Author: Kristie Delisi

3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Carolina Hurricanes Game 1 | 05/20/2025

The Panthers didn’t look any worse for wear coming out of a Game 7 and jumping right into another series two days later. In fact, they did to Carolina what they’d just finished doing to Toronto, taking a win in dominant fashion while on the opponent’s home ice. With a final 5-2 score, Florida comfortably […]

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3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Toronto Maple Leafs Game 7 | 05/18/2025

Game 6 was a disappointing performance from the Cats. They had the chance to close out the series on home ice, but instead got shut out by a strong showing from the Leafs. Florida more than responded in Game 7 and, for the second time this series, beat Toronto 6-1 in the Leafs’ barn. Tkachuk […]

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3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Toronto Maple Leafs Game 5 | 05/14/2025

The mission was to go into Toronto and get the win to take a 3-2 series lead. The Panthers accomplished this mission well on Wednesday night. The Cats put up a statement win after four extremely tight games, taking Game 5 in a 6-1 victory. They were a minute and six seconds away from a […]

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3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Toronto Maple Leafs Game 4 | 05/11/2025

That was a match that was Florida Panther hockey from start to finish. The Cats came into home ice down 0-2 and needed to win both games at home to get back into the series. Florida rose to the occasion, took the 2-0 shutout win on Sunday, and tied the series 2-2 heading into Game […]

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3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Toronto Maple Leafs Game 3 | 05/09/2025

Everything that could’ve gone wrong in Toronto did go wrong. Every fluke bounce went for the Leafs, Florida’s defense not doing as good of a job as it could, Bob letting in goals that fans know he could stop, and officiating that could be called questionable at best. Both games up north were winnable for […]

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Florida Panthers vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 2025 Series Preview

Florida fans saw the video making the rounds online ahead of the Leafs’ Game 4 with an all too familiar chant: “We want Florida.” Well, you wanted Florida, you got Florida. The Cats dispatched the Lightning in five games, with all games ending in regulation, while the Senators took the Leafs to a Game 6, […]

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Florida and Tampa Bay shake hands after the conclusion of Game 5.

Florida Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Lightning 2025 Series Recap

Florida is who some feared they are, a sleeping playoff monster awaiting the playoffs to defend their Championship Title. The majority of analysts picked the Lightning to win the series in as few as five games or as many as seven, and the Cats proved them all wrong once again. The Panthers broke open games […]

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Lundell celebrates his goal with his teammates on the bench.

3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Tampa Bay Game 5 | 04/30/2025

Jon Cooper took the words right out of my mouth: “They have an exceptional team. Not just an average team, an exceptional team.” Down a defenseman in Aaron Ekblad, who got a two-game suspension for his hit on Hagel in Game 4, Florida was back to its Game 1 & 2 defensive pairings. The Panthers […]

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Big celebration from Lundell, Schmidt, and Marchand on the first goal of the game.

3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Tampa Bay Game 4 | 04/28/2025

The match was so over until it wasn’t. After a scoreless first period, the next two periods had three goals each. The Cardiac Cats were out in full force as they spent much of the game trailing by one goal until the defense came back in full force offensively to give the Panthers the lead […]

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Bobrovsky makes a save while Mikkola defends against Point.

3 Takeaways from the Florida Panthers & Tampa Bay Lightning Game 2 | 04/24/2025 

Tempers flared and boiled over in Game 2 at Amalie Arena. The Panthers took a strong 2-0 series lead on the back of stellar defense that suffocated the Lightning’s offense. Florida fans, while happy with the win, are far more concerned with the status of Barkov, who took a dirty hit from Hagel in the […]

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