It took until the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first Florida First Round series between the Lightning and Panthers. If the rest of this series is anything like Game 1, fans will beg the Lightning ...

SUNRISE — The Florida Panthers faced off with their biggest rival, the Tampa Bay Lightning, in their final two preseason games, and there was a lot of bad blood remaining from last season, when ...

Nikita Kucherov scored twice, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the host Florida Panthers 4-2 in a fight-filled game on Saturday night in Sunrise, Fla. There ...

The Panthers and Lightning will make history with the first all-Florida matchup in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Lightning are the defending Stanley Cup champions. The Panthers haven't won a playoff ...

Florida Panthers (29-24-3, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (36-14-4, in the Atlantic Division) BOTTOM LINE: The Florida Panthers visit the Tampa Bay Lightning after the Lightning ...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Pontus Holmberg scored with 7.3 seconds left in the first period to put Tampa Bay on top for good, Nikita Kucherov scored twice and the Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 in ...

TAMPA, FL - FEBRUARY 5: Jake Guentzel #59 of the Tampa Bay Lightning scores past Daniil Tarasov #40 of the Florida Panthers during the second period at the Benchmark International Arena on February 5, ...

TAMPA – The Florida Panthers are ready to rest up for the climb. With a 6-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena on Thursday, the defending back-to-back Stanley Cup ...

TAMPA BAY -- The Florida Panthers or Tampa Bay Lightning are assured of winning the Cup this season. The Governor's Cup, that is. Gov. Rick Scott and the state's two NHL teams announced Thursday the ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The NHL fined Florida's Anton Lundell and Tampa Bay's Scott Sabourin for their actions in the game between the Panthers and Lightning on Saturday night, one where the teams ...