The loss marks Tampa Bay’s third straight first-round exit. The Lightning have not advanced past the opening round since ...

Lightning head coach Jon Cooper made a rather straightforward admission about the Panthers after his team's Game 5 loss.

John Romano | This was a very good team but, for the second year in a row, it could not put a scare into the Panthers.

When Lightning strikes in Tampa, nearby businesses boom. Whether the Tampa Bay Lightning are home or away, downtown business owners know fans will turn out to watch.

With the NHL playoffs heating up, fans of the Florida Panthers were busy Thursday at the Baptist Health IcePlex buying last-minute gear ahead of Game 5 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Can the Florida Panthers close out their first-round Stanley Cup playoffs series against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday? The Panthers are up 3-1 in the best-of-7 series and need just one more ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning are headed back to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the eighth consecutive year. The team clinched on Saturday after the New York Rangers’ 4-0 loss to the New ...

Following the Lightning’s win over the Panthers in Tuesday’s final regular-season home game, Jon Cooper began to firmly plant ...

The playoff field features teams located across the US and Canada, from Washington and Montreal to Winnipeg and Edmonton.

And the opponent is a very familiar one - the Tampa Bay Lightning. The first-round series opens in Tampa at Amalie Arena with the second game there on April 24 before Florida returns to Amerant ...

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 ...