Lightning Strikes Twice: Tampa Bay Repeats As Stanley Cup Champion
Quieting the din inside Amalie Arena for just a moment, Gary Bettman looked over to the Tampa Bay Lightning and reached back into the dark days of the pandemic perhaps one last time.
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Quieting the din inside Amalie Arena for just a moment, Gary Bettman looked over to the Tampa Bay Lightning and reached back into the dark days of the pandemic perhaps one last time.
Alex Killorn scored a pair of second-period goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning rebounded from its first postseason loss to rout the Florida Panthers 6-2 and take a commanding 3-1 lead in the first-round Central Division playoff matchup on Saturday.
The first-ever playoff game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers could be tough to top. Or perhaps it's just a taste of what's to come in their opening-round Sunshine State series. The defending champion Lightning take a 1-0 lead into Game 2 Tuesday night at 8 p.m. in Sunrise.
The yells from the bench could be heard in the empty arena in the final seconds and the roar from players when Commissioner Gary Bettman called for Steven Stamkos to accept the Stanley Cup echoed even louder.
The Tampa Bay Lightning scored three power-play goals in a 6-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Monday night.
The Panthers beat their Florida rivals for the first time in nearly two years.
The Florida Panthers opened the season with a 5-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night.
If the Florida Panthers are going to climb back into the Eastern Conference playoff race, games like Sunday night have to be few and extremely far between.
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Brayden Point scored 2:49 into overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 5-4 victory over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.
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The Florida Panthers will look to bring their record to .500 on Monday night when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning in an important Atlantic Division matchup.
Steven Stamkos set up the go-ahead goal in his return from a right knee injury and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 5-3 on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.
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Jared McCann scored three goals to help the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 in an exhibition game Thursday night.
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The Tampa Bay Lightning have battled through plenty of adversity to stay in the race for a playoff spot and likely must overcome more obstacles when they host the struggling Florida Panthers on Saturday.
Reilly Smith scored the go-ahead goal in the third period as the Florida Panthers defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 on Monday night.
Brayden Point scored the game-winning goal in the sixth round of a shootout, and the Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 on Tuesday.
The Florida Panthers look to build on a huge road victory when they take on the injury-plagued Lightning in Tampa Bay on Saturday in a battle for first place in the Atlantic Division.
For those who may have thought the Florida Panthers winning streak was a fluke, they need look no further than the past couple days.
It's currently a tale of two streaks for the Florida Panthers.
The Florida Panthers are doing something good for their namesake.
The Tampa Bay Lightning extended their season-long winning streak to five games, getting two goals from right winger Nikita Kucherov and holding off the Florida Panthers with a 3-1 win on Sunday night at Amalie Arena.
The Atlantic Division-leading Florida Panthers, who saw their 13-game point streak come to a crashing halt last time out, look to begin another run when they visit the surging Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday.
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