The Florida Panthers were again badly clawed against Washington, but turned the match around. The New York Rangers were not ready for the summer holidays. Dallas kept Calgary cramped for the third installment.
12.5. 08: 06 • Updated May 12 08:18
Kaapo Kakko and Alexander Barkov excelled as pitchers as the New York Rangers and Florida Panthers rose to major wins in the NHL playoffs.
The Florida Panthers game hasn’t taken off in the playoffs, even though the team won the NHL regular season for the first time in the club’s history. In the last match, Florida rose to the side at the last minute and won in overtime, leveling the wins of the match series to 2-2.
Now in last night’s round, Florida was a 0-3 loss in the second set when TJ Oshie had hit twice and Justin Schultz once.
In the regular season, Florida won several times, even from a big backwards, playing from time to time like in ecstasy. Now the same trick succeeded in a critical place.
Florida started Kirin after the second round was played at 6.50. Skipper Alexander Barkov shot and Carter Verhaeghe put the end inside the bounced disc. After that, Verhaeghe baited Patric Hörnqvistin reduction as well Sam Reinhartin 3–3 smoothing. Thus, Florida had risen from behind three goals after the second round was played at 14.41.
The third round was played on 3.04 when Florida reached a counterattack and hit the winning goal: Barkov gave a nice shot and Verhaeghe shot the puck into the net.
Florida’s 5-3 final scores are sealed four minutes before the end Glaude Girouxof course from Verhaeghe’s feed.
Watch Florida rise from behind (goals 1, 2, 3 and 4) in the video below.
The 26-year-old Canadian striker Verhaeghe had scored a winning streak in extra time in the fourth match.
Now in the fifth match, he scored 2 + 3 and doubled the points balance in the playoffs of his career. 2 + 3 is also Florida’s record for one playoff game.
For Barkov, the powers are 0 + 2 and the playing time is 22.15. Florida Anton Lundell played 10.35 and Eetu Luostarinen 14.10, they did not get power points.
Florida are now leading the series from 3 to 2 and have a chance to grab a rematch when the teams meet in the sixth match on the night between Friday and Saturday. Florida is leading the playoff series for the first time since 2012.
Verhaeghe was selected as the first star of the match, Barkov the second star and blocked 30/33 shots Sergei Bobrovsky to a three star. Barkov praised the dizzying atmosphere at the press conference, with more than 20,000 spectators.
– It is unbelievable. I wouldn’t be anywhere else. Fans are one of the reasons we are in this situation.
The Rangers stretched the sixth game of the match series
The New York Rangers also made the rise in a match against the Pittsburgh Penguins, in a forced slit. The Rangers narrowed their wins to 2-3, and at least the Penguins weren’t yet able to celebrate the next place.
Pittsburgh led the match in the middle 2-0 when Jake Guentzel and Kris Letang had painted.
Rangers started Kirin after 15 minutes in the second round. In less than three minutes, the team took the lead Adam Foxin, Alexis Lafrenieren and Jacob Trouban hits. Kaapo Kakko skillfully baited Lafreniere to the hit you see in the tweet below or from this link (go to another service).
Kakko has scored 1 + 1 in five playoff games.
– We talked before the game that we need to make more use of the space behind the goal. I got the puck and I think Alexis was free in front of the goal, Kakko described his goal after the match.
In the second set, Guentzel leveled the game to 3 to 3. The third round was played 2.53 when the Czech striker Filip Chytil hit Madang Square Garden in New York with a home team Rangers 4-3 win. The final scores 5–3 were scored by the defender Ryan Lindgren.
Pittsburgh still leads the series, winning 3–2. The next time the match series is interrupted is the night between Friday and Saturday in the sixth match, which will be played in Pittsburgh.
– Plaoyff games, of course we have fun, Kaapo Kakko announced at the press conference after the fifth game.
Dark stars brought Pittsburgh dark clouds Sidney Crosbyn injury in the second installment. Crosby left the bowl after receiving Jacob Trouba’s tackle. Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan had been outraged by Trouba’s tackle after the match and said there was no more detailed information on the quality of Crosby’s injury.
Calgary broke the Dallas Wall in the third round
The third match of the night also saw a rise from behind and victory.
Defender of the Dallas Stars Esa Lindell scored a goal for the Stars 1-0 lead after the second round was played on 13.21. Lindell unloaded the puck from his defensive zone, and Jamie Benn released Jason Robertson goal scoring. Robertson’s bet sank to the finish line with a Swedish guard from Calgary Jacob Markström through the glove.
In the third installment, Calgary rose to the side and passed. Andrew Mangiapane bait first Mikael Backlundin smoothing. The third round was played at 10.38 when a stunning shot by Mangiapane sank past the Dallas goalkeeper Jake Oettinger. The final score was 3-1 Trevor Lewis.
You can see the 1-0 score for Dallas, the 1-1 draw for Calgary and the 2-1 win for Mangiapane from the video in the main picture.
Calgary now leads the series with a win of 2–2. Calgary went into the match series as a clear favorite when it won its division and Dallas made it to the playoffs as the last team.
The match series is interrupted for the first time early Saturday morning Finnish time.
New York Rangers – Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3
N: Kaapo Kakko 0 + 1, 12.19 min
P: Kasperi Kapanen 13.29 min
Profits 2-3
Florida Panthers – Washington Capitals 5–3
F: Aleksander Barkov 0 + 2, 22.15 min
Eetu Luostarinen 14.10 min
Anton Lundell 10.35 min
Profits 3–2
Calgary Flames – Dallas Stars 3–1
D: Esa Lindell 0 + 1, 22.10 min
Miro Heiskanen 20.43 min
Roope Hintz 18.30 min
Jani Hakanpää 19.18 min
Joel Kiviranta 7.30 min
Profits 3–2