| Conference Team Rankings | GF Average | GA Average | Power Play |
| Lightning | 3.06 | 3.04 | 19.50% |
| Eastern | 2nd | 13th | 8th |
| Power Rankings | ||||
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| Date | Ranking | Previous |
| 04/29/2013 | 27 | 29 |
| Remained a statistical anomaly to the end, finishing with just a minus-2 goal differential and finishing so low with the league's top two scorers. | ||
| 04/22/2013 | 29 | 28 |
| The Lightning are so weird. They're goal differential is minus-1, odd for a team with such a bad record. Plus, they have the guys who will probably finish 1-2 in the points race. Yet they've lost six straight. | ||
| 04/15/2013 | 28 | 26 |
| It's really crazy that the Lightning are this bad and yet have a positive goal differential and a very good shooting percentage. That shows you they are just spending too much time without the puck. Will they consider big change this summer? | ||
| 04/01/2013 | 26 | 27 |
| The Lightning might only be four points out of a playoff spot, which seems close enough to keep up hope, but I just can't trust a team with a goalie tandem of Anders Lindback and Mathieu Garon. | ||
| 03/25/2013 | 27 | 27 |
| Guy Boucher is out, we should find out soon who is in. It won't matter much this season as the Lightning are still well back of playoff position. | ||
| 03/18/2013 | 27 | 28 |
| The Bolts are an odd case of a bad team with a good goal differential (they're plus-8). Perhaps that would indicate a rebound will come. If it does, will it be too late? Probably. | ||
| 03/11/2013 | 28 | 28 |
| No lead is ever safe in a Lightning game; either they fall behind and come back or go up and collapse. It's been much more of the latter lately. | ||
| 03/04/2013 | 28 | 19 |
| That start to the season seems like a long time ago, doesn't it? I don't think the Bolts are this bad but they are only two points from the basement in the East so it's not so much what I think but what their record shows. Still, they're plus-6 so they should come back around. | ||
| 02/25/2013 | 19 | 19 |
| New season, same story: They score a ton and give up a ton. But this year the D has been marginally better so they're tied for the division ... I know they have a lot talent, but they can't maintain a shooting percentage of 13.9, can they? | ||
| 02/18/2013 | 19 | 14 |
| Sorry, we're not convinced an overtime comeback win over Florida means they're out of their slump. But it could give them the good vibrations they need. | ||
| Preseason Power Rankings | ||
| Date | Ranking | Previous |
| 01/15/2013 | 17 | - |
| The addition of a goaltender like Anders Lindback instantly jumps this team up into the conversation for the Southeast, and that's not necessarily great praise of Lindback. Any improvement would be huge. ... Let's just nip the Stamkos "50 in 48" talk in the bud now. | ||
