Tampa Bay Lightning year by year

34 seasons since 1992-93 · 1226-1083-112-186 all time · 3 titles

How have the Lightning ranked, year by year?

The Tampa Bay Lightning have played 33 seasons since 1992-93: 1224-1082-112-186 in the regular season, with 3 titles. Their offense scored the most 5 times: 2024-25, 2019-20, 2018-19, 2017-18 and 2014-15. Over the last 10 seasons the best defense was 2025-26's (3rd in goals allowed), the best offense 2024-25's (1st in goals scored). In 2026-27 they are 2-1, 22nd in goals scored and 6th in goals allowed after 3 games.

Tampa Bay Lightning by season: record, goals scored and allowed per game with league rank, coach and postseason
Season	W-L-T-OTL	Offense	Defense	Coach	Postseason
2026-27	2-1	2.6722nd	2.336th	—	—
2025-26	50-26-6	3.494th	2.793rd	Jon Cooper	Playoffs, 3-4
2024-25	47-27-8	3.561st	2.634th	Jon Cooper	Playoffs, 1-4
2023-24	45-29-8	3.515th	3.2622nd	Jon Cooper	Playoffs, 1-4
2022-23	46-30-6	3.418th	3.0714th	Jon Cooper	Playoffs, 2-4
2021-22	51-23-8	3.487th	2.786th	Jon Cooper	Lost the Stanley Cup Final
2020-21	36-17-3	3.218th	2.596th	Jon Cooper	Won the Stanley Cup Final
2019-20	43-21-6	3.471st	2.778th	Jon Cooper	Won the Stanley Cup Final
2018-19	62-16-4	3.891st	2.707th	Jon Cooper	Playoffs, 0-4
2017-18	54-23-5	3.541st	2.8513th	Jon Cooper	Playoffs, 11-6
2016-17	42-30-10	2.8014th	2.7316th	Jon Cooper	—
2015-16	46-31-5	2.7312th	2.415th	Jon Cooper	Playoffs, 11-6
2014-15	50-24-8	3.161st	2.5112th	Jon Cooper	Lost the Stanley Cup Final
2013-14	46-27-9	2.839th	2.5511th	Jon Cooper	Playoffs, 0-4
2012-13	18-26-4	3.063rd	3.0626th	Guy Boucher, Jon Cooper	—
2011-12	38-36-8	2.838th	3.3930th	Guy Boucher	—
2010-11	46-25-11	2.947th	2.8521st	Guy Boucher	Playoffs, 11-7
2009-10	34-36-12	2.6023rd	3.0927th	Rick Tocchet	—
2008-09	24-40-18	2.5224th	3.2827th	Rick Tocchet, Barry Melrose	—
2007-08	31-42-9	2.7016th	3.2429th	John Tortorella	—
2006-07	44-33-5	2.9612th	3.1624th	John Tortorella	Playoffs, 2-4
2005-06	43-33-6	3.0016th	3.1218th	John Tortorella	Playoffs, 1-4
2003-04	46-22-8-6	2.993rd	2.3410th	John Tortorella	Won the Stanley Cup Final
2002-03	36-25-16-5	2.6713th	2.5612th	John Tortorella	Playoffs, 5-6
2001-02	27-40-11-4	2.1728th	2.6720th	John Tortorella	—
2000-01	24-47-6-5	2.4523rd	3.4128th	Steve Ludzik, John Tortorella	—
1999-00	19-47-9-7	2.4924th	3.7827th	Steve Ludzik	—
1998-99	19-54-9	2.1827th	3.5627th	Jacques Demers	—
1997-98	17-55-10	1.8426th	3.2825th	Terry Crisp, Rick Paterson, Jacques Demers	—
1996-97	32-40-10	2.6522nd	3.0116th	Terry Crisp	—
1995-96	38-32-12	2.9018th	3.0211th	Terry Crisp	Playoffs, 2-4
1994-95	17-28-3	2.5024th	3.0015th	Terry Crisp	—
1993-94	30-43-11	2.6725th	2.998th	Terry Crisp	—
1992-93	23-54-7	2.9221st	3.9519th	Terry Crisp	—

Regular season. Offense and defense are goals scored and allowed per game; the rank beside each is among the league’s clubs that season, first being the most scored or the fewest allowed. Ranks start in 1979-80, the first season after the WHA merger.

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