Panthers open playoffs with smart win over Lightning, CBS News Miami's Steve Goldstein
It was the first time in decades the Panthers opened the playoffs with a Game 1, Round One victory
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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.
Dmitry Kulikov was suspended for an illegal check to the head of Tampa Bay Lightning forward Conor Sheary.
Evgeny Kuznetsov had his first goal as a member of the Hurricanes and Frederik Anderson recorded his first shutout in more than a year as Carolina beat the Florida Panthers 4-0.
Heading into Tuesday's big game in Dallas, the Panthers were on a roll.
Units responded to reports of a fire at a dock on South Tradewinds Avenue just after 6 a.m., officials say.
The vehicle was located on I-95 in Port St. Lucie, deputies say.
About 3 to 4 inches of rain fell in some spots overnight, and that led to flood advisories on Wednesday morning.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado tried 3 times to enter her country "by air and sea but has been turned away each time," her team says.
The Cubs (87-70) could have clinched a playoff berth with a win or an Arizona loss, but the Diamondbacks won 7-2 at Colorado.
Units responded to reports of a fire at a dock on South Tradewinds Avenue just after 6 a.m., officials say.
The vehicle was located on I-95 in Port St. Lucie, deputies say.
About 3 to 4 inches of rain fell in some spots overnight, and that led to flood advisories on Wednesday morning.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado tried 3 times to enter her country "by air and sea but has been turned away each time," her team says.
The Cubs (87-70) could have clinched a playoff berth with a win or an Arizona loss, but the Diamondbacks won 7-2 at Colorado.
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