For the second consecutive season, the Panthers beat the Lightning in five games in the Battle of Florida. Here's why.

Aaron Ekblad tied the game with 3:47 to go in the third period and 11 seconds later, Seth Jones sent a point shot past Andrei Vasilevskiy for the game-winner.

Here are 10 observations on a surprisingly one-sided first-round Stanley Cup playoff series. 1. This is almost certainly the ...

The Florida Panthers are making one lineup change for their winner-take-all Game 7 against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The defending champion Florida Panthers ousted the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 in Game 5, wrapping up a convincing series win that bodes well for their repeat bid. The Panthers, healthy after dealing ...

But this time there's a twist. In 2021 and 2022, the Lightning were the defending Stanley Cup champion; this time the Panthers are. Each time the two teams have faced each other, the winner of the ...

Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov (16) and Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Mitchell Chaffee (41) go after the puck during the third period in Game 4 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round ...

For the sixth time in the eight seasons, the Maple Leafs will play a Game 7. And this time, they’re hoping for a different ...

The Tampa Bay Lightning fell in a tight Game 4 of the Eastern Conference First Round series against the Florida Panthers on Monday. Florida opened the scoring when Anton Lundell’s shot from the slot ...

ALIE SKOWRONSKI | Miami Herald ] SUNRISE — Lightning fans could be forgiven for thinking their team was cooked after it fell into a two-game hole against the Panthers. But Tampa Bay never goes ...

TAMPA — The Florida Panthers may have defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 on April 24 to take a 2-0 series lead, but it was not without a scare. Florida captain Aleksander Barkov left the game with ...

And sure enough, Tampa Bay has been a really good team since ... Open ice tends to dry up, as do power-play opportunities. Both the Lightning and the Panthers can dazzle on the rush, but at ...