Winning in the Stanley Cup playoffs and becoming a championship-capable team, Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said, is an art.

There is a changing of the guard in Florida and the Eastern Conference, as the Panthers eliminated the Lightning from the ...

With a 6-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Panthers advance to the second round of the playoffs for the fourth straight ...

There have already been quite a few epic goals in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Alex Ovechkin’s first-career playoff ...

Florida Panthers Head Coach Paul Maurice watches the game during the second period of Game 3 of the first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday, April 26, 2025, ...

After missing the last two months of the regular season with a lower-body injury, Tkachuk opened the 2025 postseason with a ...

Read our editorial standards for more information. A new chapter of the rivalry between the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning will be written in Round 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

After dropping the opening game by a goal, the Lightning lost Game 2 in overtime and found themselves having to climb out of a 2-0 series deficit going home, and Tampa Bay was never able to recover.

For the third time in four seasons, the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning are meeting in the playoffs. Given what we’ve seen over the last few months, it might be the best yet.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are eyeing another deep playoff run, hoping to recapture Stanley Cup glory after going back-to-back in 2020 and 2021. Entering the postseason as the Atlantic Division's ...