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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

Dan Boyle, the fourth defenseman to make this list, went undrafted after four years of college at Miami University (Ohio). He would eventually be signed as a free agent by the Florida Panthers on March 30th, 1998. He would remain with the Panthers until they traded him to the Lightning during the 2001-02 regular season in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2003 draft.

Boyle would play 394 games throughout six years with the Lightning. He scored 66 goals, 31 of them on the power play, and 13 game-winners.

On July 4th, 2008 Boyle was traded to the San Jose Sharks, along with Brad Lukowich, in exchange for Matt Carle, Ty Wishart, a 2009 first round pick, and a fourth round pick in 2010. Boyle would play six years for the Sharks before concluding his career with the New York Rangers.

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