The Rangers are toast. Mathematically, there’s still a chance. Monday’s 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning at Madison Square Garden didn’t eliminate the Blueshirts from playoff contention.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are back in the playoffs after a strong 2024-25 regular-season. The Lightning finished the season with a 47-27-8 record and secured the second-place spot in the Atlantic ...

The Tampa Bay Lightning finished the 2024-25 season with a strong 47-27-8 record and are in the playoffs for the eighth straight year because of it. They now have the opportunity to get revenge ...

TAMPA — For the longest time, the captain’s pride served the Lightning well. Steven Stamkos helped create — and enforce — a certain standard in the Tampa Bay locker room. He was the ...

After dropping the opening game by a goal, the Lightning lost Game 2 in overtime and found themselves having to climb out of a 2-0 series deficit going home, and Tampa Bay was never able to recover.

It’s time for the Tampa Bay Lightning to flip the proverbial switch. Tampa Bay closed the regular season against the New York Rangers on Thursday and will now prepare for Game One of the 2025 ...

For the second season in a row, the Tampa Bay Lightning will face off against the Florida Panthers in Round 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Lightning enter the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs with a ...

And the opponent is a very familiar one - the Tampa Bay Lightning. The first-round series opens in Tampa at Amalie Arena with the second game there on April 24 before Florida returns to Amerant ...

Tampa Bay finished second in the Atlantic Division and will likely rest some key players in the final game of the regular season. The Lightning are led by Nikita Kucherov, who has 121 points.

And for the second consecutive year, Tampa Bay and the Cats will face off in the first round. It will be the third time in four seasons that these two Florida teams will meet in the postseason.

Added bonus: The winner of all of those series reached the Stanley Cup Final. Tampa Bay (47-26-8) finished second in the Atlantic Division while Florida (47-31-4) finished third. The teams split ...

TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning announced the schedule for their 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round series against the Florida Panthers today. The Lightning’s 2025 postseason is ...