tampa bay last won the stanley cup in 2010.
when did tampa bay last win the stanley cup?
2010
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this was the third playoff meeting between these teams with tampa bay winning both previous series. they last met in the 2011 eastern conference semifinals, which tampa bay won in a four-game sweep. also since 2011, this was the first conference final between two division champions. this was the lightning's fifth appearance in the conference finals, and their third in the last four seasons. tampa bay last went to the conference finals in 2016; they lost to the pittsburgh penguins in seven games. this was washington's third conference finals appearance. they last made the conference finals in 1998; they defeated the buffalo sabres in six games. tampa bay won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.
2018 stanley cup playoffs