<P> Their opponent in the final round was the Calgary Flames , captained by Jarome Iginla . The final round also went the full seven games , with the deciding game played in the St. Pete Times Forum on June 7 , 2004 . This time , Ruslan Fedotenko was the Game 7 hero , scoring both Lightning goals in a 2 -- 1 victory . Brad Richards , who had 26 points in the postseason , won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs ; the Lightning had won all 31 contests in which he had scored a goal since the opening of the season . Tortorella won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL 's Coach of the Year . Only three years after their last of four consecutive seasons of 50 or more losses , and in only their 12th year of existence , the Lightning became the southernmost team ever to win the Stanley Cup . Martin St. Louis led the team and the NHL with 94 points ( his 38 goals were fourth-most after the 41 of tied trio Jarome Iginla , Rick Nash and Ilya Kovalchuk ) , and won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league 's most valuable player . St. Louis also won the Lester B. Pearson Award for the league 's most outstanding player as voted by the NHL Players ' Association , and tied the Vancouver Canucks ' Marek Malik for the NHL Plus / Minus Award . A season of superlatives was capped with one final accolade , as The Sporting News named GM Jay Feaster as the league 's executive of the year for 2003 -- 04 . </P>
<P> Their opponent in the final round was the Calgary Flames , captained by Jarome Iginla . The final round also went the full seven games , with the deciding game played in the St. Pete Times Forum on June 7 , 2004 . This time , Ruslan Fedotenko was the Game 7 hero , scoring both Lightning goals in a 2 -- 1 victory . Brad Richards , who had 26 points in the postseason , won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs ; the Lightning had won all 31 contests in which he had scored a goal since the opening of the season . Tortorella won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL 's Coach of the Year . Only three years after their last of four consecutive seasons of 50 or more losses , and in only their 12th year of existence , the Lightning became the southernmost team ever to win the Stanley Cup . Martin St. Louis led the team and the NHL with 94 points ( his 38 goals were fourth-most after the 41 of tied trio Jarome Iginla , Rick Nash and Ilya Kovalchuk ) , and won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league 's most valuable player . St. Louis also won the Lester B. Pearson Award for the league 's most outstanding player as voted by the NHL Players ' Association , and tied the Vancouver Canucks ' Marek Malik for the NHL Plus / Minus Award . A season of superlatives was capped with one final accolade , as The Sporting News named GM Jay Feaster as the league 's executive of the year for 2003 -- 04 . </P>
what year did the lightning win the stanley cup
what year did the lightning win the stanley cup
2004
2004