For the third straight season, the Tampa Bay Lightning are knocked out of the playoffs in the first round. Twice by Florida.

It’s déjà vu in all the worst ways for the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. After being defeated in five ...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 shots and the Tampa Bay Lightning came back to beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 Saturday to cut their deficit in the first-round series to 2-1.

The Lightning had plenty of other chances to score Thursday night and failed to capitalize. The website Natural Stat Trick counted nine high-danger chances for Tampa Bay in Game 2 and only two for ...

SUNRISE, Fla. --Jake Guentzel had a goal and two assists for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a 5-1 win against the Florida Panthers in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Amerant Bank Arena ...

The Florida Panthers lost 5-2 to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 3 of their Stanley Cup playoff series, giving the Lightning a 2-1 series lead. Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy made 33 saves ...

The defending champs are as deep as it gets. The Tampa Bay Lightning don’t boast that kind of depth, but one thing they showcase more than anything else — and perhaps more than any NHL team ...

The Lightning were in an early hole against the Panthers, again. In the first two games of their first-round playoff series, that spelled disaster for Tampa Bay. Not this time. The Lightning ...

Sergei Bobrovsky made 20 saves. Jake Guentzel and Brayden Point scored for Tampa Bay. Andrei Vasilevskiy had 10 stops. The Lightning played the final 33:30 without center Anthony Cirelli.

Tampa Bay gets it first lead of the series and adds on from there, cutting its deficit to one game. Lightning forward Nick Paul (20) celebrates with teammates, including forward Jake Guentzel (59 ...

Added bonus: The winner of all of those series reached the Stanley Cup Final. Tampa Bay (47-26-8) finished second in the Atlantic Division while Florida (47-31-4) finished third. The teams split ...

SUNRISE, Fla. --There was a kind of stunned feeling after Game 2 of the Eastern Conference First Round series between the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning, a confusion born of the ...