Matthew Tkachuk scored twice in his long-awaited return to the lineup to lead the Panthers to a 6-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning and give them a 1-0 series lead on Tuesday, April 22.

Here are five takeaways from Friday's exit interviews: Multiple members of the Lightning locker room on Friday said they felt ...

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

From 2020-22, the Tampa Bay Lightning won 11-straight series as they advanced to three-straight Stanley Cup Finals, two of which they won. Since then, they have ...

Florida Panthers winger Matthew Tkachuk returned to action with two goals and an assist, and the Stanley Cup champs swiped home-ice advantage by thumping the host Tampa Bay Lightning, 6-2 ...

The Tampa Bay Lightning have been one of the most successful NHL franchises over the last decade with two Stanley Cup championships in four Final appearances. Add on two other runs cut short in ...

When the Coyotes packed up everything but old grip tape and departed Arizona for Utah, they left behind one vital piece from ...

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.

The battle of Florida figures to produce plenty of injuries, given that the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning have one of the NHL’s most tenacious rivalries and are preparing for Tuesday ...

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 Panthers’ series against the Tampa Bay Lightning begins on Tuesday at Amalie Arena in Tampa. The 8:30 p.m. game will be televised on ESPN and the usual South Florida channels for regular ...

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 ...