Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 shots and the Tampa Bay Lightning came back to beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 to cut their deficit in the first-round series to 2-1.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 shots and the Tampa Bay Lightning came back to beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 Saturday to cut their deficit in the first-round series to 2-1. Tampa Bay’s offense came alive,

The Lightning turned the deficit into a rout in Game 3, beating the Panthers 5-1 Saturday and tightening the series to 2-1.

Just two games on Monday night for the NHL playoffs, with Game 4 in the battle for Florida, and Avs-Stars tied heading into Game 5.

The Florida Panthers look to tighten their grip on their first-round NHL Playoffs series with the Tampa Bay Lightning with Game 3 on Saturday on their home ice.

My Lightning vs. Panthers picks are targeting Jake Guentzel to stay hot in the best NHL picks on Monday, April 28. The Tampa Bay Lightning played arguably their worst game of the series in Game 3 but came away with a 5-1 win. They were outshot 34-22 but Andrei Vasilevskiy was on his game in a much-needed bounceback effort.

The debate over Matthew Tkachuk’s hit on Jake Guentzel during Game 3 of the series between the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning spilled into Saturday night. First, Lightning head coach John Cooper clapped back at his counterpart on the Panthers bench using Paul Maurice's own words during the postgame media availability.

Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk will not face any further discipline for his hit on Tampa Bay Lightning's Jake Guentzel, according to ESPN's Emily Kaplan. The hit occurred during Game 3 of the teams' Eastern Conference first-round series on Sunday,

Florida's Matthew Tkachuk was penalized for hitting Tampa Bay's Jake Guentzel late. Brandon Hagel was suspended for a similar hit. Could Tkachuk be?