Lightning Lose In OT in Game 1, Rays Lose Series to Pirates & Bucs Preparing For NFL Draft

About this episode

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick discuss the Lightning's overtime loss, the Rays' series against the Pirates, and the Bucs' preparations for the NFL Draft.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Tampa Bay Lightning's 4-3 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of their best-of-7 first-round series. The Bolts took too many bad penalties as they allowed 3 power play goals. The Rays lose 2-of-3 to the Pirates but had a huge comeback on Saturday for their lone win and the Bucs are preparing for the NFL Draft this week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Rick Stroud, Steve Versnick

Topics covered

• NHL playoffs
• Tampa Bay Lightning
• MLB series
• Tampa Bay Rays
• NFL Draft
• sports analysis

Keywords

• Lightning
• Rays
• Bucs
• NFL Draft
• Montreal Canadiens
• Pittsburgh Pirates
• overtime loss
• power play goals

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal Canadiens, Rays, Pirates, Bucs

More episodes of Sports Day Tampa Bay

• Bucs Lose an OTA Day For Being Too Physical, Nikita Kucherov Wins Hart Trophy & Rays In Anaheim Tonight · June 12, 2026 · 33 min
• Drew Rasmussen Dominates For Rays & Bucs Mailbag on Baker Mayfield and Training Camp Battles · June 11, 2026 · 40 min
• Rays Beat The Red Sox, Now 11-0 vs AL East at Home & Stadium Mailbag Question · June 10, 2026 · 40 min
• Rays Beat Red Sox As Yandy Diaz Hits Leadoff HR & Brendan Sorsby Can Play This Season at Texas Tech · June 9, 2026 · 35 min
• Baker Mayfield Says Contract Talks With Bucs 'Not Close', Rays Lose Series To Marlins & Vasilevskiy Wins Vezina · June 8, 2026 · 51 min
• MAILBAG: Rays' Chandler Simpson, Cedric Mullins & Mike Evans Leaving Tampa for San Fran · June 5, 2026 · 36 min