Since 2000, only two franchises, the Pittsburgh Penguins (in 2016 and 2017) and Tampa Bay Lightning (in 2020 and 2021) have repeated as Stanley Cup champions. The Panthers are looking to be the ...

clinching the team’s first playoff spot since 2021, when they reached the Stanley Cup Final. Cole Caufield played as a rookie in those 2021 playoffs, and the Bell Centre was essentially empty ...