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

The NHL on Thursday announced the game dates and start times for all eight first-round matchups after the full field became final. Puck drop for Game 1 of the Panthers-Lightning matchup is at 8:30 p.m ...

For the third time in four seasons, the Panthers and Lightning are meeting in the playoffs. This one might be the best yet.

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 ...

Five games remain ... s 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning at Madison Square Garden kept the Rangers six points behind idle Montreal for the second and final wild-card playoff spot in the Eastern ...

Yanni Gourde and Brandon Hagel also scored, and Jake Guentzel had three assists for playoff-bound Tampa Bay ... Montreal for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference. Both teams have five ...

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 ...

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 Rangers, a year after finishing with the league’s best record, are in danger of missing the playoffs. They trail Montreal ... in five games overall. Rangers: Host the Tampa Bay Lightning ...

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 ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs need one point to clinch their first division title since 2021 while the Montreal Canadiens need a win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday to book their ticket to the ...