Editing Tampa Bay Lightning (section)

====First Presidents' Trophy winner swept in the first round (2018–2019)====
On September 11, 2018, it was announced that [[Steve Yzerman]] would be resigning from his position as general manager, and longtime assistant general manager [[Julien BriseBois]] would be taking his place as the new general manager.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2018/09/11/ap-source-steve-yzerman-stepping-down-as-lightning-gm/37783561/|title=AP Source: Steve Yzerman stepping down as Lightning GM|work=USA Today|access-date=September 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theathletic.com/518457/2018/09/11/steve-yzerman-stepping-down-as-lightning-general-manager/|title=Steve Yzerman stepping down as Lightning general manager|last=Smith|first=Joe|work=The Athletic|access-date=September 11, 2018}}</ref> During the [[2018–19 NHL season|2018–19 season]], the Lightning clinched their first [[Presidents' Trophy]] and second consecutive division title after a 4–1 win over the [[Arizona Coyotes]] on March 18, 2019. Winning their final regular season game against the [[Boston Bruins]] on April 6, the Lightning finished with 62 wins, tying the NHL record set by the [[1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season|1995–96 Detroit Red Wings]] for most wins in a season.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nearhos |first1=Diana C. |title=Lightning ties NHL wins record with No. 62 |url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2019/04/06/lightning-ties-nhl-wins-record-with-no-62/ |website=Tampa Bay Times |access-date=April 8, 2019 |date=April 6, 2019}}</ref> [[Nikita Kucherov]] became the second player in Lightning franchise history (after [[Martin St. Louis]]) to win the [[Hart Memorial Trophy]] as the league's most valuable player and the [[Art Ross Trophy]] as the league's leading point scorer, setting a new franchise record of 128 points. [[Andrei Vasilevskiy]] became the first player in franchise history to win the [[Vezina Trophy]] as the league's best goaltender. However, in the first round of the [[2019 Stanley Cup playoffs|2019 playoffs]], they were swept in four games by the eighth seeded [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] in that team's first-ever playoff series victory,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Merz |first1=Craig |title=Blue Jackets sweep Lightning in Game 4 for first playoff series victory |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/tampa-bay-lightning-columbus-blue-jackets-game-4-recap/c-306819236 |website=NHL.com |access-date=April 2, 2023 |date=April 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417021235/https://www.nhl.com/news/tampa-bay-lightning-columbus-blue-jackets-game-4-recap/c-306819236 |archive-date=April 17, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> becoming the first Presidents' Trophy winner to be swept in the first round of the playoffs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nearhos |first1=Diana C. |title=Lightning's Jon Cooper: 'For six days in April, Columbus was the better team' |url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2019/04/17/lightning-becomes-first-presidents-trophy-winner-to-be-swept-in-first-round/ |website=Tampa Bay Times |access-date=May 11, 2019 |date=April 16, 2019}}</ref> [[2019 Tampa Bay Lightning–Columbus Blue Jackets playoff series|The series]] is widely regarded as one of the biggest [[Upset (sports)|upset]]s in league history. Former NHL player and [[NBC Sports]] analyst [[Jeremy Roenick]] described Tampa's elimination as "one of the biggest letdowns in history", while the ''[[Tampa Bay Times]]'' described it as "the disappointment that all others are measured against".<ref>{{cite web |title=Quest for the Cup: Blue Jackets and Isles advance |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/video/quest-cup-blue-jackets-upset-lightning-islanders-sweep-penguins |website=NBC Sports |accessdate=April 17, 2019 |date=April 16, 2019 |archive-date=April 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419003626/https://www.nbcsports.com/video/quest-cup-blue-jackets-upset-lightning-islanders-sweep-penguins |url-status=dead}}</ref>