The Boston Bruins escaped blowing a 3-1 series lead in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs by beating the Toronto Maple Leafs with a 2-1 overtime victory in Game 7. Now, the Bruins can exact revenge against the

Aleksander Barkov and Carter Verhaeghe each produced two goals and one assist as the host Florida Panthers eliminated the Tampa Bay Lightning with a 6-1 victory in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series Monday night in Sunrise. After two

The Florida Panthers are one win from eliminating the Tampa Bay Lightning from the playoffs for the first time in the franchises’ histories. The Lightning won the rivals’ two previous playoff encounters in 2021 and 2022. Though Florida leads the

The Florida Panthers are one victory away from ending their first-round Eastern Conference playoffs in as little time as possible. The Atlantic Division champions won 5-3 Thursday night over the Tampa Bay Lightning on the state’s Gulf Coast and put

Matthew Tkachuk scored twice, including an empty-net goal to ice the game, as the visiting Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 Thursday to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference playoff series. After Nick Paul

Florida Panthers forward Kyle Okposo will play in the postseason for the first time in eight years on Thursday when he takes the ice for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference first-round series versus the host Tampa Bay Lightning. Okposo,

The Florida Panthers defended home ice with an overtime victory on Tuesday. Now it’s up to the Tampa Bay Lightning to try and match it. The best-of-seven Eastern Conference playoff series shifts to Tampa for Game 3 on Thursday night,

Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett will be sidelined at least one week with an upper-body injury, coach Paul Maurice said Wednesday. Bennett sustained the injury early in the second period of the Panthers’ 3-2 overtime victory over the Tampa Bay