Matthew Tkachuk has been given a 5-minute major ... and his teammates won’t hesitate to protect him. But Cirelli was called for roughing while trying to defend Kucherov after the second-period ...

Matthew Tkachuk delivered an open-ice hit to Lightning's Jake Guentzel midway through the third period. The hit happened moments after Guentzel passed the puck over to forward Anthony Cirelli.

Anthony Cirelli scored an empty-net goal with five minutes to go to continue pile things on. Matthew Tkachuk hit Jake ...

FORT LAUDERDALE — The Lightning were perplexed by the news Sunday that Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk won ... had passed the puck to Anthony Cirelli to set up an empty-net goal.

Cirelli’s questionable status arose following ... series after laying an egg against the Cats in Game 1. The returning Matthew Tkachuk played inspired, scoring twice in the victorious effort ...

Aleksander Barkov and Sam Reinhart are named Selke Award finalists for defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers ...

The debate over Matthew Tkachuk’s hit on Jake Guentzel ... occurred just before Anthony Cirelli’s empty-net goal sealed a 5–1 win for Tampa Bay. The incident mirrored the earlier controversy ...

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 ...

Matthew Tkachuk made his long-awaited return to the lineup ... But the Lightning played the final 33:30 without center Anthony Cirelli, and it showed. There was no immediate word why the 27-year-old ...

Matthew Tkachuk made his long-awaited return ... But the Lightning played the final 33:30 without center Anthony Cirelli, and it showed. There was no immediate word why the 27-year-old center ...

They rebounded to finish in the top 10, so the Lightning know how to build themselves, and their penalty kill, back up ahead of Game 2 against the Florida Panthers at Amalie Arena on Thursday (6:30 ...