The scene was familiar. You might even say disturbingly so. The defending Stanley Cup champions with a low-key celebration after another quick conquest against an Eastern Conference foe in the first ...

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 ...

The Tampa Bay Lightning have been one of the most successful NHL franchises over the last decade with two Stanley Cup championships in four Final appearances. Add on two other runs cut short in ...

The Panthers are up 2-0 and heading home but they may have lost Aleksander Barkov to an injury when Lightning forward Brandon ...

The Panthers were all over the Maple Leafs from the get-go, swarming the home side in the opening 20 minutes. The defending ...

The Florida Panthers vs the Tampa Bay Lightning. It’s the fourth time in the past five years the in-state rivals are facing off in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Game 1 of the best-of-7 series begins ...

Tampa Bay 80 wins, with eight ties. The state of Florida has had a team in the Stanley Cup final in each of the last five years. If the Lightning-Panthers winner gets there again this year ...

After three consecutive trips to the Stanley Cup Final from 2020 to 2022, the combination of age and salary-cap restraints had diminished the Tampa Bay roster. The Lightning had been bounced out ...

Florida's defense played well despite missing Aaron Ekblad. TAMPA — The Florida Panthers kicked off their Stanley Cup title defense with a dominant display. Matthew Tkachuk scored twice in his ...

Florida's defense played well despite missing Aaron Ekblad. TAMPA — The Florida Panthers kicked off their Stanley Cup title defense with a dominant display. Matthew Tkachuk scored twice in his ...