Florida's defense played well despite missing Aaron Ekblad. TAMPA — The Florida Panthers kicked off their Stanley Cup title defense with a dominant display. Matthew Tkachuk scored twice in his ...

TAMPA — The Florida Panthers may have defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 on April 24 to take a 2-0 series lead, but it was not without a scare. Florida captain Aleksander Barkov left the game with ...

From the beginning of the season, the Tampa Bay Lightning were a tight group committed to each other and winning. That's why ...

TAMPA — The Florida Panthers may have defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 on April 24 to take a 2-0 series lead, but it was not without a scare. Florida captain Aleksander Barkov left the game ...

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 ... of a lost art on the ...

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Without suspended winger Brandon Hagel in the lineup, the Tampa Bay Lightning stormed back to defeat the Florida Panthers 5-1 Saturday, cutting their deficit in this Eastern ...

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 31 shots and the Tampa Bay Lightning came back to beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 Saturday to cut their deficit in the first-round series to 2-1. Tampa Bay's offense ...

The Tampa Bay Lightning are ... also his second consecutive Art Ross Trophy. The Panthers are succeeding in one central area. Their team defense is smothering the Lightning's top forwards ...

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brandon Hagel will have a hearing Friday for interference against Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov, NHL Player Safety announced. Barkov was forced to leave ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nate Schmidt scored his third goal in two games, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 19 shots and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning ... in the series. Art Ross Trophy ...