The Tampa Bay Lightning are on the road for Game 1 of the NHL Playoffs First Round against the Florida Panthers. Florida grabbed a 5-2 victory at home its last time out on April 16 against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Tampa Bay won at home in its most recent game on April 17, 6-4 over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Ahead of this matchup, here is everything you need to prepare for Sunday's NHL Playoffs First Round action ..read more

Sam Bennett and Sam Reinhart scored 10 seconds apart midway through the second period, and the Florida Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Tuesday night. With the victory and Boston's 3-1 loss to Ottawa, Florida clinched the Atlantic Division title. The Panthers (52-24-6) finished with the season with a four-game win streak to make up a five-point deficit in the standings. Carter Verhaeghe and Brandon Montour also scored for Florida, and Anthony Stolarz made 24 saves ..read more

The NHL on Wednesday announced dates, times and TV coverage plans for Game 1 of the the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs first-round matchups for the four Eastern Conference teams ..read more

Sam Bennett and Sam Reinhart scored 10 seconds apart midway through the second period, and the Florida Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Tuesday night. With the victory and Boston's 3-1 loss to Ottawa, Florida clinched the Atlantic Division title. The Panthers (52-24-6) finished with the season with a four-game win streak to make up a five-point deficit in the standings. “It's been a crazy year,” Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk said ..read more

Auston Matthews has one more chance to reach a milestone not touched in nearly three decades. The Maple Leafs sniper was unable to score in Tuesday night's 5-2 loss to the Florida Panthers, leaving him stuck on 69 goals for the season. Matthews and Toronto visit the Tampa Bay Lightning to close out the regular season on Wednesday night. The 26-year-old centre is looking to become the first player to score 70 goals in a campaign since Teemu Selanne and Alexander Mogilny both registered 76 back in 1992-93 ..read more

Auston Matthews has one more chance to reach a milestone not touched in nearly three decades. The Maple Leafs sniper was unable to score in Tuesday night's 5-2 loss to the Florida Panthers, leaving him stuck on 69 goals for the season. Matthews and Toronto visit the Tampa Bay Lightning to close out the regular season on Wednesday night. The 26-year-old centre is looking to become the first player to score 70 goals in a campaign since Teemu Selanne and Alexander Mogilny both registered 76 back in 1992-93 ..read more

The Tampa Bay Lightning has an opponent for the First Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Following Tuesday's contests across the NHL, the Florida Panthers clinched first place in the Atlantic Division and now have a date with the Lightning to kick off the postseason. Tampa Bay defeated Florida in six games in the First Round of the 2021 playoffs before sweeping the Panthers the following year in Round Two ..read more

Pavel Zacha ended the Senators bid for a shutout with 7:16 to go in regulation, connecting on a rare power-play goal with a doorstep backhander. Kevin Shattenkirk, new to the No. 1 PP, wristed a long-range shot on net and Zacha scooped up the loose change and snapped it under the crossbar to cut the Senators' lead to 2-1. Only 1:26 later, Trent Frederic popped one in the net, too, but it was immediately disallowed because the referees had whistled the play dead on an initial stop by goalie Anton Forsberg. Forsberg made a sensational stop on Charlie McAvoy with 4:34 to go when the charging Bru ..read more

Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves to tie for the NHL lead with six shutouts, Sam Reinhart scored his 54th goal and the Florida Panthers defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-0 on Thursday night. “The guys worked hard,” Bobrovsky said. Bobrovsky, who has 44 career shutouts, is tied with Arizona's Connor Ingram and Pittsburgh's Tristan Jarry for the most this season ..read more

Pursuing the Atlantic Division title, the Florida Panthers received an unexpected boost with the return of forward Carter Verhaeghe for Tuesday night's regular-season finale against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs. Verhaeghe, 28, wasn't expected back until Game 1 of the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs after suffering an upper-body injury April 1 against the Maple Leafs. Florida entered Tuesday one point behind the first-place Boston Bruins, who close out their regular season Tuesday at home against the Ottawa Senators ..read more