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.
It's official. The Florida Panthers are the NHL's new Sunshine State champion.
SUNRISE — The Florida Panthers have finally shed themselves of the Tampa Bay Lightning. And they did it in style on Monday night. Florida scored four times in the third period and steamrolled the Lightning 6-1 to close out the first-round series in Game 5.
Panthers center Carter Verhaeghe wouldn't be denied on Florida's first goal of Game 5 against the Lightning.
Watch the Florida Panthers face the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5 of the Round 1 in the 2023-24 NHL playoffs today, April 29, at 7:00 PM ET. The event will take place in the Amernat Bank Arena and here you can find information on how to watch it for free via live streaming.
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FORT LAUDERDALE — It is well documented how good the Florida Panthers have been on the road, but tonight, they are home for Game 5 when the Tampa Bay Lightning come to town.
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The Florida Panthers are still in firm control of their Round 1 series against the Tampa Bay Lightning, having a 3-1 series lead. They almost completed the comeback in Game 4, but the Lightning scored a couple of late third-period goals to put the game to bed.
It had been three weeks since the Florida Panthers had lost a game, but they seem to be handling Saturday’s Game 4 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning quite well.
If Paul Maurice was upset with his Florida Panthers for their less-than-enthusiastic performance Saturday, he didn’t show it afterward. Instead, Maurice preferred to focus on the positives but mentioned the negatives and what was needed to correct the flaws.
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.
TAMPA — For the first three games of their playoff series against the Florida Panthers and goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, one could see the frustration of the Tampa Bay Lightning mounting.
TAMPA — Brandon Montour made a statement and defended his good friend and Florida Panthers teammate Nick Cousins after their Game 3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night.
TAMPA — Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice did not seem too upset following his team’s Game 4 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday evening. He just wanted to escape a very warm press workroom where his press conference was being held.
TAMPA — The Florida Panthers expected the Tampa Bay Lightning to come out Saturday as if its season depended on it. Not sure the Panthers were actually completely ready for what Tampa brought, however.
The Lightning are on the brink of elimination, trailing the Florida Panthers 3-0 in the Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.
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The Florida Panthers were in firm control of their Round 1 series against the Tampa Bay Lightning heading into Game 3 last night. But they now smell blood
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