Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 19 Lightning shots for the shutout win. The Cats have won three straight postseason games against the Bolts going back to last year. Both teams will meet in Sunrise on Saturday for Game 3.
Florida jumped out to a 1-0 advantage at the 4:15 mark of the first period. Aleksander Barkov won the faceoff in the left circle and Sam Reinhart sent a cross-ice pass from the left point. Nate Schmidt blasted a one-time slap shot from above the right circle past Andrei Vasilevskiy for his third goal in the series.
The Panthers completed the 2-0 victory with 3.4 seconds remaining in the third period. Sam Bennett placed in an empty-net tally for his second goal this series. Seth Jones was credited with an assist on the play.
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