Things got chippy in the Stanley Cup Final late in Game 3 when the Florida Panthers were well on their way to blowing out the Edmonton Oilers and taking a 2-1 series lead

The Florida Panthers are two wins away from becoming the fifth Stanley Cup champion in the past six years from a U.S. state with no income tax. The run has made taxes something of a hot topic around the league.

The Panthers certainly know what that's like. As Maurice brought up, they had that demoralizing loss in Game 4 of last season's Cup Final when they should have been riding a wave of momentum from opening the series with three straight wins and being on the brink of a championship.

There’s a giant, gold-outlined rat emblazoned on the hat that dangles in Brad Marchand’s locker. The scrappy NHL veteran has been likened to the tiny rodent for much of his career, notoriously known as “The Rat” among hockey fans.

Somebody at Amerant Bank Arena put a new twist on Panthers fans’ rat-throwing tradition, attaching what appeared to be a bottle full of ketchup to the rat to simulate blood — and maybe get

Brad Marchand was left impressed by one of his Panthers teammates in Florida's Game 3 win over the Oilers Monday night.