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In honor of the upcoming season, which is the franchise's 25th, I thought it would be fun to use this hockey downtime to countdown the 25 greatest goal scorers in Tampa Bay Lightning history.

In constructing this list, I not only took into account the number of goals a player scored while playing in Tampa, I also considered a number of games they suited up for the Lightning. As this list progresses over the next few weeks, you will notice that some players are ranked higher than others even if their goal total was less. This is because although someone scored slightly fewer goals, they reached those numbers in fewer games.

Due to the Lightning still being a relatively young franchise, a good deal of these players are still active, and some of them still take the ice for the Bolts.

Enjoy!

The List So Far
Number 25: Pavel Kubina
Number 24: Victor Hedman
Number 23: Mikael Andersson
Number 22: Roman Hamrlik
Number 21: Dan Boyle
Number 20: Rob Zamuner
Number 19: Valtteri Filppula

Number 18: Alex Killorn

Alex Killorn was selected in the third round (77th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning. He made his first appearance with the Bolts during the 2012-13 regular season, playing in 38 games and scoring seven goals.

Every season since then, Killorn has been a key fixture on the Lightning roster and was granted a somewhat controversial long-term contract. In 353 games, he has tallied 72 goals, 12 of them on the power play, and 16 of them being game-winners.

At the age of 27, Killorn still has plenty of time left with this Tampa Bay team. Of course, this could always translate into climbing up this list. Something Bolts fans probably would not mind seeing.

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