TAMPA — The Lightning’s first-round playoff series against the cross-state rival Florida Panthers will begin Tuesday at ...

Puck drop for Game 1 of the Panthers-Lightning matchup is at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Tampa’s Amalie Arena. Tampa Bay will host Games 1, 2, 5 (if necessary) and 7 (if necessary) as the higher seed.

The battle for Florida will be fought on ice skates. The Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning face off in the opening ...

921 save percentage and 2.18 goals ... and Lightning have met in the postseason. Tampa Bay won the first two matchups, defeating Florida in six games in the first round in 2021 and then sweeping ...

Either the Tampa Bay Lightning ... in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the fourth time in five years. Tampa Bay won the first two matchups, defeating Florida in six games in 2021 and in a four-game ...

Tampa Bay is much better on home ice in general, boasting a 27-8-2 record ... The Lightning lost in six games to the Maple Leafs in the first round of the 2023 playoffs, then lost in five games ...

Key stat Tampa Bay has made the postseason ... the league with 146 postseason games and 87 playoff wins. The Lightning won back-to-back Cups in 2020 and 2021 and lost to Colorado in the 2022 ...

The Tampa Bay ... game coming into the playoffs." Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy is 36-20-3 with a 2.16 goals-against average, .922 save percentage and six shutouts in 59 games this season. The ...

With only five games remaining, this latest defeat keeps the Rangers six points behind the Canadiens for the final wild-card spot in the East. Montreal ... Rempe checks Tampa Bay Lightning ...