BRANDON – A late addition to the Tampa Bay Lightning open training camp ruined all kinds of elementary jokes as Tampa Bay has 68 players on the roster in preparation for the start of the 2026-27 season.
And with training camp shortened to less than two weeks before the season starts, the schedule will come fast offering little time to find cohesion and chemistry among players who are new to the system. But that’s a story for a different post.
Here’s the breakdown of the schedule and the full roster of players.
Schedule (all practices at TGH IcePlex in Brandon except where noted):
September 17 (Thursday)
GROUP C
8:45 am Goalies on ice (North)
9:00 am – 9:45 am Practice (North)
10:05 am – 10:45 am Practice (North)
GROUP A
11:15 am Goalies on ice (North)
11:30 am – 12:15 pm Practice (North)
12:35 pm – 1:20 pm Practice (North)
GROUP B
11:15 am Goalies on ice (South)
11:30 am – 12:15 pm Practice (South)
12:35 pm – 1:20 pm Practice (South)
September 18 (Friday)
GROUP C
8:45 am Goalies on ice (North)
9:00 am – 9:45 am Practice (North)
10:05 am – 10:45 am Practice (North)
GROUP A
11:15 am Goalies on ice (North)
11:30 am – 12:15 pm Practice (North)
12:35 pm – 1:20 pm Scrimmage (North)
GROUP B
11:15 am Goalies on ice (South)
11:30 am – 12:15 pm Practice (South)
12:35 pm – 1:20 pm Scrimmage (North)
September 19 (Saturday)
GROUP A
8:40 am Goalies on ice (North)
8:55 am – 9:30 am Practice (North)
9:30 am – 10:15 am Practice (South)
10:15 am – 10:50 am Practice (North)
GROUP B
11:45 am Goalies on ice (North)
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Practice (North)
1:05 pm – 1:50 pm Scrimmage (North)
GROUP C
11:45 am Goalies on ice (South)
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Practice (South)
1:05 pm – 1:50 pm Scrimmage (North)
September 20 (Sunday)
GAME GROUP (Benchmark International Arena)
9:15 am – 10:00 am Pre-Game Skate
5:00 pm Game vs. Nashville Predators
GROUP B
10:15 am Goalies on ice (North)
10:30 am – 11:15 pm Practice (North)
11:35 pm – 12:05 pm Scrimmage (North)
GROUP C
10:15 am Goalies on ice (South)
10:30 am – 11:15 pm Practice (South)
11:35 pm – 12:05 pm Scrimmage (North)
September 21 (Monday)
Day off
September 22 (Tuesday)
GAME GROUP
10:00 am – 10:45 am Pre-Game Skate (North)
8:00 pm Game at Nashville Predators (Bridgestone Arena)
GROUP A
10:45 am Goalies on ice (South)
11:00 am – 11:30 am Practice (South)
11:30 am – 12:00 pm Practice (North)
GROUP C
9:15 am Goalies on ice (South)
9:30 am – 10:25 am Practice (South)
September 23 (Wednesday)
GROUP A
12:15 pm Goalies on ice (South)
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Practice (South)
1:15 pm – 2:00 pm Practice (North)
GROUP B
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Practice (South)
GROUP C
10:30 am – 11:30 am Practice (North)
September 24 (Thursday)
GAME GROUP (Benchmark International Arena)
10:00 am – 10:45 am Pre-Game Skate
7:00 pm Game vs. Florida Panthers
GROUP B (TGH Ice Plex)
10:45 am Goalies on ice (North)
11:00 am – 11:45 pm Practice (North)
12:05 pm – 12:35 pm Scrimmage (North)
GROUP C (TGH Ice Plex)
10:45 am Goalies on ice (South)
11:00 am – 11:45 pm Practice (South)
12:05 pm – 12:35 pm Scrimmage (North)
September 25 (Friday)
GROUP A
11:45 am Goalies on ice (South)
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Practice (South)
12:45 pm – 1:30 pm Practice (North)
GROUP B
9:30 am – 10:30 am Practice (North)
September 26 (Saturday)
9:00 am – 9:45 am Pre-Game Skate (North)
6:00 pm Game at Florida Panthers (Amerant Bank Arena)
September 27 (Sunday)
Day off
September 28 (Monday) at Hertz Arena in Estero
10:30 a.m. – practice
September 29 (Tuesday)
Off day
Here is the full roster:
Forwards (37)
9 Elliot Desnoyers
10 Jansen Harkins
11 Luke Glendening*
13 Tristan Allard
17 Dominic James^
18 Kole Lind*
19 Clark Bishop
21 Brayden Point
22 Jakob Pelletier
23 Sam O’Reilly
25 Jeffrey Viel
28 Zemgus Girgensons
29 Pontus Holmberg
36 Milo Roelens
37 Yanni Gourde^
38 Brandon Hagel
41 Benjamin Rautiainen
42 Brendan Furry
45 Ethan Czata
49 Scott Sabourin
50 Cooper Flinton
53 Dylan Duke
56 Aiden Foster
58 Oleg Kulebiakin
59 Jake Guentzel
62 Cooper Soller
67 Noah Steen
68 Connor Kurth
71 Anthony Cirelli
75 Lucas Mercuri
80 Nicholas Abruzzese
85 Shawn Element
86 Nikita Kucherov
89 Ethan Gauthier
93 Gage Goncalves
94 Conor Geekie
95 Ilya Mikheyev
96 Gabriel Szturc
Defensemen (23)
2 Nathan Mayes*
3 Jaxen Adam*
5 Jarred Tinordi
6 Zach Uens
7 Simon Lundmark
16 Steven Santini
24 Max Crozier
27 Ryan McDonagh
39 Tommy Miller
44 Elliot Arnett*
48 Grant Spada
51 Charle-Edouard D’Astous
52 Maxim Groshev
57 Dyllan Gill
72 Matteo Pietroniro
74 John Carlson
76 Max Vilen
77 Victor Hedman
78 Emil Lilleberg
79 Michael Callahan
81 Erik Cernak
82 Tomas Kralovic
90 JJ Moser
Goaltenders (7)
1 Harrison Meneghin
30 Mads Sogaard
31 Jonas Johansson
32 Olivier Rodrigue
33 Stepan Shurygin
35 Dennis Hildeby
88 Andrei Vasilevskiy
*Denotes in camp on a tryout contract
^Denotes will miss start of the season due to injury