Sergei Bobrovsky, Florida Panthers notch shutout in Game 3

Sunrise, Fla. – It’s a formula Florida panthers Keep using in the Playoffs: Take A Lead after Two Periods, then Let Sergei bobrovsky And the defense do the rest. And it is worn again.

Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots for his fifth career playoff shutout, Carter Verhaeghe And Sam Scored and the panthers defeated the Toronto maple leafs 2-0 On Sunday Night in Game 4 to Even the Eastern Conference Semifinal Series.

Florida Has Won 25 Conscutive Playoff Games When Leading After Two Periods, A Streak That Go Back To May 5, 2022 In Games 1 and 2 Last Week in Toronto, He Allowed Nine Goals en Route to Two Losses. He returned to amerant bank arena on Friday night for game 3, and allowed for more.

“It’s a Series,” Bobrovsky Said. “The bigger games are ahead, so we” excited about them. The series comes down to a best-of-thrice, so it’s a big game, next one. “

Home -ice Advantage has held, and toronto will hope that trend continues in game 5 on Wednesday Night. The leafs won games 1 and 2 at home, then dropped games 3 and 4 in sunrise.

“We had leds,” toronto coach craig berube sa. “They doing a good job of swarming us with numbers, obviously. … it’s a battle out there. This is what it is.

Verhaeghe scored on a power play – Florida’s Fourth of the game – in the first period, bennet added the insurance score with 7:50 Left and Bobrovsky Did the Rest for his second Postseason.

Joseph woll Stopped 35 Shots for the Mple Leafs. “He was great,” berube saaid of his netminder. “He played an excellent game.”

Hearing’s Goal Came. Matthew TkachukAlong the left-wing boards, threaded a pass through the slot and past two defenders. It found verhaeghe-who slammed a one-time past woll.

That was part of an early spree for florida. The Panthers Took 21 of the Game’s first 26 shots on net, controlling play for long stretches and kept all the action in Woll. He had firm, time and again, keeping toronto in it.

Bennett Said Enough. He Came in Woll’s Left, with verhaeghe opposite hey, looked for a passing lane. When none appeared, Bennett Went to the Front of the Net, Watched Woll Commit, then pushed the puck in the net bee punching the air.

“That was more like the type of panthers playoff hockey that we have used to,” Bennett Said.

It got chippy last, as games this last in a series tend to do. Oliver Ekman-Larsson – Part of the Florida Team That Won the Stanley Cup Last Season- Delivered a shot to the head and necklace of panthers forward Evan rodrigues About Five Minutes Into in the Third Period. It was Originally called a Major, then downgraded to a minor after review.

Rodrigues Will Need Further Evaluation Monday, Panthers Coach Paul Maurice Said.

And Four Players – Toronto’s Max domi For Boarding Panthers Captain Aleksander Barkov; And toronto’s Bobby mcmannFlorida’s Aaron oak leaf And Panthers Forward Brad Marchand On his 37th Birthday-All Got 10-Minute Misconducts as time expired.

The Associated Press Contributed to this Report.