So securing home ice in their first round against the cross-state rival Panthers seemed fortuitous. But after dropping the ...

The Florida Panthers face the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 of the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs on Tuesday, ...

Sergei Bobrovsky made 20 saves. Jake Guentzel and Brayden Point scored for Tampa Bay. Andrei Vasilevskiy had 10 stops. The Lightning played the final 33:30 without center Anthony Cirelli.

The defending Stanley Cup champions are back in the playoffs against a familiar foe and on Tuesday, April 22 the Florida Panthers start a series with the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena in ...