JUST IN: Florida Panthers Zoned with tough opponents in the second round of Stanley cup.

The Florida Panthers and National Hockey League announced today that the Panthers have advanced to the Second Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs after defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-1 in Game 5 of Round One. This is the third consecutive year the Panthers have advanced to the Second Round.

Territory Member presale for Second Round, Games 1, 2, 5* & 7* will begin Tuesday, April 30 at 10 a.m. with ‘93 Society subscriber’s presale access beginning Wednesday, May 1 at 10 a.m.

Single game tickets for Second Round, Games 1, 2, 5* & 7* will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, May 1 at 12 p.m. at SeatGeek.com.

The Panthers earned their first series win over their cross-state rival Tampa Bay Lightning, outscoring the Lightning 20-14. Carter Verhaeghe (5-4-9) and Matthew Tkachuk (3-6-9) led all skaters in the series with nine points, each registering at least one point in all five games of the series.

Stay tuned to FloridaPanthers.com for Second Round schedule announcement, activations, watch parties and more.

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Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves, Aleksander Barkov and Carter Carter Verhaeghe each had two goals and an assist, and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-1 in Game 5 on Monday night to clinch their first-round series and advance in the NHL playoffs.

Niko Mikkola had a goal and an assist, Evan Rodrigues also scored and Matthew Tkachuk had two assists for the Panthers, who won a playoff series against Tampa Bay for the first time in franchise history and clinched a post-season series at home for only the fourth time.

Florida bested Boston and Philadelphia on home ice in the first two rounds of the 1996 playoffs, then eliminated Carolina at home in last season’s Eastern Conference final en route to their second Stanley Cup final appearance.

Victor Hedman scored for the Lightning, which was eliminated in the first round for the second straight year after reaching the final three straight years. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 shots.

STARS 4 GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Stars’ Wyatt Johnston scored his third goal in two games, and Dallas beat the defending champion Vegas Golden Knights to even their first-round NHL playoffs series at two games apiece.

Evgenii Dadonov, Ty Dellandrea and Roope Hintz also scored for the Stars, and Jake Oettinger made 33 saves.

Michael Amadio and Jack Eichel had goals for the Golden Knights, and Logan Thompson stopped 28 shots. Eichel has scored goals in three consecutive games and has six points in this series.

Game 5 is Wednesday night in Dallas. The road team has won every game so far.

The Associated Press