But each year with the Panthers, Lomberg saw his role increase more and more. He became an everyday player in the 2022-23 season and was integral during both of Florida’s runs to the Stanley Cup Final, including winning it all last season.

Ryan Lomberg spent the last four seasons with the Florida Panthers before returning to the Calgary Flames, his original team, as a free agent last summer. Lomberg and the Flames were in Tampa Bay to play the Lightning on Thursday.

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots for his 47th career shutout, Jonah Gadjovich and Evan Rodrigues got second-period goals, and the Florida Panthers beat the Calgary Flames 3-0.

Ryan Lomberg was back at Amerant Bank Arena on Friday afternoon, gearing up for today’s game between the Calgary Flames and Florida Panthers. One of the first thing he wanted to see in the building he called home for the previous four seasons was the 2024 Stanley Cup championship banner hanging high above center ice.

The Florida Panthers were not about to get goalied against the Calgary Flames on Saturday. Dan Vladar did try his best. Florida controlled the game from start to finish and got a couple in the second to beat the Flames 3-0 for its third straight win and eighth in the past 10 games.

The Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning may not first come to mind when talking about the great rivalries in sports, but don’t tell that to Ryan Lomberg. Lomberg won a Stanley Cup last ...

The Flames hold an all-time 26-12-3-3 record against the Panthers. When playing them in Florida, Calgary has a 12-6-2-2 record. Yegor Sharangovich is five goals away from 100 and eight assists away from 100 in his career. The Flames have opened the scoring in 32 games this season.

Standing tall over his last eight starts, Bobrovsky is 6-2-0 with a .928 save percentage.

• A mid-December meeting between the Panthers and the host Flames was a nice early Christmas present for the home side of the Cup champs. The 3-0 victory saw Wolf record a 32-save shutout, while Nazem Kadri, Blake Coleman and Mikael Backlund tallied for the Flames.

Florida will look to make it three straight wins overall when they host the Calgary Flames on Saturday afternoon at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise. This will be the second meeting of the season between the Panthers and Flames.

Had nothing to do with the game, but the ovation Flames forward Ryan Lomberg got during his welcome-back video from the Panthers to commemorate his role in Florida’s Stanley Cup win was impressive.