The defending champion Florida Panthers ousted the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 in Game 5 ... The Panthers, already a deep championship team, added Brad Marchand, Seth Jones and penalty killer Nico ...

Jon Cooper will be returning as coach next season, although the Tampa Bay Lightning were knocked ... leader has now transformed Tampa Bay into a championship caliber franchise with a culture ...

The Lightning eliminated the Panthers in the playoffs in 2021 and 2022 before Florida made its back-to-back runs to the Stanley Cup Final in 2023 and 2024. Now the defending champions have evened ...

TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed defenseman Charle ... regular season before falling to Luleå HF in the Swedish Championship Final. D’Astous finished the regular season tied ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tampa Bay Lightning player Victor Hedman had ... injuries are something the teams have to overcome to win a championship and are not an excuse for not winning a series.

The Lightning answered back with five unanswered goals from Point, Paul, Guentzel, Glendening, and Cirelli. Unlike the first two games, Tampa did a much better job of blocking shots, going from 6 ...

TAMPA — At Friday’s end-of-season postmortem, general manager Julien BriseBois read off the many ways in which the Lightning excelled during the regular season. They were the NHL’s top ...

The Florida Panthers failed to capitalize on home-ice advantage, falling 5-1 to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game ... Bay looked much more like its own championship-caliber form in Game 3.

TAMPA — The Florida Panthers may have defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 on April 24 ... are set to defend their first Stanley Cup championship Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword ...

Vegas defeated Florida in the 2023 title round and has made some prudent adjustments to the roster since, allowing stalwart ...