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.
Florida's two NHL franchises are moving in opposite directions.
Brayden Point scored 2:49 into overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 5-4 victory over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.
With the baseball season coming to an end tonight, it's time to shift focus towards the NHL, where things are just starting to heat up.
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.
Florida general manager Dale Tallon has selective amnesia. To him, how things went for the Panthers last season is no longer worth talking about or even remembering.
Jared McCann scored three goals to help the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 in an exhibition game Thursday night.
The Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning, along with the NHL and the NHL Players Association are donating $2.7 million to Hurricane Irma relief efforts.
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.
Investigators identified 11 robberies and 6 grand thefts in the span between October 2025 and May 2026 in the Intracoastal District, near NW 6th Avenue and 152nd Street, that the four subjects carried out.
Misdemeanor battery charges have been dropped against Dallas Wings star Arike Ogunbowale, according to an ESPN report.
Pete Alonso hit a three-run homer, Adley Rutschman had two RBI doubles, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Miami Marlins 7-4 on Wednesday night.
Bain returned to his elementary school to fund and revamp the Eagle Engagement Arena, a space dedicated as a reward room for students who excel in class
A former cellmate has previously claimed that the note was written by Epstein after a failed suicide attempt less than a month before his death.
Investigators identified 11 robberies and 6 grand thefts in the span between October 2025 and May 2026 in the Intracoastal District, near NW 6th Avenue and 152nd Street, that the four subjects carried out.
Misdemeanor battery charges have been dropped against Dallas Wings star Arike Ogunbowale, according to an ESPN report.
Pete Alonso hit a three-run homer, Adley Rutschman had two RBI doubles, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Miami Marlins 7-4 on Wednesday night.
Bain returned to his elementary school to fund and revamp the Eagle Engagement Arena, a space dedicated as a reward room for students who excel in class
A former cellmate has previously claimed that the note was written by Epstein after a failed suicide attempt less than a month before his death.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
A former cellmate has previously claimed that the note was written by Epstein after a failed suicide attempt less than a month before his death.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is being questioned Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee as part of its investigation related to Jeffrey Epstein.
The FDA announced its first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers, a major policy shift after months of appeals to President Trump from the vaping industry.
The attack came a day after U.S. forces struck an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing two people.
Iranian vessels fired on U.S. ships guiding vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in the U.S. sinking several small Iranian boats.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Three passengers have been evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, as related cases are confirmed in Switzerland and South Africa.
The FDA announced its first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers, a major policy shift after months of appeals to President Trump from the vaping industry.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
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Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.