Tampa Bay Lightning Clinch Home-Ice Advantage

0:00It's April 15th. This is Tampa Bay News today, driven by AI. The Tampa Bay Lightning just clinched home ice advantage in the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs against the Montreal. Canadians? Montreal's lost to Philadelphia on Tuesday night, locked in the Boltz's second place spot in the Atlantic Division. So they'll host games 1, 2, 5 and 7 right here at Benchmark International Arena. Here this week, that Philly win flipped the script for Montreal, but the schedule for game 1 hasn't dropped yet. The two teams split their regular season matchups evenly, each grabbing two victories, which sets up a tight battle ahead. Tampa wraps the regular season Wednesday night against the New York Rangers, who are already out of playoff contention pukedrops at 7pm. With coverage kicking off at 6.30pm on the spot, Tampa Bay 66. This lightning game stream live there too, so tune in as the Boltz gear up to defend home turf in the postseason push.