NHL Opening Night 2021 — Best moments from Tampa Bay Lightning’s banner


After a long offseason, hockey is back!

The NHL regular season kicks off Tuesday night featuring some exciting games from some of the the league’s best — and newest — franchises. The Tampa Bay Lightning will raise their second banner in as many years while the Pittsburgh Penguins try to spoil their special night. Later on, two of the league’s newest teams — the Vegas Golden Knights and the Seattle Kraken — will take the ice and start their respective seasons.

Both games will be featured on ESPN, bringing hockey back to the network after quite some time — 2003 to be exact. Some NHL teams had some fun with this, remembering where their franchises were the last time hockey was last broadcasted on ESPN.

The return of the puck to the ice is a celebration for many fans and enthusiasts. Social media is also relishing the beginning of the 2021 NHL regular season. Grammy award-winning artist Justin Bieber helps set the stage for a huge night on the ice for the NHL.

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Tampa Bay Lighting (7:30 p.m. EST on ESPN)

The regular season of the NHL kicks off with the Pittsburgh Penguins traveling to Florida to take on the defending champions in the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Penguins will be without star Sidney Crosby who is still rehabbing from wrist surgery. Nevertheless, Pittsburgh sees today as a great day for hockey and hopes to start theor 2021 campaign with a win. Despite them being without their impact player in Crosby, the Penguins received a shout-out from their fellow Pittsburgh team — the Steelers.

The Lightning are coming in looking for a three-peat, which would cement this team’s status as a hockey dynasty. The team knows that their journey starts Tuesday, and this video narrated by Steven Stamkos from the squad’s Twitter account sets the tone for their 2021 campaign — and they also had a little fun courtesy of Pierre-Edouard Bellemare during their morning skate.



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