NHL-Profile of Tampa Bay Lightning

June 2 (Reuters) - Profile of the Tampa Bay Lightning, who will play the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2015 Stanley Cup Final: * The Lightning joined the National Hockey League in 1992 as an expansion team along with the Ottawa Senators. * Tampa Bay currently play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. * They have won two divisional titles and two conference championships (2004, 2015) * Tampa Bay have won the Stanley Cup once (2004) * The Lightning became the southernmost team to win a Stanley Cup when they beat the Calgary Flames in a decisive seventh game of the NHL's 2004 championship series. * The Lightning (50-24-8) finished second in the Atlantic Division this season and were ranked third overall in the Eastern Conference. * Road to the Stanley Cup: Rallied to beat Detroit 4-3 in the first round of the playoffs; Edged Montreal 4-2 in the Eastern Conference semi-finals; Went the distance again to beat the New York Rangers 4-3 and reach the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2004. * The Lightning's head coach is 47-year-old Canadian Jon Cooper, who is in his second full season behind the team's bench and also won a championship as coach of Tampa Bay's American Hockey League affiliate in 2012. * The captain is Canadian center Steven Stamkos. He has been selected to the NHL All-Star Game three times and led the NHL in goal scoring twice. Was expected to be a major contributor for Canada's gold medal-winning team at the 2014 Olympics but a leg injury prevented him from participating. (Compiled by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Mark Lamport-Stokes)