When the puck drops on Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m. at Amalie Arena, the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers will be squaring off for the fourth postseason meeting in five years between the ...

For the third straight season, the Tampa Bay Lightning are knocked out of the playoffs in the first round. Twice by Florida.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 20 saves. Jake Guentzel and Brayden Point scored for Tampa Bay. Andrei Vasilevskiy had 10 stops. The Lightning played the final 33:30 without center Anthony Cirelli.

Tampa Bay will host the first two games, beginning with an 8:30 p.m. puck drop Tuesday at Amalie Arena. TAMPA — The Lightning’s first-round playoff series against the cross-state rival Florida ...

Added bonus: The winner of all of those series reached the Stanley Cup Final. Tampa Bay (47-26-8) finished second in the Atlantic Division while Florida (47-31-4) finished third. The teams split ...

Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov (16) takes a shot on Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) and misses during the first period of a game on Monday, March 3, 2025 ...

the captain’s pride served the Lightning well. Steven Stamkos helped create — and enforce — a certain standard in the Tampa Bay locker room. He was the conduit between the coaching staff and ...

The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Florida Panthers 5-1 on Saturday afternoon at Amerant Bank Arena, narrowing Florida's series lead to 2-1. The road team has won all three games in this tightly ...

TAMPA, FLA. (WFLA) — The Tampa Bay Lightning will face the Florida Panthers in the first round of Stanley Cup Playoffs. A tale as old as time. We’ve seen this movie before. The Lightning ...

Unfortunately, the Lightning could not solve Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, as he stopped all 19 of Tampa Bay's shots. With this frustrating loss, the Lightning are now down 2-0 in the series.

Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper has won 87 playoff games with the Lightning, the third-most of any coach with one franchise in NHL history. He won't be catching Al Arbour anytime soon; Arbour won 119 ...

Recommended Videos On Tuesday night, their opponent was clinched. The Panthers will play at the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round. The Panthers beat the Lightning last season on their way to ...