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Gameday 82: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning

This is it. The Florida Panthers (47-30-4) will do battle with the Tampa Bay Lighting (46-26-8) tonight at Amalie Arena in the season finale for the Cats and the penultimate game for the Bolts, who will face the New York Rangers on Thursday. The Panthers opened its season-ending back-to-back with a disappointing 5-3 loss to the Rangers in its final home game of the regular season.

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Panthers get carved up in 5-1 loss to Lightning

The Florida Panthers finished the 2024-25 regular season with a thud, falling 5-1 to the Tampa Bay Lightning in their season finale at Amalie Arena. Panther-killer Brayden Point scored a goal and added two assists and Art Ross-winner Nikita Kucherov had a goal and a helper for the black-clad Lightning, who despite the easy victory, will have to settle for second place in the Atlantic Division…

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Panthers will open playoffs on the road after 5-3 loss to Rangers

The Florida Panthers blew a two-goal lead and ended up dropping its home finale to the New York Rangers by a 5-3 count, meaning the Stanley Cup champs will open the playoffs on road, most likely against the hated Tampa Bay Lightning. Playing again at less than full strength, the Cats were fine for the first thirty-five minutes, building a 3-1 lead, but the Rangers were able to steal momentum…

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Thursday Caterwaul: Devine has two assists in big Checkers win

Oliver Okuliar scored twice and assisted on John Leonard’s game-opening goal as the Charlotte Checkers clinched a first-round bye in the Calder Cup playoffs with a 3-2 road win over the Hartford Wolf Pack. One of the Florida Panthers top prospects also had a big hand in the victory. Jack Devine, a seventh-round pick in 2022, made his AHL debut a memorable one, drawing the primary assist on…

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LBC’s 2025 NHL Playoff Predictions Contest: First Round

Alright Florida Panthers fans, the time has come to make your picks for the another edition of the Litter Box Cats playoff predictions contest. The contest is done round-by-round and there is an overall winner at the end of the playoffs, so make sure to get in at the beginning if you want to have a chance at ending up top Feline come July. We will again use a confidence pool set-up.

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Recapping the season-series split between the Panthers and Lightning

As the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning pause before doing battle in the postseason for the fourth time in five years, let’s take a look back at the regular season series between the two Sunshine State clubs, which ended a split with each team winning once at home and once on the road. Game 1: Panthers 4, Lightning 2 The season series began with a back-to-back on December 22 at…

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Saturday Caterwaul: Checkers win, NHL playoffs start tonight

The Charlotte Checkers posted a 4-2 win over the Springfield Thunderbirds in their next to last game of the season last night at MassMutual Center. Despite, the victory, the Checkers quest for first place in the Atlantic Division came to end as the Hershey Bears clinched the crown by beating the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins by the same score. Not that a big deal as the Checkers will…

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Monday Caterwaul: Leafs, Canes, Knights win openers

The home teams carried the day on Sunday with the Toronto Maple Leafs cruising to a 6-2 win over the Ottawa Senators; the Carolina Hurricanes posted a 4-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils; and the Vegas Golden Knights held off the Minnesota Wild for a 4-2 win at T-Mobile Center. Maple Leafs 6, Senators 2 Mitch Marner scored a goal and added two assists and former Florida Panthers…

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Sunday Caterwaul: Avalanche, Jets win playoff openers

A pretty passing play off a counter attack gave the Colorado Avalanche a two-goal lead that they padded late in a 5-1 road win over the Dallas Stars in Game 1 at American Airlines Center. After taking a crossing pass from Logan O’Connor, Josh Manson found defense partner Devon Toews driving to the cage and he tapped the pass past Jake Oettinger to give Colorado a 3-1 lead with 7:04 remaining in…

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Game One Gameday: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning

For the fourth time in five seasons, the Florida Panthers (47-31-4) will meet its cross-state rival in the playoffs when they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning (47-27-8) tonight in Game 1 at Amalie Arena. A late season swoon dropped the roster-ravaged Panthers from first to third place in the Atlantic Division to set up yet another Sunshine State showdown. Despite the fall, the Cats still managed…

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Tkachuk, yeah! Panthers cruise to 6-2 win over Lightning

Matthew Tkachuk made a triumphant return to the lineup, and the Florida Panthers cruised to a 6-2 victory over the overwhelmed Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 at Amalie Arena. Playing in his first tilt with the Panthers since February 8, Tkachuk scored two second period power-play goals and set up Nate Schmidt for another man-advantage marker to complete the scoring in the third…

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Game Two Gameday: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay

The Florida Panthers drew first blood in the latest postseason edition of the Sunshine State showdown with a one-sided 6-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 at Amalie Arena on Tuesday. Matthew Tkachuk sparked Florida’s power play to a perfect 3-for-3 performance by scoring twice and setting up Nate Schmidt’s second goal of the night in a rousing return to the lineup after missing the…

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Panthers grind out 2-0 Game 2 win over Lightning

Nate Schmidt’s third goal of the series and a 19-save effort from Sergei Bobrovsky carried the Florida Panthers to a gritty 2-0 win over the Tampa Bay LIghtning at Amalie Arena. Schmidt took a crossing pass from Sam Reinhart following an Aleksander Barkov faceoff win and his screaming one-timer caught Andrei Vasilveskiy moving to his left and beat him against the grain 4:15 into the contest.

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Game Three Gameday: Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay

Nate Schmidt’s goal 4:15 into the first period was all Sergei Bobrovsky needed to backstop the Florida Panthers to a tense 2-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 2 at Amalie Arena. Bobrovsky turned aside all 19 shots faced to post his fourth career shutout and Sam Bennett iced it with late empty-netter. Aleksander Barkov collected his third helper of the series, with his offensive zone…

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Panthers come undone in 5-1 loss to Lightning

The Florida Panthers wasted a strong start and ended up dropping a 5-1 decision to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 3 at Amerant Bank Arena on Saturday. Florida now leads the series two games to one. Back at full-strength for the first time in ages, the Cats opened the scoring 2:43 into the tilt. After Nick Paul knocked the puck back in the Lightning zone, Evan Rodrigues was able to settle the…

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Game Four Gameday: Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Despite playing its first playoff game at home since winning the Stanley Cup, and scoring first, the Florida Panthers were kind of lackluster in a 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 3 at Amerant Bank Arena. Jake Guentzel (1G/2A) and Nikita Kucherov (3A) were too much for the Panthers in the Saturday matinée that saw Lightning break open a tight game with three goals in the third period.

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Panthers take command of series with shocking 4-2 win over Lightning

Four minutes away from another home ice loss, the Florida Panthers finally generated the necessary burst to post a stunning 4-2 comeback win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 4 to take a three to one lead in the series. It was apropos that the defense that led the way, with Aaron Ekblad and Seth Jones scoring goals a franchise-record eleven seconds apart to turn near-defeat into glorious…

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Game Five Gameday: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning

The Florida Panthers pulled off a stunning late comeback in Monday’s 4-2 victory at Amerant Bank Arena that pushed the hated Tampa Bay Lightning to the brink of elimination. Down a goal with time running out, Aaron Ekblad went to the slot and was rewarded with a juicy rebound of Sam Reinhart’s shot from the right point. Ekblad calmly flicked the puck past Andrei Vasilevskiy glove with 3:47 left on…

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Luostarinen leads the way as Panthers bounce Lightning with 6-3 win in Game 5

The Florida Panthers joined the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs by eliminating the Tampa Bay Lightning with an impressive 6-3 win in Game 5 at Amalie Arena. In a game that played out stylistically unlike the previous four, the desperate Lightning got what they wanted most, an early lead, when Gage Gonclaves was in the right spot to…

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Friday Caterwaul: Panthers have a second-round opponent

Max Pacioretty snapped a tie with 5:39 remaining in regulation for the Toronto Maple Leafs, who knocked out the Ottawa Senators with a 4-2 win in Game 6 at Canadian Tire Centre. William Nylander notched his second goal of game into an empty net to ice it and Auston Matthew also scored for the Maple Leafs, who advance to face the Florida Panthers. Nylander assisted on Matthews’ game=opening power…

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