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Montreal beat Tampa Bay 2-1 in Game 7 to eliminate the Lightning in the East First Round, as 24-year-old Jakub Dobes outplayed Andrei Vasilevskiy. Tampa Bay’s stars cooled off, their power play struggled, and home-ice woes plus a bit of puck luck favored Montreal, pushing the Lightning to a fourth straight opening-round exit.
Montreal’s young core toppled Tampa Bay in Game 7 as Alex Newhook’s 11:07 of the third-period goal snapped a 1-1 tie and Jakub Dobeš made 28 saves to lift the Canadiens 2-1 and send them to Round 2 vs. Buffalo; despite a 29-9 shot edge and a 12-0 edge in the second period, the Lightning couldn’t solve the rookie netminder, capping four straight first-round exits, while Martin St. Louis guided Montreal’s maturation and Noah Dobson returned to bolster the defense.
Preview of Game 7 between the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning: winner advances to the second round. Montreal plays with belief and has been strong on the road this series, while Tampa Bay brings deeper Game 7 experience. The Canadiens lean on their leaders to guide them and must block out noise as they chase a pivotal upset; the series has been tight, with Montreal trailing by only about 28 minutes overall. Key matchups feature Jakub Dobes and Andrei Vasilevskiy in net, with Dobes delivering 38 saves in Game 5 and Vasilevskiy stealing Game 6 for Tampa. Lineups will be announced closer to puck drop on the team's social channels.
Ahead of Friday’s Game 6 with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Canadiens coach Martin St‑Louis urged players to cut through the playoff noise and stay focused on closing out the series on home ice; Alexandre Carrier echoed the need for a fired-up effort. The team held an optional Bell Centre skate with 15 players, and game time is 7:00 p.m. ET.
Country star Zach Bryan faced backlash after a lightning-delayed Nebraska show; he dismissed critics with a 'Karen' tweet, apologized for the shortened set, and noted refunds would be issued following weather-related cancellations, including an earlier Oklahoma show.
Using NASA’s Juno data and Hubble imagery, scientists find Jupiter’s storms unleash lightning far stronger than Earth’s—some flashes may reach 100× Earth’s power, with total energy hundreds to thousands of times greater. By tracking isolated 2021–22 “stealth” storms, researchers correlated microwave signals with specific events in 100+ km‑tall clouds, though exact energies depend on wavelength and storm dynamics. The study, published in AGU Advances (2026), highlights differences in Jupiter’s hydrogen‑rich atmosphere and ammonia‑water ice (potential “mushball” hail) physics, while leaving many details of the mechanism unresolved.
New AGU Advances research using Juno data directly estimates the power of Jupiter’s lightning and finds its storms unleash far more energetic discharges than on Earth, likely due to Jupiter’s tall, hydrogen-rich atmosphere and deep moist convection that store energy before release, revealing different lightning physics and making Jupiter a natural laboratory for extreme weather.
The Tampa Bay Lightning recalled forward Conor Geekie and goaltender Brandon Halverson from the Syracuse Crunch and reassigned forwards Mitchell Chaffee and Jakob Pelletier, along with defenseman Steven Santini, to Syracuse. Geekie has 17 goals and 59 points in 57 AHL games this season (14 NHL games with Tampa Bay this year), while Halverson leads the AHL in shutouts and is among the league leaders in wins; Pelletier paces the AHL in scoring, and Santini serves as Syracuse's captain. The moves are part of the team’s ongoing roster adjustments ahead of NHL play.
NHL.com previews the East First Round between the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning, two 106-point Atlantic foes, with Tampa Bay holding home ice. The season series is split (2-2-0) and Game 1 is Sunday in Tampa. Key stars include Nikita Kucherov for Tampa Bay and Cole Caufield for Montreal, while goaltending features Andrei Vasilevskiy for the Lightning against Montreal’s rookie tandem of Jakub Dobes and Jacob Fowler. Montreal aims to disrupt Tampa Bay’s puck movement, rely on depth and solid goaltending, and convert rebounds into counterattacks, while Tampa Bay leans on its playoff experience and ability to grab and hold leads.
A woman was struck by lightning Thursday evening while walking on a path in Superior, Colorado, and remains unidentified in critical condition. Bystanders and first responders performed CPR; she briefly regained a pulse and began breathing, was transported to a Boulder County hospital, and later airlifted to a Denver-area hospital. As of Friday morning she was breathing on her own with a regular heartbeat, but authorities have not identified her. She is estimated to be 20–30 years old, about 5'5" and 120 pounds with auburn hair, wearing a green running shirt and black-and-white striped shorts, and has a three-butterfly tattoo on her right upper arm. Her cell phone was damaged and she had no ID. Public tips to identify her can be directed to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office at 303-441-4444.
Dana White warned the UFC White House card could be paused by lightning, even as the open-air event is planned to go ahead through rain or snow; weather is a key risk, with White set to reveal the full layout soon and comments from Joe Rogan highlighting the uncertainties.
New NASA Juno data suggest Jupiter’s lightning could be up to a million times more powerful than Earth’s, inferred from radio-emission measurements. The study highlights how Jupiter’s hydrogen-rich atmosphere and towering, long-lasting storms—including months-long 'stealth' storms—may amplify lightning energy, offering new insights into the gas giant’s weather and atmospheric dynamics.
A study using NASA’s Juno data suggests Jupiter’s lightning may be enormously more powerful than Earth’s—potentially up to a million times stronger. By analyzing the planet’s radio emissions rather than optical flashes and focusing on long-lived “stealth” storms in Jupiter’s belts, researchers estimated lightning pulses with power ranging from Earth-like bolts to far more powerful discharges. The findings, which consider Jupiter’s hydrogen-dominated atmosphere and towering storm clouds (up to ~62 miles tall), aim to explain why Jovian lightning is so energetic and were published in AGU Advances.
NASA’s Juno mission continues to reveal powerful storms and deep lightning activity on Jupiter, even as budget pressures force NASA to consider retiring aging planetary probes; the science highlights the trade-off between continuing observations and funding new or existing missions.
Penn State researchers propose a tiny, deck-of-cards-sized solid block that could replicate the electrical conditions of a thunderstorm, triggering lightning‑like radiation via a relativistic runaway electron avalanche. The “lightning‑in‑a‑box” is theoretical for now and would require experimental confirmation with common insulating materials; if proven feasible, it could let scientists study lightning at desktop scale, reducing the cost and scale of traditional field experiments.