2012–13 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout.

While coaching the Admirals in the 2011–12 season, the team won 28 consecutive games and would go on to win the Calder Cup, sweeping the championship series.

[2] With goaltending having been an issue for the team all season, on April 3, the day of the trade deadline, the Lightning acquired Ben Bishop from the Ottawa Senators.

[4] The Lightning tied the Montreal Canadiens for the fewest shorthanded goals scored with zero.

Tampa Bay Lightning's picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 22 & 23, 2012.