TAMPA — The scene was familiar. You might even say disturbingly so. The defending Stanley Cup ... was the Lightning’s starring role in the league. Now, it is their lament. Tampa Bay’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tampa Bay 80 wins, with eight ties. The state of Florida has had a team in the Stanley Cup final in each of the last five years. If the Lightning-Panthers winner gets there again this year ...

Florida's defense played well despite missing Aaron Ekblad. TAMPA — The Florida Panthers kicked off their Stanley Cup title ...

The Florida Panthers open defense of their Stanley Cup championship on Tuesday, April 22. And the opponent is a very familiar one - the Tampa Bay Lightning. The first-round series opens in Tampa ...

The Florida Panthers vs the Tampa Bay Lightning. It’s the fourth time in the past five years the in-state rivals are facing off in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Game 1 of the best-of-7 series begins ...

The Panthers are up 2-0 and heading home but they may have lost Aleksander Barkov to an injury when Lightning forward Brandon ...

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