The Florida Panthers closed out their first-round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning with a 6-3 road win in Game 5 on ...

Nikita Kucherov is one of the best hockey players in the world. He's a perennial 100-point player who has only gotten better ...

The Canadiens' youth will be a problem for the NHL for years, but the impact of their veterans must be considered as the ...

It's not very often that you see two players from the same organization in the finalist announcement for individual accolades ...

The Florida Panthers made it all look inevitable and unpreventable by the end Wednesday, the way the best teams do, as if by ...

The Florida Panthers made it all look inevitable and unpreventable by the end Wednesday, the way the best teams do, as if by the end there was nothing Tampa Bay could do to shake its fate. Related ...

Lightning coach Jon Cooper tipped his cap after the Panthers eliminated his team in five games, saying, "It was our turn for a while. Now it's theirs." ...

John Romano | This was a very good team but, for the second year in a row, it could not put a scare into the Panthers.

With a 6-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Panthers advance to the second round of the playoffs for the fourth straight ...

Tampa Bay is knocked out of the playoffs in the first round for a third straight season, including twice by Florida.

Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov (16) and Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Mitchell Chaffee (41) go after the puck ...

Florida will continue its Stanley Cup defense in the second round of the playoffs against the winner of the Toronto-Ottawa ...