SUNRISE — Certainly, the Panthers deserved to celebrate. Their pressure was relentless. The Lightning deserved their fate, too. They have allowed Florida to control the puck and the pace.

It’s not just Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy. Local sports history is filled with dominant performances in a losing ...

Vasilevskiy will guard the road net in Game 2 versus Florida on Tuesday, per Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times. Vasilevskiy stopped 25 of 27 shots in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Panthers in ...

Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 27 shots in a 3-2 Game 1 loss to the Panthers on Sunday. The third goal was an empty-netter. With the score tied 1-1 early in the third period, Vasilevskiy allowed ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Florida Panthers center Carter Verhaeghe (23) skates into Tampa Bay ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Even more than losing the first-round series to the Panthers, Lightning coach Jon Cooper said Wednesday, the inadvertent swipe he took at women after Monday’s Game 5 loss was ...

The matchup between Bobrovsky and the Lightning’s Andrei Vasilevskiy was expected to be a difference-maker going into the teams’ first-round series, and in the Panthers’ 3-2 win in Game 1 it ...

Matthew Tkachuk scored twice, including an empty-net goal to ice the game, as the visiting Florida Panthers beat the Tampa ...

.TAMPA — The Florida Panthers know they are going to have a fight on their hands today when they face the Tampa Bay Lightning at 5. Coach Paul Maurice does not want to talk about the possibility ...

Even more than losing the first-round series to the Panthers, Lightning coach Jon Cooper said Wednesday, the inadvertent swipe he took at women after Monday’s Game 5 loss was what pained him most.