You could argue that the tone for the series was set in the first period of Game 1, when Tkachuk took out Kucherov and was ...

Panthers coach Paul Maurice and Lightning coach Jon Cooper have much in common besides having their names etched onto the ...

Tampa Bay Lightning center Anthony Cirelli (71) knocks the helmet off of Florida Panthers center Sam Reinhart (13) during the ...

Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman J.J. Moser (90) checks Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov (16) into the boards during ...

The Florida Panthers host the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round of the NHL Playoffs with a 2-1 lead in the series.

The previous day, Maurice had tersely answered a question about putting bodies on Nikita Kucherov by referencing Brandon Hagel’s brutal ... She thought it was really funny.” ...

He remembered exactly what Maurice said when Tampa Bay's Brandon Hagel hit Florida's Aleksander ... the Panthers' camp thought Cooper's line was funny and well-delivered. Among them was Michelle ...

Maurice on Friday had quipped that the only players the Panthers hit during a game “are the ones that have pucks” — a veiled shot at Lightning forward Brandon Hagel, who had a late hit away ...