SUNRISE, Fla. -- Aaron Ekblad and Seth Jones scored 11 seconds apart late in the third period, and the Florida Panthers rallied for a 4-2 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Amerant Bank Arena on Monday.

Here are 10 observations on a surprisingly one-sided first-round Stanley Cup playoff series. 1. This is almost certainly the end of the road for the Lightning as Stanley Cup contenders. Sure, coach Jon Cooper’s team still has Hall of Fame talent at three different levels.

The Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes meet in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Monday.

The Battle of Florida rages on. For the fourth time in the past five seasons, the Florida Panthers will be facing off in the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the cross-state rival Tampa Bay Lightning. Pursuing a third straight appearance to the Final,

The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Florida Panthers 5-1 on Saturday afternoon at Amerant Bank Arena, narrowing Florida's series lead to 2-1. The road team has won all three games in this tightly contested series. The Lightning's offense came alive in ...

The defending champion Florida Panthers ousted the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 in Game 5, wrapping up a convincing series win that bodes well for their repeat bid. The Panthers, healthy after dealing ...

including one that knocked Lightning 90-point scorer Brandon Hagel from Game 4. The elbow to the head earned Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad a two-game suspension. Tampa Bay tried to hold its own ...

Aaron Ekblad tied the game with 3:47 to go in the third period and 11 seconds later, Seth Jones sent a point shot past Andrei Vasilevskiy for the game-winner.

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ALIE SKOWRONSKI | Miami Herald ] SUNRISE — Lightning fans could be forgiven for thinking their team was cooked after it fell into a two-game hole against the Panthers. But Tampa Bay never goes ...

But in the end, the same Toronto Maple Leafs core who lost six straight Game 7s lost their seventh in a row in a humiliating 6-1 defeat to the Florida Panthers. And they got there in a similar fashion as they have in the past: Over the span of six minutes and 24 seconds in the second period,