SERGEI BOBROVSKY

Paul Maurice’s journey toward becoming the new coach of the Florida Panthers included a fortuitous flick of the remote control, plus was aided by a college admissions department.

Nearly a month has passed since the Florida Panthers season ended in a very abrupt and shocking manner.

There will be a Presidents’ Trophy banner hanging over the Florida Panthers’ home ice next season.

The Florida Panthers are on the brink of getting swept out of the second round of the playoffs by the back-to-back defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning.

Steven Stamkos scored two goals and Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three assists and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 to move to the brink of another trip to the Eastern Conference final.

Ross Colton scored with just under four seconds remaining, giving the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Game 1 between the Panthers and Lightning will take place on Tuesday night at FLA Live Arena, with the puck dropping at 7 p.m.

The Florida Panthers found what made them the NHL's best regular-season team just in time to win the franchise's first playoff series in 26 years.

A season that was all about breaking down invisible barriers and rewriting the team's history books couldn't have ended without the more-than-overdue success bleeding into the postseason.

Sam Reinhart tied it late in regulation, Carter Verhaeghe scored his second of the game in overtime and the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Florida Panthers beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in Game 4 to tie the first-round series.

The pressure is squarely on the Florida Panthers, New York Rangers and Calgary Flames down two games to one in their respective first-round series.

The NHL playoffs are missing the close games and comebacks that seemingly comes annually with all the postseason intensity.

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The eight playoff teams in the Eastern Conference have been set since before the All-Star break.

Sam Reinhart and Gustav Forsling scored for the Panthers.

Brandon Montour scored 2:26 into overtime and the NHL-leading Florida Panthers extended their winning streak to a franchise-record 13 games by beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Saturday night.

Mason Marchment had a goal and an assist, including the game-winner.

Aleksander Barkov scored his 38th goal of the season and the Florida Panthers tied a franchise record with their 12th straight win, beating the Detroit Red Wings 5-2.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 24 saves to earn his fourth straight win and 37th of the season.

Between the franchise-best win and point totals, the utterly stacked roster, the skilled players added at the Trade Deadline, the growing crowds of energized fans at FLA Live Arena and the expectations of not only being a Stanley Cup contender, but a favorite to win it all, the Panthers have entered into a world never before seen by the franchise or its loyal supporters.

Defenseman Gus Forsling, Radko Gudas, Ben Chiarot and Brandon Montour each scored for Florida.

Jonathan Huberdeau recorded his 71st assist, setting a new NHL record for assists by a left winger.

Ethan Bear scored the game’s first goal with 5:40 left and Sebastian Aho added an empty-netter to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-0 on Thursday night.

Mason Marchment had a goal and an assist for the Panthers.

Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist for the Panthers.

Florida has won back-to-back games after a 15-day break and is 16-3-1 since Dec. 29.

Mason Marchment had two goals and four assists, tying a franchise record for points in a single game.

Carter Verhaeghe, Anton Lundell and Sam Bennett also scored for the Panthers.

Anthony Duclair, Jonathan Huberdeau and Aleksander Barkov scored for Florida.

Aleksander Barkov had two goals and an assist for the Panthers.

Sam Reinhart and Anton Lundell scored in the shootout, and the Florida Panthers continued their string of comebacks by rallying from three one-goal deficits to beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3.

Frank Vatrano scored twice and Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves to help the Panthers remain perfect at home.

Florida has a four-game winless streak (0-2-2) since starting the season 10-0-1.

Aleksander Barkov scored twice, Aaron Ekblad had a goal and assist, and Brandon Montour also scored for the Panthers.

Aleksander Barkov scored in overtime and the Florida Panthers — playing a day after coach Joe Quenneville resigned amid a sex scandal — beat Detroit 3-2 on Friday to run their season-opening winning streak to eight.

Owen Tippett also scored and Sam Reinhart had an empty-netter for Florida.

The 4-0-0 start is the best in Panthers history.

Speaking about becoming a dad for the first time on Wednesday, Bobrovsky discussed his first days of fatherhood that just happened to occur during the final days of Panthers training camp.

Aleksander Barkov and the Florida Panthers have agreed on an $80 million, eight-year contract extension with an annual cap hit of $10 million.

In South Florida, a growing group of Panthers players have been sharpening their skills at the team's practice facility ahead of training camp.

The New York Rangers locked up their goaltending by agreeing to sign Igor Shesterkin to a four-year $22.6 million contract.

The Florida Panthers entrusted their season to a rookie goalie making his playoff debut.

The amount of available tickets for Game Five has been raised to "just under" 75% of the building's 19,250 seats (when configured for hockey).

Alex Killorn scored a pair of second-period goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning rebounded from its first postseason loss to rout the Florida Panthers 6-2 and take a commanding 3-1 lead in the first-round Central Division playoff matchup.

Vegas Golden Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury has stopped 63 of 65 shots from the Minnesota Wild over the first two games of their West Division playoff series.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 32 shots, Steven Stamkos and Ondrej Palat had first-period goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 3-1 on Tuesday night to take a 2-0 lead in their Central Division first-round playoff series.

The first-ever playoff game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers could be tough to top.

Brayden Point scored two late goals, including the game-winner with 1:14 left in the third period, to lift the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning over the Florida Panthers 5-4 to take Game 1 of their playoff series.

There used to be a thing called the Governor’s Cup, a trophy presented to whichever team won the annual regular season series between the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning.

Florida improved to 8-2-1 in its last 11 and remained two points behind first-place Carolina in the Central Division.