Major honours
Phil Esposito's 1992 Florida expansion team struggled early in a converted baseball stadium. A first title came in 2004 with a Game 7 win over Calgary, 2–1 — then a lockout erased the next entire season. A second peak grew around Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman, and goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy. Sixty-two wins in 2018–19 tied Detroit's record yet ended in a first-round sweep by Columbus — the first Presidents' Trophy winner swept in round one. Back-to-back titles in 2020 and 2021 answered that humiliation, with a third straight Final in 2022. Kucherov's 144 points in 2023–24 were the highest season total since 1995–96.
Record comparison
Bars are scaled to the strongest team in this list.
Club legends
Rivalry
The Battle of Florida with the Panthers became the league's fiercest feud once both teams reached the top in the 2020s. Tampa won in 2021 and 2022 playoffs; Florida had the last laugh in 2024.