The Florida Panthers have won the Battle of Florida in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Matthew Tkachuk and his team eliminated the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5 on Monday with a 6-1 win.
For the first time in franchise history, the Florida Panthers went into the playoffs and slayed their personal dragon in the cross-state rival Tampa Bay Lightning.
Matthew Tkachuk scored twice, including an empty-net goal to ice the game, as the visiting Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 Thursday to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference playoff series.
The Florida Panthers got two goals from Matthew Tkachuk and defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Thursday (April 25) to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their playoff series.
We move on to a fresh day of postseason action. The NHL has one more game than the NBA tonight, so why don't we just give our full attention to the ice here?
To start off the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Matthew Tkachuk found yet another way to be a hero in the final minutes of a game. With the Tampa Bay Lightning pressing with an empty net at 6-on-5, Tkachuk was out there making big plays in his own zone.
FORT LAUDERDALE — The Florida Panthers may not have won the Stanley Cup last summer, but there is no doubt who the star of the playoffs was in 2023: Matthew Tkachuk.
Two names on Sunday seem to be primed for prop production. Two players, three bets each, let's go. YB's NHL expert Griffin Carroll loves Florida's offense to get things going at home vs. Tampa Bay.
This series is being dubbed the battle for Florida; which team will come out victorious, the Panthers or the Lightning? After clinching the Atlantic Division title, Florida is set up for an in-state rivalry in round one.
For just the third time ever, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Florida Panthers are set to face off in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. All three have happened in the last four seasons.
The Florida Panthers are in a much different place than they were the last time their cross-state rival Tampa Bay Lightning sent them packing for the summer.
The Calgary Flames will not be partaking in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs and tomorrow’s game versus the San Jose Sharks will be their last of the season.
If Matthew Tkachuk actually used a calendar, the Florida Panthers star said he would have circled their game with the Boston Bruins with a big red marker.
The Florida Panthers are legitimate contenders heading into the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. One major reason for this is the emergence of superstar forward Matthew Tkachuk.
The Florida Panthers announced Tuesday that forwards Carter Verhaeghe and Matthew Tkachuk won’t play in their Tuesday night game against the Montreal Canadiens, according to the club’s social media.
Matthew Tkachuk and the Florida Panthers have taken pride in their ability to lock things down on opponents, especially when holding a late lead. In Florida’s past two losses, both the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins were able to comeback on the Panthers in the third period following go-ahead goals from Carter Verhaeghe.
The world was shocked when Matthew Tkachuk got traded to the Florida Panthers in a blockbuster deal several seasons ago. The deal saw long-time Panthers Jonathan Huberdeau and Mackenzie Weegar move to the Calgary Flames in exchange.
Let's go to the Florida Panthers offense against the Detroit Red Wings for one simple NHL read tonight.
The Florida Panthers are riding a wave in 2024. They sit second in the Atlantic Division with a 26-12-2 record and 54 points, just two points behind the Boston Bruins for first place, and they will look to extend their winning streak to nine games against the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.
Let's take a look at what the Panthers are thankful for.
Tkachuk still feels the pain of his team's Stanley Cup Final loss as he works toward getting healthy and trying to help the Panthers get back to the Final.
Matthew Tkachuk needed help getting out of bed and getting dressed due to a fractured sternum suffered in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals, before ultimately playing in Game 4 on Saturday.
Matthew Tkachuk was unable to play in the deciding Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on Tuesday night, and now we know why.
When Matthew Tkachuk was ruled out for the Panthers as they faced elimination in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final Tuesday, it was clear something was seriously wrong.
The Panthers may have to go into Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final without superstar forward Matthew Tkachuk, who did not practice on Monday.
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