The Pittsburgh Penguins just finished their 57th season with a 34-36-12 record, missing the Stanley Cup playoffs for the ...

It’s starting to feel like an annual tradition: Panthers vs. Lightning in the NHL playoffs, the battle of Florida, a matchup ...

and 2017 (Rangers). Meanwhile, the club won another three straight games from 2020 to 2022 before losing in overtime to the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2023 and then to the Islanders in 2024.

Tampa Bay beat Florida 4-1 in 2021 (on its way to a second consecutive Stanley Cup title) and swept the Panthers in 2022.

No U.S. state has made it to the title round in six straight years since New York saw the Rangers get there in 1979 and the Islanders in each of the following five seasons. Tampa Bay coach Jon ...