The Cats are tied with the Bruins for first place in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference. The Panthers are ahead of them based on the ROW tiebreaker.
Florida(35-15-4) scored first at the 9:26 mark of the opening period. Aleksander Barkov stole the puck in the right corner and fed a backhand pass from the right goal line. Carter Verhaeghe placed in his 27th goal of the season on a snap shot from the top of the crease.
The Panthers added to their lead 2-0 with 2:44 to go in the second period. Gustav Forsling zipped a pass from the left wing. Matthew Tkachuk snapped a shot from the left point and it went off the body of Anton Lundell at the top of the crease for his seventh tally of the year.
Buffalo(23-26-4) pulled their goalie for an extra skater with 2:11 remaining in the third period. Verhaeghe scored his second goal of the game of the contest and 28th goal this season into an empty net with 1:33 left for a 3-0 lead. Sam Reinhart picked up an assist against his former team on the play.
It became 4-0 for the Panthers on a power-play goal with 10.2 seconds to go. Lundell won a faceoff in the left circle. Forsling blasted a slap shot from the left point and Ryan Lomberg put in the rebound from the crease area for his fourth tally of the season.
No comments:
Post a Comment