The Florida Panthers completed a sweep of the Carolina Hurricanes Thursday night. A stunner goal from standout Matthew Tkachuk that zipped in with four seconds left in regulation gave the Panthers their bid into the final series of the NHL season. The Panthers’ unprecedented run will now continue into the …
Read More »Maple Leafs Extend Series Lead Over Lightning to 3-1
A 5-4 comeback win in overtime extended the Toronto Maple Leafs’ series lead over the Tampa Bay Lightning to 3-1. Despite a series-opening win, the Lightning will face playoff elimination in game five on Thursday. Early Lightning Strikes Game four of the playoff series opened with Tampa Bay taking an …
Read More »Lightning Strike Maple Leafs in Game One Victory, 7-3
In what was a reversal of last year’s first round game one, the Tampa Bay Lightning cruised over the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-3 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto Tuesday night. The Lightning scored just over a minute into the game and were up quick 3-0 after the first period. Andrei …
Read More »Panthers Suffer 3-1 Playoff Loss to Bruins in Game One
The NHL playoffs kicked off Monday night with the first four games failing to disappoint. One of the bigger games of the night included the No. 1 seed Boston Bruins against the No. 8 seed Florida Panthers. The game ended in a 3-1 defeat for the Panthers. The Bruins had …
Read More »Panthers start Best of 7 Series against the Bruins
The quest for Lord Stanley’s Cup begins Monday night, as the Florida Panthers take on the Boston Bruins. The Panthers did just enough to get the final wild card spot in this year’s playoffs with 92 points. The Bruins won 65 games in a historic regular season for the team. …
Read More »A Look at the Tampa Bay Lightning Heading into the Postseason
As the NHL season winds down, the Tampa Bay Lightning will need to continue to tap into the magic they found on Tuesday night against the Metropolitan division leading Carolina Hurricanes in order to make some noise this postseason. The Bolts were able to snap a four-game losing-streak with a …
Read More »Tampa Bay Lightning Drop Game 3-2 to the Canadiens
The Tampa Bay Lightning lost on the road to the Canadiens Tuesday night, 3-2. Kirby Dach saw playing time for Montreal after being out for two months and scored the first goal of the game. Jonathan Drouin and Mike Matheson also scored for the Canadiens. Brayden Point and Pat Maroon …
Read More »Lightning Continue to Fight in the Atlantic Division
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 4-2-1 in the last 7 games and are three points behind the second-place Toronto Maple Leafs in the Atlantic Division. But are they true contenders in the Eastern Conference? Battle Tested Since beating the Flyers 5-2 two weeks ago, the Lightning have played a current …
Read More »Lightning Beat Flyers 5-2 to snap 5-game Losing Streak
The Tampa Bay Lightning was on a five-game losing streak before they had a five-goal night to enter the win column. Alex Killorn and Nikita Kucherov each had two goals and an assist. Ross Colton also tallied a goal and Mikhail Sergachev had two assists as well. Andrei Vasilevskiy made …
Read More »Panthers snap Lightning’s home point streak, Tampa drops game 4-1
The Florida Panthers defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning Tuesday night 4-1 at Amalie Arena. Tampa’s home point streak ends at 16 points as three goals were called back in the game: two to goalie interference and one to offsides. The month of February hasn’t treated the Bolts well as they …
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