Florida coach Paul Maurice doesn’t need any reminders going into these playoffs of what games between the Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning mean to both teams. It’s Us vs. Them. Them vs. Us. The battle of Florida. Tampa Bay and Florida meet in Round 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Florida Panthers head coach Paul Maurice , right, talks with assistant coach Tuomo Ruutu, left, during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres, Saturday, April 13, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. Tampa Bay Lightning ’s Nikita Kucherov celebrates his 100th assist of the season with Brandon Hagel and Mitchell Chaffee , during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
It’s Us vs. Them. Them vs. Us. The battle of Florida. Tampa Bay and Florida meet in Round 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The series starts Sunday on the Panthers’ home ice in Sunrise, about a four-hour drive from Tampa. It’s the third Lightning-Panthers series, all coming in the last four years, with Tampa Bay winning the first one 4-2 in 2021 and then sweeping Florida in 2022.
It’s been either Tampa Bay or Florida representing the Eastern Conference in the Stanley Cup Final in each of the last four years. The Lightning won back-to-back Cups in 2020 and 2021, adding those to the one they won in 2004 — while the Panthers are still waiting for their first title.
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