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.

After three consecutive trips to the Stanley Cup Final from 2020 to 2022, the combination of age and salary-cap restraints had diminished the Tampa Bay roster. The Lightning had been bounced out ...

Three years ago, during the second round of the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Florida Panthers saw their season mercifully ...

For the fourth time in five years, the Tampa ... a Stanley Cup," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. "There are 32 teams in this league and there's only 16 left. We're one of the 16. Every year ...

Tampa Bay looked much more like its own Stanley Cup Championship-caliber form in Game 3 with a 5-1 victory over the Panthers ...

Florida will face a familiar foe to start the postseason — the cross-state rival Tampa Bay Lightning ... the team in goals during last year’s Stanley Cup Final, is expected to start the ...