Florida extends lead over Carolina

Facts: The Stanley Cup semifinals

The match series is decided in the best of seven games:

Florida–Carolina: Florida leads 3–0 in games.

Dallas–Vegas: Vegas leads 2–0 in games.

Florida also won the third meeting of the semifinal series against Carolina in the NHL playoffs and leads 3–0 in the best of seven games.

The two previous meetings ended in extra time. This time, Florida made it 1-0 midway through the second period through Sam Reinhart and that score lasted the rest of the game.

Carolina took out their goalkeeper in the final minutes to increase the chances of an equaliser, but it did not work out. Now the semi-final series can already be decided on the night of Thursday, Swedish time, when the teams meet for the fourth time.

The winner then faces either Dallas or Vegas in the finals, which are also decided in the best of seven games. In that semifinal series, Vegas leads 2-0 in games and the next meeting is the night of Wednesday Swedish time.

nh2-general