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The florida panthers core of barkov, huberdeau, ekblad finally move on in stanley cup playoff after beating washington capitals in game 6.

Swagieux had a hell of a series and we owe it to him, two huge OT goals. ”We talked about it,” Claude Giroux said. It feels great but at the same time, I know there is a lot of work to do. “You have to have heartbreaks and things that don’t go your way. I feel we have some momentum here.” You can find how hard it is and understand it and be resilient. These guys played hard all series long and tonight was up-and-down all night. “I am happy for those guys and proud of those guys. “It feels good,’’ Huberdeau said. During my nine-year career here, I haven’t been to the second round. Proud of those guys, excited for them and our whole group moving forward.” Right now, we enjoy this and get back to work tomorrow.

Carter Verhaeghe's goal 2:46 into overtime gave the Florida Panthers a series-clinching 4-3 victory over the host Washington Capitals in Game 6 of their ...

Jeff Carter, Bryan Rust and Evgeni Malkin scored for the Penguins, and Domingue made 33 saves. Mika Zibanejad had two goals and two assists while Adam Fox had four assists for the Rangers, who have won two straight to even the series. Nic Dowd, Nicklas Backstrom and T.J. Oshie all scored for Washington, with all three players coming close to hero status. Claude Giroux had a goal and two assists, fueling the Panthers' third consecutive comeback win. With a goal and an assist in Game 6, Verhaeghe led all players with 12 points (six goals, six assists) in the series. Verhaeghe also scored the overtime winner in Game 4, adding to a spectacular series for the Panthers forward.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- When the Florida Panthers faced their first real adversity of the season trailing their playoff series against the Washington Capitals,

Guys had a feeling that if we play our game we’re going to get our chances and we’ll be able to score.” “When they tie it up, maybe some guys are down a little bit,” Giroux said. “We’re all happy and (it is) a big relief for us,” Huberdeau said. That mojo provided the confidence the Panthers needed to withstand a tying goal by Washington’s T.J. Oshie with 1:03 left in Game 6 and a series-long 0 for 18 drought on the power play. Success came early in the organization’s existence with a trip to the Cup Final in its third season. “We held each other accountable, worked really hard for each other and for the guy next to you.

After winning Game 4 at Capital One Arena with an overtime marker, Carter Verhaeghe did it again, scoring 2:46 into the fourth period to push the Florida ...

- T.J. Oshie had a huge series, leading the Capitals with six goals and seven points. Ekblad backhanded the puck over to Giroux and he beat Samsonov five-hole with a wrist shot from the circle to tie the tilt. Anthony Mantha deflected the rebound out of the air and hit the cross bar. Oshie then deflected aarial rebound number two, putting a ton of back spin on the puck, which dropped and looked to hit Oshie’s knee before finding paydirt. The Panthers kept coming and would finally seize the lead with 6:43 left in regulation. With the Panthers applying a heavy forecheck, Ben Chiarot threw the puck down low to Claude Giroux and he found Verhaeghe in the slot. Florida seemed on their way to the next round until the Capitals pulled Samsonov and starting applying extreme pressure. The deserved call put the home team two men up and they came up with a crazy goal six seconds later to delay the Panthers party. John Carlson sent the puck over to Evgeny Kuznetsov, who threw towards the net and T.J. Oshie deflected it off Bobrovsky’s blocker. Luostarinen slid the biscuit over to Hornqvist and he steered a backhand at Samsonov that was denied. Aaron Ekblad a nice play at the Washington blue line to send Eetu Luostarinen and Patric Hornqvist in on goal. The Capitals qucikly established possession in Florida’s end and after receiving a pass from defense partner Trevor van Riemsdyk, Justin Schultz sent the puck towards the net.

The Florida Panthers found what made them the NHL's best regular-season team just in time to win the franchise's first playoff series in 26 years.

Guys had a feeling that if we play our game we’re going to get our chances and we’ll be able to score.” “We’re all happy and (it is) a big relief for us,” Huberdeau said. That mojo provided the confidence the Panthers needed to withstand a tying goal by Washington's T.J. Oshie with 1:03 left in Game 6 and a series-long 0 for 18 drought on the power play. Success came early in the organization's existence with a trip to the Cup Final in its third season. “We held each other accountable, worked really hard for each other and for the guy next to you. Initial nerves at home early in the series faded when Florida started to feel the pressure.

While Miami Heat veteran Udonis Haslem's main focus is now the Heat's efforts in the postseason, he's also expressing enthusiasm for the playoff run of the ...

Haslem has been a part of all three of the Heat’s NBA titles. While Haslem is keeping an eye on the Panthers, he’s zeroing in on the Heat’s own playoff run. “The way they have been able to play this year has captivated my attention.”

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Aleksander Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau, Sergei Bobrovsky and Andrew Brunette all answered major questions as Florida won its first postseason series since ...

It was a long way from last year, when Bobrovsky gave up 10 goals on 63 shots and got benched after three games in the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs. In Game 6, he benched winger Anthony Duclair — a 30-goal scorer — in favor of Ryan Lomberg and the left wing, playing for the first time since Game 1, scored a game-tying goal in the second period. Verhaeghe set a single-season franchise record with 12 points and Giroux was second on the team with seven points. The 48-year-old Canadian coached the forwards and ran the power play for more than two seasons and then replaced Quenneville in the first month of the season when the former coach had to resign amid revelations about his mishandling of a 2010 sexual-assault allegation while he was coaching the Chicago Blackhawks. In the series, Barkov led the Panthers with 22 shots on goal and was tied for the best plus-minus among forwards, scoring two goals and adding four assists. If the Panthers could just hold on for the final 5:43, Barkov would get to be the hero because he fired a potential series-winning goal into the back of the net — off a feed from versatile All-Star forward Claude Giroux — to give Florida its first lead of the game.

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“We played against a team that proved to be the top team in the league,” Peter Laviolette said. The Capitals lost in the expected goals stat, but narrowly: 12.54 to 13.32. The Capitals also gave up no power-play goals to Florida during the series (0-18). Florida was the only team in the first round not to score a PPG. The puck eventually found its way to Carter Verhaeghe who scored his sixth goal in the first-round series. I think that’s the part that you’ve got to let sit in your stomach for a while.” In 2021, the Capitals again were eliminated in five games, but this time by the Boston Bruins. That year, the Capitals had injury issues to its top stars. Against the Florida Panthers, the Capitals were out-attempted in the series at five-on-five 56 percent to 44 percent, but the Capitals kept most of that offense to the outside. The Capitals managed to take a 2-1 series lead in Game Three, but they could not close it out. “That comes down to finding a way to get the job done. After lifting Lord Stanley’s chalice, the Capitals were unable to repeat as champions in 2019, losing in seven games to the forecheck-you-to-death Carolina Hurricanes. In the 2020 Bubble Loffs, which was a very weird time in our world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Capitals ran into former head coach Barry Trotz and never seemed to find their game, losing in five games. The Capitals played physical against the Panthers and committed to a suffocating defensive game. “The last three games have been in our hands,” TJ Oshie added. The Washington Capitals were maddeningly inconsistent and had mediocre goaltending during the regular season while the Panthers set a salary cap record for most goals in a season (340) and won the Presidents’ Trophy. The two teams’ first-round series didn’t seem likely to be competitive.

The florida panthers beat the washington capitals 4-3 in OT in game 6 on may 13, 2022, ryan lomberg helped get things started with a goal.

“I am happy for those guys and proud of those guys. Proud of those guys, excited for them and our whole group moving forward.” We’ve been tight right until the end and there’s great leadership in the room. Unfortunately, he didn’t get to play earlier, but he took advantage of the opportunity.” “He brought what we were hoping we would bring. “All year, we’ve been in a position where we’ve behind in those games.

The Florida Panthers will face the rival Tampa Bay Lightning in the second round of the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs after the Lightning beat the Toronto Maple ...

The Panthers split their four regular-season meetings with Tampa Bay, losing one of the games in overtime. It’ll be another stiff challenge for the Panthers, who are into second round of the Cup playoffs for the first time since 1996. Ultimately, Florida was done in by its goaltending as Sergei Bobrovsky and Chris Driedger combined to give up 18 goals on 125 shots before the Panthers turned to fellow goaltender Spencer Knight, who was just 20 at the time, to start the final two games of the opening-round series.

The florida panthers will be back at work sunday as they prepare for the 2022 nhl eastern conference semifinals in stanley cup playoffs.

- Round 1 — Florida d. Let’s enjoy this — and in six hours I’ll be thinking about what’s next. “It will be a big-time challenge, a different kind of series,’’ added Andrew Brunette. “I think, right now, we’ll just enjoy what we accomplished, celebrate a little bit and enjoy it. … It doesn’t really matter to us.” We’ll enjoy this and get back to work tomorrow — or, whenever.” ”At the end of the day, we don’t really care who we are playing,” Jonathan Huberdeau said.