TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 will save, Matthew Tkachuk scored 2 times and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Thursday evening to acquire a 3- direct in the initially-spherical playoff series.
Brandon Montour, Sam Reinhart and Steven Lorentz also scored for the Panthers, who will look for a sweep Saturday night time in Tampa.
Tkachuk had a 1st-time period aim and extra an vacant-netter with 32 seconds still left.
Steven Stamkos, Tyler Motte and Nicholas Paul scored for Tampa Bay, with Paul cutting it to 4-3 with 5:10 remaining. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 26 photographs.
Montour gave Florida a 3-2 guide on a blue-line shot with 3:30 still left in the 2nd, with Lorentz making it a two-goal game from the slot at 9:41 of the third.
Following withstanding several minutes of sustained tension at the defensive close, Florida tied it at 2 on Reinhart’s purpose at 9:58 of the next.
Stamkos scored 44 seconds into the second ahead of Motte put Tampa Bay up 2-1 just 2:12 afterwards. The 34-year-previous Stamkos is the ninth participant 34 or older to score in every single of his team’s first 3 playoff video games, and the initial because San Jose’s Patrick Marleau in 2014.
Thirty-two seconds after the Panthers killed off Tampa Bay’s next electricity participate in, Tkachuk opened the scoring midway by way of the initial.
Tkachuk became the 12th US-born player to have 20 postseason objectives in 50 or game titles or much less. The listing also includes his father, Keith Tkachuk.
Tampa Bay appeared to tie it with 18 seconds remaining in the first, but Anthony Cirelli’s objective on the Lightning’s 3rd electrical power engage in was disallowed adhering to a movie overview uncovered the play was offside.
The Lightning, with the NHL’s best regular-time electric power participate in, went for 4. Florida did not have a power enjoy.
With Florida forwards Sam Bennett (shot off hand) and Ryan Lomberg (ailment) out, suitable wing Kyle Okposo was inserted into the lineup and experienced an assist in his initially playoff sport since 2016.
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