The Tampa Bay Lightning have postponed their 2024-25 residence opener resulting from Hurricane Milton. The Lightning had been scheduled to play the Carolina Hurricanes at Amalie Enviornment on Saturday night time, however that sport has been moved to a later date.

On Thursday afternoon, the NHL introduced that the sport between the Lightning and Hurricanes could be postponed as town recovers from Hurricane Milton, which made landfall as a Class 3 storm on Wednesday night time. A make-up date for the sport will probably be introduced later.

The Lightning will probably be in Raleigh, North Carolina, for his or her commonly scheduled season opener in opposition to the Hurricanes on Friday night time. The workforce left Tampa on Monday night time in anticipation of Hurricane Milton.

That is now the third time in the previous few weeks that the Lightning have needed to postpone or cancel a sport resulting from hurricanes. Tampa initially postponed a preseason sport in opposition to the Nashville Predators resulting from Hurricane Helene, and the make-up date was slated for Monday night time.

With Hurricane Milton bearing down on the area, that sport was canceled as a way to permit the Lightning to go away city early.

The Lightning weren’t the one workforce that had journey plans affected by the hurricane. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers left for New Orleans on Tuesday, effectively forward of Sunday’s matchup in opposition to the Saints. Additional north, the Jacksonville Jaguars had their flight to London delayed, though that sport continues to be scheduled to happen on Sunday morning.