Tampa Bay Lightning postpone Friday's preseason game due to Hurricane Helene

The Tampa Bay Lightning have postponed Friday's preseason game against Nashville Predators due to Hurricane Helene.

After a devastating night in Florida with Hurricane Helene making landfall as a category 4 storm, the Tampa Bay Lightning have decided for safety reasons to postpone tonight's preseason game.

In press release on their official website, the team shared that tonight's preseason game against the Nashville Predators has been moved to Monday, October 7th as the Tampa Bay area recovers from Hurricane Helene.

'The Tampa Bay Lightning's game tonight versus the Nashville Predators at AMALIE Arena has been rescheduled to October 7 at 7 p.m. as the Tampa Bay region recovers from Hurricane Helene, the team announced today.

All tickets for tonight's game will be accepted for the new date. Single game ticket holders inquiring about refunds should contact their original point of sale.' The Lightning said.

Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida last night around 11 pm ET, with sustained winds of 225 kph (140 mph). In the early morning hours on Friday, it was downgraded to a Tropical Storm, leaving a path of damage behind. Unfortunately, according to The Guardian ten people have lost their lives to to Hurricane Helene and more than 4 million are without power in the south-eastern United States.

'Helene has reportedly killed at least 10 people and inflicted more than 4m power outages across the south-eastern US after crashing ashore in north-western Florida late on Thursday as a potent category 4 hurricane, according to officials.' The Guardian said.

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Nashville Predators will be back in action tomorrow as they face each other in Music City at 8 pm ET.

The thoughts of everyone here at Blade of Steel are with those impacted by Hurricane Helene.