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Free lunch box notes hockey8/13/2023 ![]() “He was outstanding in Game 1,” Maurice said. Panthers coach Paul Maurice found it funny that it was considered a surprise to some that Bobrovsky – who carried Florida to the final round - will remain the starter for Game 3. And it’s not all on Sergei Bobrovsky, either. They’ve given up 12 goals in two games against Vegas. There was a four-overtime win at Carolina in the East final, setting the table for a sweep where the Panthers got four one-goal wins and allowed only six goals. The winning three elimination games against a Boston team that had the best regular season in NHL history in Round 1 Game 5 there was on the road in overtime, Game 6 required a rally late in the third period to erase a 5-4 deficit and Game 7 was another road OT victory. There was the 6-0-1 stretch late in the season to hold off Pittsburgh for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot. Same thing here - we’ve just got to work a little harder, work a little smarter and find a way to win games.” We were down, we found a way, we started playing a little better, we found a way to come back and get out of there. “Of course, we’ve had three really tough series,” Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov said. Teams that start a Stanley Cup Final with two home wins have won the Cup 38 times in 41 past instances.īut by now, Florida’s penchant for pulling off the improbable is well-known. Vegas hasn’t dropped four out of five games since going 1-2-2 to start a six-game road swing that began in late January. Former Panthers Jonathan Marchessault and Reilly Smith have as many goals so far in the series (four) as all the current Panthers do in the series, combined. Matthew Tkachuk has two more misconduct penalties (three) than he has points (one, a goal) in the series. They’ve been outscored 10-2 in the last four periods against Vegas. And now they’ve got to beat them in four of the next five games to win the Cup. They’ve beaten Vegas in four of 12 all-time meetings between the franchises. To say the odds are stacked high against the Panthers is a bit of an understatement. We’re going to go out and give our best effort and play our best game tomorrow and go from there.” But our backs are against the wall, obviously. We just try to take it - like everyone says - one at a time. “We’ve approached every game in the playoffs the same way. “Desperation and winning a game,” Florida veteran Marc Staal said. Down 2-0 in the title series to the Vegas Golden Knights, the Panthers return to home ice on Thursday night looking to spark one more epic turnaround and get right back in the hunt for hockey’s biggest prize. The Panthers needed a furious late-season push just to get into the playoffs as the lowest seed, then needed to win three consecutive elimination games to oust a record-setting Boston team in Round 1.Īnd now, another huge challenge awaits. Such is the story of Florida’s season, and it makes all the sense in the world that the plot has reappeared in the Stanley Cup Final.
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