2013–14 Tampa Bay Lightning season
The 2013–14 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the franchise's 22nd season in the National Hockey League.
Standings
Schedule and results
Preseason
Regular season
Playoffs
Player statistics
Final stats;Skaters
| Player | ||||||
| ‡ | 62 | 29 | 32 | 61 | 12 | 6 |
| 81 | 23 | 36 | 59 | 32 | 20 | |
| 75 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 5 | 20 | |
| 75 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 5 | 53 | |
| 82 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 23 | 26 | |
| 81 | 12 | 30 | 42 | −3 | 14 | |
| 82 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 8 | 63 | |
| 37 | 25 | 15 | 40 | 9 | 18 | |
| 82 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 28 | |
| 73 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 152 | |
| 63 | 4 | 15 | 19 | −9 | 6 | |
| 52 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 14 | |
| 71 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 18 | |
| 77 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 59 | |
| 81 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 27 | |
| 57 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −7 | 67 | |
| 50 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −9 | 21 | |
| † | 20 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 8 |
| 49 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 28 | |
| 55 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −2 | 79 | |
| 19 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | |
| 43 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 16 | |
| 27 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −2 | 4 | |
| 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 22 | |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −5 | 4 | |
| 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 9 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 20 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ‡ | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| ‡ | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | ||||||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 16 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 9 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
;Goaltenders
| Player | ||||||||||||||
| 63 | 63 | 3586 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 133 | 2.23 | 1758 | .924 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 23 | 18 | 1302 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 63 | 2.90 | 580 | .891 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.01 | 38 | .947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6.65 | 13 | .846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Player | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 215 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 3.92 | 118 | .881 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.02 | 20 | .900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Tampa Bay. Stats reflect time with Tampa Bay only.
‡Traded from Tampa Bay mid-season.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record
Awards and honours
Milestones
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Andrej Sustr | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | October 15, 2013 |
| Steven Stamkos | 400th career NHL point | October 24, 2013 |
| Eric Brewer | 900th career NHL game | October 29, 2013 |
| Mark Barberio | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | November 2, 2013 |
| Ryan Malone | 600th career NHL game | November 9, 2013 |
| Valtteri Filppula | 500th career NHL game | November 11, 2013 |
| J. T. Brown | 1st career NHL goal | November 16, 2013 |
| Martin St. Louis | 1,000th career NHL game | November 19, 2013 |
| Dmitry Korobov | 1st career NHL game | November 19, 2013 |
| Victor Hedman | 100th career NHL point | November 19, 2013 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | November 25, 2013 |
| Teddy Purcell | 200th career NHL point | November 25, 2013 |
| Jean-Philippe Cote | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | December 19, 2013 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 1st career NHL assist | December 23, 2013 |
| Dmitry Korobov | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | December 29, 2013 |
| Matt Carle | 200th career NHL assist | January 1, 2014 |
| Victor Hedman | 300th career NHL game | January 16, 2014 |
| Mark Barberio | 1st career NHL goal | January 18, 2014 |
| Martin St. Louis | 600th career NHL assist | January 30, 2014 |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | 1st career NHL game | February 8, 2014 |
| Victor Hedman | 100th career NHL assist | March 1, 2014 |
| Alex Killorn | 100th career NHL game | March 4, 2014 |
| Valtteri Filppula | 300th career NHL point | March 19, 2014 |
| Steven Stamkos | 400th career NHL game | March 24, 2014 |
| Andrej Sustr | 1st career NHL goal | April 5, 2014 |
| Teddy Purcell | 400th career NHL game | April 10, 2014 |
| Kristers Gudlevskis | 1st career NHL game | April 11, 2014 |
| Matt Carle | 600th career NHL game | April 11, 2014 |
| Cedric Paquette | 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | April 11, 2014 |
| Cody Kunyk | 1st career NHL game | April 13, 2014 |
Transactions
The Lightning have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season.Trades
| July 2, 2013 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Future considerations | To Tampa Bay Lightning Drew Olson |
| March 5, 2014 | To New York Rangers: Martin St. Louis Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2015 – Oliver Kylington | To Tampa Bay Lightning: Ryan Callahan Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2014 – Josh Ho-Sang 1st-round pick in 2015 – Anthony Beauvillier Conditional 7th-round pick in 2015 – Ziyat Paigin |
| March 5, 2014 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Dana Tyrell Matt Taormina | To Tampa Bay Lightning Jonathan Marchessault Dalton Smith |
Free agents signed
Free agents lost
Claimed via waivers
Lost via waivers
Lost via retirement
Player signings
Draft picks
Tampa Bay Lightning's picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, which was held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 3 | Jonathan Drouin | Left wing | Canada | Halifax Mooseheads |
| 2 | 33 | Adam Erne | Left wing | United States | Quebec Remparts |
| 5 | 124 | Kristers Gudlevskis | Goaltender | Dinamo Riga | |
| 6 | 154 | Henri Ikonen | Left wing | Kingston Frontenacs | |
| 7 | 184 | Saku Salminen | Forward | Jokerit | |
| 7 | 186 | Joel Vermin | Forward | Switzerland | SC Bern |
;Draft notes
- The Tampa Bay Lightning's third-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as the result of a June 15, 2012, trade that sent Anders Lindback, Kyle Wilson and a 2012 seventh-round pick to the Lightning in exchange for Sebastien Caron, two 2012 second-round picks and this pick.
- The Tampa Bay Lightning's fourth-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers, Tampa Bay traded this pick to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a July 10, 2012, trade that sent B. J. Crombeen and a 2014 fifth-round pick to the Lightning in exchange a 2014 fourth-round pick and this pick.
- The Carolina Hurricanes' seventh-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as a result of an April 2, 2013, trade that sent Marc-Andre Bergeron to the Hurricanes in exchange for Adam Hall and this pick.