The NHL announced Wednesday it had canceled all preseason games through Sept. 30, the first official fallout from the lockout of players that began Sunday.

For the Tampa Bay Lightning, that means four of seven preseason games have been canceled: Sept. 26 vs. the Blues at the Tampa Bay Times Forum; Sept. 27 against the Hurricanes at Orlando's Amway Center; Sept. 28 at St. Louis; Sept. 30 at Carolina.

The Lightning's remaining preseason games are all against the Panthers: Oct. 2 in Estero; Oct. 4 at the Times Forum and Oct. 6 at Florida.

Tampa Bay is expected to announce its ticket refund policy soon.