Finances
Tampa Bay Lightning
11-4-224 PTS3rd in the Atlantic divisionNHL
Playoff odds
97%
Power play
19.4 %
Penalty kill
72.9 %
Goals per game
3.71
Goals against
3.06
Faceoffs
49.2 %
Cap space and contracts
NHL cap hit
$103.5M
27 players on the roster
Cap space
$0.49M
Cap ceiling $104.0M
Minors
$20.3M
23 contracts off the roster
Where the money goes
Only NHL roster contracts count against the cap. Players signed in the American Hockey League are listed separately.
- Centres10$32.6M 31% of the cap hit
- Wingers7$25.5M 25% of the cap hit
- Defence8$35.0M 34% of the cap hit
- Goalies2$10.3M 10% of the cap hit
- Cap space$0.49M 0% of the cap hit
Cap ceiling $104.0M · Tampa Bay Lightning
Committed against the cap, season by season
2026-27
$102.1M
25 contracts
2027-28
$83.7M
15 contracts
2028-29
$64.0M
11 contracts
2029-30
$51.9M
9 contracts
2030-31
$38.5M
7 contracts
2031-32
$13.3M
2 contracts
Commitments by season
| Centres | |||||||||||
| Brayden Point | C | $9,500,000 | Std (Ext) | NMC | UFA | $9.50M | $9.50M | $9.50M | $9.50M | — | — |
| Jake Guentzel | C | $9,000,000 | Std (Ext) | NMC | UFA | $9.00M | $9.00M | $9.00M | $9.00M | $9.00M | — |
| Anthony Cirelli | C | $6,250,000 | Std (Ext) | NTC | UFA | $6.25M | $6.25M | $6.25M | $6.25M | $6.25M | — |
| Yanni Gourde | C | $2,333,333 | Std (Ext) | NTC | UFA | $2.33M | $2.33M | $2.33M | $2.33M | $2.33M | — |
| Gage Goncalves | C | $1,200,000 | Std (Ext) | — | RFA (Arb) | $1.20M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Benjamin RautiainenNon-roster | C | $1,007,500 | ELC | — | RFA | $1.01M | $1.01M | $1.01M | — | — | — |
| Conor Geekie | C | $950,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.89M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ethan CzataNon-roster | C | $931,667 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.97M | $0.97M | $0.97M | — | — | — |
| Dominic James | C | $910,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.91M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lucas MercuriNon-roster | C | $896,250 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.91M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gabriel SzturcNon-roster | C | $870,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.95M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Milo RoelensNon-roster | C | $870,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.95M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | $850,000 | Std | M-NTC | UFA | $0.93M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nick AbruzzeseNon-roster | C | $850,000 | Bidir. | — | UFA | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jansen Harkins | C | $850,000 | Bidir. | — | UFA | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Luke Glendening | C | $775,000 | Std (Ext) | — | UFA | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wingers | |||||||||||
| Nikita Kucherov | R | $9,500,000 | Std (Ext) | NMC | UFA | $9.50M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brandon Hagel | L | $6,500,000 | Std (Ext) | NTC | UFA | $6.50M | $6.50M | $6.50M | $6.50M | $6.50M | $6.50M |
| Ilya Mikheyev | R | $3,850,000 | Std | NTC | UFA | $3.85M | $3.85M | $3.85M | $3.85M | — | — |
| Jeffrey Viel | L | $2,500,000 | Std | NTC | UFA | $2.50M | $2.50M | $2.50M | $2.50M | $2.50M | — |
| Pontus Holmberg | R | $1,550,000 | Std | — | UFA | $1.55M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scott Sabourin | R | $850,000 | Bidir. | — | UFA | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Defensemen | |||||||||||
| John Carlson | D | $8,500,000 | Std | NMC | UFA | $8.50M | $8.50M | — | — | — | — |
| Victor Hedman | D | $8,000,000 | Ext | NMC | UFA | $8.00M | $8.00M | $8.00M | — | — | — |
| J.J. Moser | D | $6,750,000 | Std (Ext) | NTC | UFA | $6.75M | $6.75M | $6.75M | $6.75M | $6.75M | $6.75M |
| Erik Cernak | D | $5,200,000 | Std (Ext) | NTC | UFA | $5.20M | $5.20M | $5.20M | $5.20M | $5.20M | — |
| Ryan McDonagh | D | $4,100,000 | Std (Ext) | — | UFA | $4.10M | $4.10M | $4.10M | — | — | — |
| Tomas KralovicNon-roster | D | $1,007,500 | ELC | — | RFA | $1.01M | $1.01M | $1.01M | — | — | — |
| Maxim GroshevNon-roster | D | $875,000 | Bidir. | — | RFA (Arb) | $0.88M | $0.88M | — | — | — | — |
| Charle-Édouard D'Astous | D | $875,000 | Std (Ext) | — | UFA | $0.88M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dyllan GillNon-roster | D | $870,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.95M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Michael CallahanNon-roster | D | $850,000 | Bidir. | — | UFA | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Emil Lilleberg | D | $825,000 | Ext | — | RFA (Arb) | $0.83M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maxwell Crozier | D | $775,000 | Bidir. | — | UFA | $0.88M | $0.88M | — | — | — | — |
| Simon LundmarkNon-roster | D | $775,000 | Bidir. | — | UFA (G6) | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Steven SantiniNon-roster | D | $775,000 | Bidir. | — | UFA | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Goalies | |||||||||||
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | G | $9,500,000 | Std (Ext) | NMC | UFA | $9.50M | $9.50M | — | — | — | — |
| Harrison MeneghinNon-roster | G | $872,500 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.97M | $0.97M | — | — | — | — |
| Mads SogaardNon-roster | G | $850,000 | Bidir. | — | RFA (Arb) | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Olivier RodrigueNon-roster | G | $850,000 | Bidir. | — | RFA (Arb) | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dennis Hildeby | G | $841,667 | Bidir. | — | RFA (Arb) | $0.84M | $0.84M | — | — | — | — |
| Off roster | |||||||||||
| Noah SteenNon-roster | LW | $972,500 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.97M | $0.97M | — | — | — | — |
| Sam O'ReillyNon-roster | RW | $964,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.94M | $0.94M | $0.94M | — | — | — |
| Cooper FlintonNon-roster | LW | $905,000 | ELC | — | RFA (10.2) | $0.91M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ethan GauthierNon-roster | RW | $896,667 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.89M | $0.89M | — | — | — | — |
| Tristan AllardNon-roster | LW | $872,500 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.95M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Connor KurthNon-roster | RW | $870,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.95M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dylan DukeNon-roster | LW | $867,500 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.94M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jakob PelletierNon-roster | LW | $775,000 | Bidir. | — | UFA | $0.88M | $0.88M | — | — | — | — |
| Kole Lind | RW | $775,000 | Bidir. | — | UFA | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Committed cap | $123.2M48 contracts | $92.2M24 contracts | $67.9M15 contracts | $51.9M9 contracts | $38.5M7 contracts | $13.3M2 contracts | |||||
Figures in US dollars, entered by hand