Aaron Ekblad defended his headshot on Brandon Hagel Wednesday after completing his two-game suspension for elbowing the Tampa Bay Lightning star.

Since the start of the 2023 postseason, Florida has gone 18-8 in road playoff games. The Panthers went 8-4 in 2023 and 7-4 in 2024 away from home ice on their way to reaching the Stanley Cup Final ...

The Florida Panthers will face the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the second time in ...

The Lightning forward expected retribution for his Game 2 hit on Aleksander Barkov, but Aaron Ekblad targeting his head was ...

Brandon Hagel’s postseason came to an abrupt end in Game 4 of the Lightning’s first-round series against the Florida Panthers ...

Brandon Hagel was assessed a five-minute major and suspended one game after his hit against Aleksander Barkov midway through ...

Teams that lead 3-1 in a best-of-7 series have an all-time series record of 317-32 (.908). The Lightning are 16-13 all-time ...

For the second consecutive season, the Panthers beat the Lightning in five games in the Battle of Florida. Here's why.

The Panthers have a chance to eliminate the Lightning on Wednesday night but they’ll be doing so without defenseman Aaron ...

A game changing announcement was just made effecting Brad Marchand and the Florida Panthers in elimination game ...

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brandon Hagel, in his return from suspension, left after a high hit from Aaron Ekblad. Ekblad ...

No penalty was called when Ekblad hit Hagel in the chin with his right elbow and forearm with just under nine minutes left in ...