NHL Twitter reacts as Florida Panthers thwart Tampa Bay Lightning in 7-1 win

The Florida Panthers thrashed the Tampa Bay Lightning in a 7-1 victory at home in the FLA Live Arena on Monday (February 6) night.The game looked close up until the second half of the second period when Nikita Kucherov brought one back for the Lightning, making it 1-2. The Panthers, though, took over for the rest of the game, scoring five unanswered goals.NHL Twitter reacted to the Panthers' onslaught against Tampa Bay:Charlie ND 🇨🇦@charliefrom6@FlaPanthers I speak for all hockey fans when I say that the Panthers are the best hockey team in the state of Florida!@FlaPanthers I speak for all hockey fans when I say that the Panthers are the best hockey team in the state of Florida!&quot;Massive 7-1 victory for Florida Panthers over the Tampa Bay Lightning. And THAT is how you return from the All Star break !&quot; tweeted AdamReid_Adam Reid@AdamReid_Massive 7-1 victory for Florida Panthers over the Tampa Bay Lightning And THAT is how you return from the All Star break ! 91Massive 7-1 victory for Florida Panthers over the Tampa Bay Lightning And THAT is how you return from the All Star break ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️🌴🌴🌴 https://t.co/8USoNpfcHzJamal 'I dislike Paul Maurice' Givens@devon__305The sunshine state is red. What a huge win for the Florida Panthers. Mr. Number One BS, take the L back to HiLLsborough County. 🤣🤣🤣🤣2The sunshine state is red. What a huge win for the Florida Panthers. Mr. Number One BS, take the L back to HiLLsborough County. 🤣🤣🤣🤣&quot;Panthers win a dominating game against Tampa off a 5 point night from Matthew Tkachuk. FINAL: 7-1 Florida.That’s 800 career wins for Paul Maurice&quot; tweeted @ABaumgartner91Alex Baumgartner@ABaumgartner91Panthers win a dominating game against Tampa off a 5 point night from Matthew Tkachuk FINAL: 7-1 Florida That’s 800 career wins for Paul Maurice102Panthers win a dominating game against Tampa off a 5 point night from Matthew Tkachuk FINAL: 7-1 Florida That’s 800 career wins for Paul Maurice&quot;The Panthers start the second half with an absolute beatdown. Matthew Tkachuk had five points and Florida got its most lopsided victory of the season. It's the best win of the year for the Panthers.&quot; - tweetedDBWilson2David Wilson@DBWilson2The Panthers start the second half with an absolute beatdown. Matthew Tkachuk had five points and Florida got its most lopsided victory of the season. It's the best win of the year for the Panthers. miamiherald.com/sports/nhl/flo…71The Panthers start the second half with an absolute beatdown. Matthew Tkachuk had five points and Florida got its most lopsided victory of the season. It's the best win of the year for the Panthers. miamiherald.com/sports/nhl/flo…Kyle Greene@kgreene829WHAT A GAME PANTHERS WIN 7-1 FLORIDA RUNS THROUGH SUNRISEWHAT A GAME PANTHERS WIN 7-1 FLORIDA RUNS THROUGH SUNRISE&quot;Panthers with back-to-back wins against Boston and Tampa. It’s the seventh time they’ve won consecutive games this season, but have yet to win three straight. Florida now 9-4-2 in their past 15 games, the last six of which their goalie of record was neither Bob nor Knight.&quot; tweeted DavidDworkDavid Dwork@DavidDworkPanthers with back-to-back wins against Boston and Tampa. It’s the seventh time they’ve won consecutive games this season, but have yet to win three straight. Florida now 9-4-2 in their past 15 games, the last six of which their goalie of record was neither Bob nor Knight.348Panthers with back-to-back wins against Boston and Tampa. It’s the seventh time they’ve won consecutive games this season, but have yet to win three straight. Florida now 9-4-2 in their past 15 games, the last six of which their goalie of record was neither Bob nor Knight.&quot;PANTHERSSSSS WINNN! A 7-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning to smoke them out of Sunrise!!! LETS GOOOO!!!! WHAT A GAME! WHAT A PLAYER TKACHUK IS!!!&quot; tweeted FlaPantherfpflapanthersfp@FlaPanthersfpPANTHERSSSSS WINNN! A 7-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning to smoke them out of Sunrise!!! LETS GOOOO!!!! WHAT A GAME! WHAT A PLAYER TKACHUK IS!!! #timetohunt2PANTHERSSSSS WINNN! A 7-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning to smoke them out of Sunrise!!! LETS GOOOO!!!! WHAT A GAME! WHAT A PLAYER TKACHUK IS!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #timetohuntFlorida Panthers win Battle of FloridaThe winner of the game has been crowned the kings of Florida. The Panthers not only won but did so in overwhelming fashion against the Tampa Bay Lightning.Carter Verhaeghe opened the scoring for the Panthers with the only goal in the first period. Sam Bennett netted the second, with an assist for the 2023 NHL All-Star Game MVP Matthew Tkachuk, making it two assits for him in the game.Nikita Kucherov scored the only goal for Tampa Bay Lightning, which came early in the second period. Matthew Tkachuk and Eetu Luostarinen rounded off the second period, making it 4-1 for the Panthers.Eric Staal scored his first goal for the Florida Panthers early in the third period. Verhaeghe and Tkachuk both scored their second of the night to cap off a thunderous display by the Panthers.Matthew Tkachuk added 5 points to his tally, thanks to his two goals and three assists in the game.

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