Winning in the Stanley Cup playoffs and becoming a championship-capable team, Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said, is an art. It’s something that has to be learned. Turns out, the Lightning were good teachers.

Three years ago, during the second round of the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Florida Panthers saw their season mercifully end at the hands of their in-state rivals in the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Panthers’ high-flying,

Radio broadcaster Dave Mishkin recaps Tampa Bay's loss to Florida in Game 5 Congratulations to the Florida Panthers for advancing to the second round. They were the better team in this game. They were the better team in this series.