The Tampa Bay Lightning and their tenacious offensive core have led the Bolts to be one of the highest goal scoring teams in the National Hockey League.

If there is anything the Tampa Bay Lightning have a plethora of, it’s talent. The Lightning have almost more than their fair share of snipers and even a few offensively-minded defensemen who are more than capable of sinking the puck in the back of the net; even against some of the best goaltenders in the league.

Keeping this in mind, it comes as no surprise the Tampa Bay Lightning rank among the highest goal scoring teams in the National Hockey League. In fact, the Lightning find themselves in some pretty elite company.

According to NHL Public Relations, the Tampa Bay Lightning rank third in the National Hockey League for goals scored over the course of the last three seasons. The Lightning’s combined 715 goals were bested only by the Dallas Stars and the former Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks.

The Tampa Bay Lightning finds themselves five goals ahead of what some would consider a rival of the Lightning’s young captain. The Lightning is just five goals ahead of captain Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals. As most of you know, Ovechkin and Stamkos have done battle more than once for the coveted Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy.

When it comes to powerful goal scorers on the Tampa Bay Lightning’s roster, one of the first names to come to mind is captain Steven Stamkos. Despite missing the final few games of the regular season due to undergoing vascular surgery to remove a blood clot found near his collarbone, Stamkos still managed to bring home goals.

In the 77 regular season games Stamkos played last season, the 26-year-old Lightning captain was able to bring home 36 goals and 28 assists for a total of 64 points. If you take into consideration the missed games, Stamkos was fairly on par with the previous season.

Another large contributor to the Lightning’s scoring prowess is the line now known as “The Triplets.” Leading the way for the Triplets last season was Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov. In the 77 games Kucherov played with the Bolts last season, he brought home 30 goals and 36 assists for a total of 36 points, edging out Stamkos as the team’s leading point scorer.

In fifth and sixth place on the team in overall points, respectively, was Ondrej Palat and Tyler Johnson. Ondrej Palat brought home 16 goals and 24 assists for a total of 40 points. Tyler Johnson brought home 14 goals and 24 assists for a total of 38 points.

This is where things could get a little dicey for the Tampa Bay Lightning next season. So far this off-season, Tampa Bay Lightning Vice President and General Manager Steve Yzerman has not yet been able to re-sign Nikita Kucherov.

Where things get even more complicated is even if Yzerman is able to secure Kucherov for another couple of seasons, when the 2016-17 season comes to an end, both Johnson and Palat become Restricted Free Agents.

On top of having to deal with those two contracts, Yzerman will also have to work on a new contract for both Ben Bishop and Brian Boyle. Needless to say, our beloved GM is going to have his work cut out for him at the conclusion of the 2016-17 season.

The good news is, every member of this team has seen some manner of success at the highest level of play. The Lightning are hungry for another chance to fight for the opportunity to play for the Stanley Cup. If the Tampa Bay Lightning can hold on to the level of success we’ve seen over the course of the last few seasons, this could very well be the year of the Bolts.