Pre-season, regular season, post-season. It doesn’t matter the season, the Tampa Bay Lighting and the Florida Panthers have played each other in all of them. There may not be two teams that know each other better in the NHL. For the second season in a row, and the fourth out of the last five, the two teams will meet in the post-season. For better or worse, whichever team has won the series, has gone on to represent the Eastern Conference in the Stanley Cup Final. The road to glory has gone through the swamps of Florida every season since 2020, and there is no reason to think this year will be any different.
Previewing the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers first-round series
