Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman J.J. Moser (90) checks Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov (16) into the boards during ...

Panthers coach Paul Maurice and Lightning coach Jon Cooper have much in common besides having their names etched onto the ...

Lightning center Jake Guentzel (59) goes down hard after taking a high stick from his own player in front of the net with goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) against the Panthers during first-period ...

The Panthers-Lightning first-round playoff series has been feisty, with big hits on star players and coaching chirps back and ...

(AP) — For Florida and Tampa Bay players, the hitting is happening on the ice. For the coaches, it’s happening at the microphone. Panthers coach Paul Maurice and Lightning coach Jon Cooper ...

You could argue that the tone for the series was set in the first period of Game 1, when Tkachuk took out Kucherov and was ...

Tampa Bay Lightning center Anthony Cirelli (71 ... She thought it was pretty funny.” For what it’s worth, Tkachuk will not have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety, and ...

For Florida and Tampa Bay players, the hitting is happening on the ice. For the coaches, it’s happening at the microphone. Panthers coach Paul Maurice and Lightning coach Jon Cooper have much in ...