Nestled into a pocket above Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brandon Hagel’s locker at AMALIE Arena is a thoughtfully placed sticker. The sticker reads “Pippy”, with the number six above the name ...

The Tampa Bay Lightning will play the Chicago Blackhawks twice in the next five days, starting on Friday night in Chicago. The Lightning are 0-2 so far on their road-trip and would love nothing more than to grab two points.

The Blackhawks entered the game with the fifth-best penalty-kill percentage in the league. But the Lightning netted PPGs on a five-on-four, six-on-four, and four-on-three. As a result, they banked two crucial points in the standings.

Hagel notched an assist and two shots on goal in Friday's 4-3 overtime win over the Blackhawks. Hagel helped out on Nick Paul's goal late in the second period that started the Lightning's comeback ...

New Orleans Pelicans star Brandon Ingram could be back in action soon. He's missed the last 21 games with an ankle injury he suffered in his last game against the OKC Thunder on Dec. 7.

He came in with the plan to rebuild the team, trading away several players, including Patrick Kane, Alex DeBrincat and Brandon Hagel. In Year 4 of the rebuild, it doesn't appear to be progressing ...