If proximity leads to familiarity, the Chicago Blackhawks and Tampa Bay Lightning should be getting to know each other pretty well. They will meet for the second time in five days on Tuesday night, this time in Florida to cap their season series.

Each of the Panthers’ past seven games has either been decided by one goal or was a one-goal game until the winning team scored on an empty net.

It never hurts to head into Las Vegas feeling good about yourself, something the Florida Panthers did after a pitstop in San Jose. The thing about Vegas is, no matter how good you feel coming off the plane,

Up next for the Ducks are two games with the reigning Champions. Let's preview key themes ahead of their next 120 minutes with the Panthers.

The Tampa Bay Lightning return to Florida having received a little bit of everything on their three-game road trip, but now the attention turns to settling a score with a Western Conference club.

The Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Boston Bruins after Nikita Kucherov scored two goals in the Lightning's 5-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Tampa Bay Lightning's acquisition of star winger Jake Guentzel is paying off in spades, and the Bolts look like a team no one should want to face off against in the playoffs.

The Sharks now have six players on IR, tied with the Toronto Maple Leafs for the most in the league.

The Sharks now have six players on IR, tied with the Toronto Maple Leafs for the most in the league.

Not only has the job been an express route to becoming an NFL head coach — Dave Canales with the Panthers last year and Coen with the Jaguars on Friday — it comes with quarterback Baker Mayfield and stars at every turn. Regardless of who is calling the plays, the Bucs have plenty of playmakers.

After back-to-back wins over the weekend against the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Utah Hockey Club, the team sits in third place in the Atlantic Division and entrenched in a playoff spot a month before the trade deadline.

Knies netted a backhand with 23 seconds left in the second period and then found the back of the net again on a power play after Tampa Bay had trimmed Toronto’s lead to 3-2 in the third. The 22-year-old left winger now has 18 goals for the season, a career best.