Florida Panthers

The Washington Capitals host the Florida Panthers in game three of the first round of the NHL Playoffs with the series tied 1-1.

The Panthers have gone 18-4-2 in games decided by a single goal. The Capitals have a 38-7-6 record in games they score three or more goals. The Panthers won the last matchup 5-1. TOP PERFORMERS: Evgeny Kuznetsov has scored 24 goals with 54 assists for the Capitals. Alex Ovechkin has four goals and three assists over the last 10 games. Florida has a 58-18-6 record overall and a 23-9-6 record in road games. BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Capitals and the Florida Panthers are in a 1-1 series tie in the first round of the NHL Playoffs. The teams meet Thursday for the sixth time this season.

Aleksander Barkov and Carter Verhaeghe each had a goal and an assist and the Panthers beat the Washington Capitals 5-1 on Thursday night to even the Eastern ...

NHL commissioner gary bettman spoke with the south florida media during game 2 between the florida panthers and washington capitals in sunrise.

It’s about the arena, sure, but it’s hockey at all levels. It’s all about the game. — When Joel Quenneville resigned a coach of the Panthers in October, Bettman said there would have to be a meeting if he was to be hired by another NHL team. It is great to see. “Same when it comes to franchises. “I will use the parent analogy; I have have lots of kids and grandkids and I love them all,” he said.

Aleksander Barkov and Carter Verhaeghe each had a goal and an assist and the Florida Panthers beat the Washington Capitals 5-1 on Thursday night to even the ...

It was just Florida’s sixth win in its last 19 home playoff games going back to 1996, and matched the biggest victory margin in franchise playoff history. NEW YORK (AP) — Artemi Panarin and Frank Vatrano each had a goal and two assists and New York beat Pittsburgh in Game 2 to tie the series. The series shifts to Washington, with Game 3 on Saturday and Game 4 on Monday night.

The Florida Panthers looked like the team that earned the Presidents' Trophy this season as the evened their first-round series with the Washington Capitals ...

The 25-year-old made 48 consecutive saves to give his team a chance before Cale Makar scored the game-winner 8:31 into overtime. Shesterkin was attended to on the ice and was able to finish the game. He allowed a goal on the first shot he faced when Nathan MacKinnon used his speed to blow by the Preds and wire a shot by Ingram. It was just about the worst start imaginable for the Preds, considering Nashville was down 5-0 after the opening period of Game 1. The Capitals were without Tom Wilson, who was inured in Game 1, and the line juggling had a clear impact on Washington’s ability to generate quality scoring chances. He and Ovechkin are the only active players with at least 70 playoff goals. Guentzel had an excellent 2021-22 season, tying a career high with 40 goals and setting new personal bests with 44 assists and 84 points. The superstar centre tied Steve Yzerman for 18th-most playoff goals in NHL history when he beat Shesterkin late in the second. Brayden Point’s 37 and Ovechkin’s 30 are the top two goal totals from the past six years. The runaway Vezina Trophy frontrunner made 39 saves and was named the game’s second star. The team’s 337 goals were the most scored by a roster since the 1995-96 Pittsburgh Penguins. Before his Game 2 victory, Bobrovsky had won only one of his previous 10 playoff starts dating back to 2019. The final shots were 36-27 for the Panthers.

The bounce-back game that the Florida Panthers needed started, perhaps fittingly, with a puck that took a fortuitous bounce.

"Then even to start the second period, I thought we were doing the right things and they got a third and a fourth. The Capitals were without Tom Wilson, who left Game 1 shortly after scoring the opening goal of the series and did not return because of a lower-body injury. "But I think we grinded it out and that's a really good building block for our group here." Game 5 is now certain, and will be Wednesday night in Sunrise. ... Florida made one change from Game 1 to Game 2, putting Noel Acciari in the lineup for Ryan Lomberg. Washington kept the same lineup, except for Wilson out and Leason in. ... NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was at the game, part of his postseason tour of playoff cities, and gave the start of the playoffs high marks after two years of COVID-related challenges. "We got a tied series going back to Washington," Backstrom said. "The first period, I thought we did just about everything right and we're down 2-0," Capitals coach Peter Laviolette said. "It's 1-1 ... a good scenario for us." This game, we kept building and we got better as the game went on." "We're going to keep this train rolling." It was just Florida’s sixth win in its last 19 home playoff games going back to 1996, and matched the biggest victory margin in franchise playoff history. "Obviously, we didn't play the right way in the first game.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — If three-time Stanley Cup winner Joel Quenneville is looking to return to coaching next season, he hasn't told NHL Commissioner G...

“But again, I’ll have to make an evaluation at that time.” “There’s nothing currently happening with Joel,” Bettman said. Quenneville was Chicago’s head coach when the abuse occurred.

If three-time Stanley Cup winner Joel Quenneville is looking to return to coaching next season, he hasn't told NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman of that plan.

“But again, I’ll have to make an evaluation at that time.” “There’s nothing currently happening with Joel,” Bettman said. Quenneville was Chicago’s head coach when the abuse occurred.

It's getting spicy between the Florida Panthers and Washington Capitals in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The series heads to the District of ...

Tom Wilson’s absence certainly played a role, he exited Game 1 after the first period and is out with a lower-body injury. “Then, even at the start of the second period, I thought that we were doing the right things. However, they fell back down to earth on Thursday and enter the weekend with a goalie controversy on their hands. “They caught one off the post and then another one, there’s things that we could’ve done better in front of him with regard to that. They bounced back in the rematch at FLA Live Arena: storming to a 5-1 win thanks to strikes from Aaron Ekblad, Carter Verhaeghe, Anton Lundell, Mason Marchment, and Barkov. They scored at will on route to the Presidents’ Trophy title, ending the campaign with four 30-goal-scorers on their roster.

Florida panthers center claude giroux has fit right in with new teammates, moved to third line Game 2 v washington capitals, stanley playoffs.

And he has this leadership ability where guys listen to him and he is vocal on a team that doesn’t have a lot of vocal guys. He rallies the group and gets them ready to go.” That’s easy to get synergy with a group.” “When he’s on the ice, on the bench, he’s like another coach,” Brunette said. “They are very welcoming and treat everyone the same. We are a very comfortable team to come into.

First of all, his mother was a Siberian crane operator and his father a coal miner. So no one doubted Sergei Bobrovsky's inbred, blue-collar toughness.

The 34-year-old came close to winning it in 2010, when he scored 21 points (10 goals, 11 assists) in 23 playoff games to help the Flyers reach the Stanley Cup ...

The first one is to make the NHL and then it's to win the Cup. And now I'm on my goal No. 2." He just loves the game, and he loves breaking it down. "I've talked to 'G' quite a bit and he's missed," Laughton said. Giroux hopes to make a lasting impact in Florida, though his stay might be limited to few months with unrestricted free agency looming. "We've been enjoying it," Giroux said. Though Giroux was unable to win the Stanley Cup in Philadelphia, he left behind an indisputable legacy. "They have some great talent here and I just thought I would fit in well. "He's been awesome ever since he got here," forward Carter Verhaeghe said. "It's a tough league to win in. The adjustment has been an easy one for Giroux ever since Philadelphia traded him to Florida on March 19, but the forward didn't waive the no-trade clause in his contract just so he could get an early start on his offseason tan. Giroux scored 23 points (three goals, 20 assists) in 18 regular-season games after the trade. So it's definitely different, but it's not a bad adjustment to make."

The Panthers bounced back from a Game 1 loss with a rout in Game 2, but don't think the series has flipped. 'I'm not sure you can read a whole lot into that ...

They were obviously a little nervous, a little excited and when you don’t get out on the right foot you kind of grind a little bit,” Brunette said. You could feel on the bench where they kind of settled in a little bit. When it went up 2-0 in the first period Thursday, Florida forced Washington to come out of its shell. Whenever the Panthers have the puck, Washington wants to have four or five players in the neutral zone to make it hard for Florida to get out in transition. With the first-round series even at 1-1, the change of venue will serve as a bit of a reset. Brunette doesn’t know how much of the period will be able to carry over into Saturday, when Florida faces the Capitals at 1 p.m. for Game 3 at Capital One Arena in Washington.

After a one-game, confidence-testing respite, it appears things are back to normal for the Florida Panthers' high-scoring offense, and that's a welcome ...