TAMPA, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Lightning are hoping for a better effort when they seek to even the best-of-7 Eastern Conference First Round against the Florida Panthers in Game 2 at Amalie Arena on ...

Game 2. After cruising to a 6-2 win in Game 1, the Florida Panthers will look to grab a 2-0 series lead when they battle the ...

Panthers center Anton Lundell is only 23, but he has effectively become a veteran contributor as he begins his fourth playoff ...

The Florida Panthers know just how important special teams are in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Being able to gain an edge in that facet of the game, especially early, has the potential to swing a series.

Bennett’s goal 3:44 into regulation opened scoring Tuesday in the Panthers’ eventual 6-2 win over the Lightning in Game 1 of the best-of-7 Stanley Cup playoffs first-round series. “It’s important to ...

In a game in which the story line going in was the return of Matthew Tkachuk (who did not disappoint), the story within the ...

Another day on Florida’s west coast brings a second Panthers playoff game day with the Lightning desperate not to come to South Florida down 0-2 in this first-round series. The Lightning got rocked by ...

Matthew Tkachuk had two power-play goals and an assist in his first game after a two-month absence and the Florida Panthers opened defense of their Stanley Cup title with a 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay ...

The Tampa Bay Lightning have lost home-ice advantage. Now they must find a way to ensure they do not head to the home of the defending Stanley Cup champions down by a pair of games in the ...

“Chucky,” captain Aleksander Barkov said, “welcome back.” ...

Home-ice advantage hasn’t really existed over the past couple of years in the Stanley Cup playoffs. In 2023 and 2024, ...