th-round pick in 2014
January 21, 2013[69]	To Florida Panthers Future Considerations	To Tampa Bay Lightning Jean-Francois Jacques
February 14, 2013[70]	To Montreal Canadiens Dustin Tokarski	To Tampa Bay Lightning Cedrick Desjardins
March 11, 2013[71]	To Anaheim Ducks Kyle Wilson	To Tampa Bay Lightning Dan Sexton
April 2, 2013[72]	To Carolina Hurricanes Marc-Andre Bergeron	To Tampa Bay Lightning Adam Hall 7th-round pick in 2013
April 2, 2013[73]	To Chicago Blackhawks Kirill Gotovets	To Tampa Bay Lightning Philippe Paradis
April 3, 2013[74]	To Ottawa Senators Cory Conacher 4th-round pick in 2013	To Tampa Bay Lightning Ben Bishop

Free agents signed Player Former team Contract terms Artem Sergeev[75] Val-d'Or Foreurs 3 years, $1.7 million entry-level contract Sami Salo[76] Vancouver Canucks 2 years, $7.5 million Matt Carle[77] Philadelphia Flyers 6 years, $33 million Matt Taormina[78] New Jersey Devils 1 year, $700,000 Dmitri Korobov[79] Dynamo Minsk 2 years, $1.55 million Andrej Sustr[80] University of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract Mathieu Roy[81] Hamburg Freezers 3 games Reto Suri[82] EV Zug 1 year, $867,500 entry-level contract

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Trevor Smith[83] Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $575,000 Bruno Gervais[84] Philadelphia Flyers 2 years, $1.65 million Brandon Segal[85] New York Rangers 1 year, $550,000 Tim Wallace[86] 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 Hall[87] Carolina Hurricanes March 16, 2013 Adam Hall[88] Philadelphia Flyers April 3, 2013

Lost via retirement Player Player signings Player Date Contract terms Riku Helenius[89] June 14, 2012 2 years, $1.2 million Adam Hall[90] June 15, 2012 1 year, $650,000 J. T. Wyman[90] June 15, 2012 1 year, $600,000 Mike Angelidis[91] June 18, 2012 1 year, $525,000 Brendan Mikkelson[92] June 27, 2012 1 year, $600,000 Brian Lee[93] June 28, 2012 2 years, $2.3 million Keith Aulie[94] June 30, 2012 1 year, $577,500 Evan Oberg[95] July 1, 2012 1 year, $560,000 Benoit Pouliot[96] July 1, 2012 1 year, $1.8 million Anders Lindback[97] July 6, 2012 2 years, $3.6 million Teddy Purcell[98] July 10, 2012 3 years, $13.5 million contract extension Nikita Kucherov[99] September 10, 2012 3 years, $2.2275 million entry-level contract Slater Koekkoek[100] March 20, 2013 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract Nate Thompson[101] March 23, 2013 4 years, $6.4 million contract extension Tanner Richard[102] April 1, 2013 3 years, $1.925 million entry-level contract Luke Witkowski[103] April 1, 2013 2 years, $1.255 million entry-level contract B. J. Crombeen[104] April 1, 2013 2 years, $2.3 million contract extension Ben Bishop[105] April 15, 2013 2 years, $4.6 million contract extension Nikita Nesterov[106] April 30, 2013 3 years, $2.2275 million entry-level contract Cedric Paquette[107] May 3, 2013 3 years, $1.9 million entry-level contract Radko Gudas[108] May 6, 2013 3 years, $2.975 million contract extension Keith Aulie[109] June 26, 2013 1 year, $975,000 Mike Angelidis[110] 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.[111] Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 10 Slater Koekkoek D  Canada Peterborough Petes (OHL) 1 19^[a] Andrei Vasilevskiy G  Russia Tolpar Ufa (MHL) 2 40 Dylan Blujus D  United States Brampton Battalion (OHL) 2 53^[b] Brian Hart RW  United States Exeter (USHS–NH) 3 71 Tanner Richard C  Canada Guelph Storm (OHL) 4 101 Cedric Paquette C  Canada Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL) 6 161 Jake Dotchin D  Canada Owen Sound Attack (OHL) 7 202^[c] Nikita Gusev LW  Russia CSKA (MHL) Draft Notes[112] ^a 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. ^b 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. 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