Matthew Tkachuk has further ignited the hatred in the Battle of Florida. We all know the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning do not like each other, and it's made for a tremendous start to ...

Aaron Ekblad leveled Brandon Hagel with a high hit near the boards midway through the second period, catching the Lightning ...

“Obviously, the timing of the hit, it’s 4-1 and we’re about to make it 5-1 and Tkachuk goes out of his way to hit Guentzel,” Lightning captain Victor Hedman said on Sunday. “But that’s ...

2025 Lightning captain Victor Hedman argued that the timing of Tkachuk’s hit, with the Lightning well ahead in the game and only five minutes remaining, mattered. “We’re up 4-1 and about to ...

Tkachuk’s hit drew the ire of multiple Lightning players, including captain Victor Hedman. He told reporters following the game, including Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times, that the ...

SUNRISE — It was not a brutal hit. More like a glancing blow ... including the Lightning's Darren Raddysh (43), Victor Hedman (77) and Mitchell Chaffee (41), and the Panthers' Niko Mikkola ...

After Hagel’s hit on Barkov, you better believe there ... In the dying seconds, he made a save on Victor Hedman to seal the win. Watch the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Sportsnet The NHL's best ...

Perhaps Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk’s early hit in Game 1 set the tone that ... missing two empty nets and taking two bad penalties. • Victor Hedman has only one point through two games.

Victor Hedman had shown signs of decline in his defensive ... and even though Hughes did not hit that because of time missed due to injury, he’s shown in back-to-back seasons that he might ...

However, the league views Tkachuk's hit as different than Hagel's because of less force, no head contact, and because Guentzel played the puck, Friedman noted.Guentzel wasn't injured on the play.

Tampa Bay Lightning star Brandon Hagel received a five-minute major for interference during Game 2 for his late hit on Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov. He was handed a one-game ...

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brandon Hagel was suspended for one game on Friday for his hit that caused Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov to leave Game 2 of their playoff series.