Answers will start coming in the next few days, but another premature end to the season raises some quick queries.

Matthew Tkachuk scored twice in his long-awaited return to the lineup to lead the Panthers to a 6-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning and give them a 1-0 series lead on Tuesday, April 22.

The Battle of Florida is back. 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.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — In a crowded field of generational talents, Tampa Bay Lightning wing Nikita Kucherov hides in plain sight. That’s often the case with Kucherov, who just won his second ...

Florida Panthers center Carter Verhaeghe (23) scores a goal against Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) in overtime period in Game 2 of the first-round of the 2024 Stanley Cup ...

The battle of Florida figures to produce plenty of injuries, given that the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning have one of the NHL’s most tenacious rivalries and are preparing for Tuesday ...

For the third time in four seasons, the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning are meeting in the playoffs. Given what we’ve seen over the last few months, it might be the best yet.

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.

The winner of the Art Ross Trophy is Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov, who wins the award for the second straight season and the third time in his career. Kucherov finished the year ...

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.