The first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs continued on Tuesday night with four games. Here are some key takeaways from Tuesday's action. Panthers played like champions in 2025 playoff debutThe Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning finally opened their first-round series on Tuesday night.

Cats-Bolts is the third game of four Tuesday on the ESPN family of networks, following New Jersey - Carolina ( 6 p.m. ET, ESPN) and Ottawa - Toronto ( 7:30 p.m., ESPN2 ), and preceding the nightcap, Minnesota - Vegas ( 11 p.m. ET, ESPN ).

It is a time for jubilant celebration and a time for soul-crushing disappointment. It is a time for trust and belief and a time that will test all you believe in and all that you trust. It is time for the National Hockey League playoffs.