Panthers' stellar season ends with playoff loss
The best regular season in Florida Panthers' history came to a crushing end in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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The best regular season in Florida Panthers' history came to a crushing end in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Tampa Bay Lightning completed a four-game sweep of the Florida Panthers with a 2-0 victory Monday night.
The stunning finish put the Lightning up 2-0 in the best-of-seven series that heads to Tampa for Game 3 on Sunday.
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, Andrei Vasilevskiy remained red-hot with 34 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning topped the Florida Panthers 4-1 in Game 1 of an Eastern Conference semifinal series Tuesday night.
The two-time defending Stanley Cup champions on one side. The Presidents' Trophy winners on the other.
For the second consecutive year, the Panthers play Tampa Bay in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
On the wrong side of a comeback effort this time, the Florida Panthers rebounded in overtime and made sure they wouldn't need to go home to finish their first-round series.
The Panthers are in position to win their first playoff series in 26 years.
Carter Verhaeghe set a Florida postseason record with a five-point night, and the Florida Panthers escaped a three-goal deficit to beat the Washington Capitals 5-3 and take a 3-2 lead in an Eastern Conference first-round series Wednesday night.
The comeback Cats nickname fit the Florida Panthers in game four of their first round playoff series.
Sam Reinhart tied it late in regulation, Carter Verhaeghe scored his second of the game in overtime and the Presidents' Trophy-winning Florida Panthers beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in Game 4 Monday night, tying the first-round series.
Intensity has been lacking and nervousness high for the Panthers against an opponent with much more playoff experience.
The Florida Panthers were leading their playoff game against Washington Capitals on Saturday by 1-0 in the first period, but it did not last long.
Aleksander Barkov and Carter Verhaeghe each had a goal and an assist and the Florida Panthers beat the Washington Capitals 5-1 on Thursday night to even the Eastern Conference first-round series at a game apiece.
After a historic regular season, the Panthers dropped game one of the Stanley Cup playoffs.