Panthers beat Lightning 5-3 to take 3-0 series lead
Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves, Matthew Tkachuk scored twice and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Thursday night to take a 3-0 lead in the first-round playoff series.
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Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves, Matthew Tkachuk scored twice and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Thursday night to take a 3-0 lead in the first-round playoff series.
In the moment, The Save kept the game tied.
Carter Verhaeghe lifted a backhander just under the crossbar 2:59 into overtime, and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 for a 2-0 lead in their NHL first-round playoff series.
It was the first time in decades the Panthers opened the playoffs with a Game 1, Round One victory
Carter Verhaeghe tapped in a pinpoint pass from Aleksander Barkov for the lead 58 seconds into the third period, Matthew Tkachuk added a goal and an assist and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in Game 1 of their NHL playoff series opener.
Florida coach Paul Maurice doesn't need any reminders going into these playoffs of what games between the Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning mean to both teams.
It's another all-Florida fight on the ice starting this weekend
Sam Bennett and Sam Reinhart scored 10 seconds apart midway through the second period, and the Florida Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2.
The team's general manager will now also serve as president of hockey operations
Sam Reinhart got his 55th goal of the season with 1:02 left in overtime, and the Florida Panthers clinched home ice for at least Round 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs by beating the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in the next-to-last regular season game for both teams.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 25 shots to tie for the NHL lead with six shutouts, Sam Reinhart scored his 54th goal and the Florida Panthers defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-0.
Anthony Stolarz stopped 24 shots and had an assist, and the Florida Panthers shut out the Ottawa Senators for the third time this season with a 2-0 victory.
Four home games remain in the Floria Panthers' regular season
Saturday's showdown against the first place Boston Bruins will go a long way toward deciding the Atlantic division title
Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves for his fifth shutout of the season, Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and two assists and the Florida Panthers routed the Ottawa Senators 6-0 on Thursday night.
Nick Suzuki scored the tying and go-ahead goals in the second period and Sam Montembeault made 37 saves in leading the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.
Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 61st and 62nd goals of the season to go along with an assist as the Toronto Maple Leafs built a four-goal lead before hanging on late to down the Florida Panthers 6-4.
Sam Reinhart scored the lone shootout goal and Aleksander Barkov scored twice in the third period to lead the Florida Panthers over the Detroit Red Wings 3-2.
Semyon Varlamov made 27 saves and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored the go-ahead goal midway through the second period to help lift the New York Islanders past the Florida Panthers 3-2.
Pavel Zacha scored the winning goal with 2:21 to go in regulation and the Boston Bruins defeated the Florida Panthers 4-3.
The Panthers picked up 3 of 4 possible points to move back into first place in the Atlantic division
Both teams were playing the second games of a back-to-back and used their backup goalies
Artemi Panarin scored twice in regulation and added the decisive goal in the shootout, Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves and the New York Rangers rallied to beat the Florida Panthers 4-3.
Filip Forsberg scored twice and the Nashville Predators extended their point streak to a franchise-record 16 games with a 3-0 win over the Florida Panthers.
When a team goes 3 months without losing back-to-back games in regulation, and wins 18 of 21, with the only losses coming by one goal to playoff teams, expectations get a little bit out of whack.
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According to the City of Miami Police Department, the attack happened on Friday, Dec. 12, at the Planet Fitness on SW 8th Avenue.
Deshawn Prendergast, 28, walked out of Turner Guilford Knight Correction Center and immediately claimed his innocence, saying he was never in the stolen car.
Immigration attorney Patricia Elizee said certain TPS holders may be eligible to seek legal status through immigration court.
The U.S. military says it has conducted 26 strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific or Caribbean since early September, killing at least 99 people.
A filing states that the crew of the Army Black Hawk helicopter failed to establish and maintain proper and safe visual separation with a regional American Eagle flight that was approaching Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C.
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