Dawn – Carter Verhaeghe scored two times in the remaining minutes and the Florida Panthers defeat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Tuesday evening.
Verhaeghe, who experienced 6 targets and 12 details in Florida’s 6-recreation playoff sequence win around Washington past spring, scored on a unfastened puck to give the Panthers a two-intention guide with 3 minutes remaining right before scoring into an empty web with 1:24 remaining.
Florida also got objectives from Aleksander Barkov, Sam Reinhart and Nick Cousins, when Sergei Bobrovsky made 40 saves for his initial gain because Nov. 3.
Dylan Strome and John Carlson scored for Washington.
Florida enhanced to 5-1-1 at property and is on a 16-2-1 typical-season run in Dawn relationship to final year.
Bobrovsky, building his to start with commence considering the fact that Nov. 5 at Los Angeles, only confronted 9 shots in the opening time period in advance of the Capitals begun to warm up.
Barkov gave the Panthers the original lead, blasting a shot earlier Darcy Kuemper (40 will save) from the substantial slot. It was Barkov’s fourth target of the year and first not on a ability participate in.
Reinhart bought a electricity-participate in aim for the Panthers – their eighth in the previous nine online games – by batting a shot by Aaron Ekblad out of the air.
Matthew Tkachuk recorded his 400th profession point with the secondary aid on the goal.
Holding a 2-1 lead heading into the third, Cousins gave Florida some respiration area by snaring a move from Gustav Forsling and driving around Kuemper, scoring as he dropped his footing at 7:02 of the time period.
Carlson introduced the Capitals within just a aim by driving involving two defenders and knocking in a shot from Erik Gustafsson earlier Bobrovsky.
Washington went -2 on this vacation to Florida, getting outscored 10-3 by the Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning.
NOTES: Florida coach Paul Maurice was driving the bench for his 1,700th NHL common-season video game, which ranks fourth all-time. Maurice, 55, coached in his initially activity on Nov. 7, 1995 with the Hartford Whalers. He has coached the Whalers/Hurricanes (two times), Maple Leafs, Jets and Panthers. He handed Al Arbour for sixth all-time in victories with No. 783 very last Wednesday towards Carolina. … Peter Laviolette was back guiding the Washington bench pursuing a two-activity absence just after tests good for COVID-19. Assistant Kevin McCarthy coached the crew in its two games towards Tampa Bay. … Forwards Connor McMichael and Nicolas Aube-Kubel as properly as defenseman Alexander Alexeyev were balanced scratches for the Capitals.
UP Subsequent
Capitals: Check out St. Louis on Thursday evening.
Panthers: Host Dallas on Thursday evening.
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