With the win, the Panthers became the NHL’s first back-to-back champions since the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2020 and 2021, and just the third team to achieve the feat in the 21st century.

It was the days leading up to the Florida Panthers’ Stanley Cup playoffs opener against the Tampa Bay Lightning, and Matthew Tkachuk still wasn’t sure if he would be suiting up when their ...

For the first time in eight head-to-head matchups during the Stanley Cup Final, the Oilers and Panthers are off to overtime. This the first time since 2022 that Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final has ...

According to the Lightning, Gourde was undrafted before being signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent on March 10, 2014. He made his NHL debut with the Lightning in December of 2015 at Toronto, where ...

Jon Cooper's future in Tampa Bay has been unclear in recent times, but now, he has made his stance firm on remaining loyal to the Lightning organization.. The Tampa Bay Lightning were once again ...

The first week of June in the Tampa Bay area is shaping up to be gray and dreary, though it will give us a nice dose of rain to help quench a drought. Over the weekend, a late-season cold front ...

The Tampa Bay Lightning aren’t far removed from being one of the most dominant teams in the NHL with back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 2020 and 2021. After falling just short of a three ...

Next up is a look at Tampa Bay. The Lightning have been consistently strong for more than a decade now and this season was no exception with a solid third-place finish in the Eastern Conference.

New Tampa Bay Lightning assistant coach Dan Hinote was never known for offense across his 503 games as an NHL forward. He was a defensive expert, ...

The Houston Astros turn to Hunter Brown (7-3, 2.00 ERA) to get a split of their four-game series at home against Tampa Bay. The Rays counter with Taj Bradley (4-4, 4.38) Matt Kawahara covers the ...

The Lightning got Gourde to agree to a six-year extension carrying a $2.33 million cap hit — a deal with no real ... It’s no coincidence that he signed his deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

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