Reigning champion Tampa Bay Lightning rose to a 2-1 win over Florida with Ross Colton hitting four seconds before the final buzzer. Tampa lead 2-0.
‘s next TV matches will be shown on Sunday 22.5. The fight between Tampa Bay and Florida will be shown on TV2 at 8.15pm. As soon as the game is over, we will move on to the New York Rangers-Carolina match.
In the hockey NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning took their second win in the match series against the Florida Panthers the night before Friday in Finnish time. Tampa took 4-1 in the opening match and this time the victory came off 2-1.
Corey Perry took the guests to the lead in the opening round. Florida Finnish striker Eetu Luostarinen leveled the game at the end of the second round. Andrei Vasilevskiy already seemed to resist the Finnish hard itch, but eventually the puck flew from the armpit to the finish. The hit was the first in the playoffs for Luostarinen.
Reigning champion Tampa became a hero Ross Colton, who hit the away winning goal just 3.8 seconds before the final buzzer.
– This is really tough, of course. This hurts, but the sun is still shining as long as we play like we played., Florida pilot Andrew Brunette assured after the game.
The match series continues this weekend at the Tampa Bay Home Hall.
St. Louis leveled the wins against Colorado
The St. Louis Blues, for their part, claimed a 4-1 away win over Colorado and tied the playoffs 1-1.
No goals were seen in the opening round, but in the second round St. Louis hit twice. The goals were answered Jordan Kyrou and David Perron. Coloradon Gabriel Landeskog narrowed the game to 1-2 at the beginning of the final round with a force. Mikko Rantanen got the entry point to hit.
In the middle of the round, Perron hit again and took the Blues back to two goals again. The hit was already the seventh in the playoffs for Perron.
The final score was 4-1 Brandon Saad to an empty finish.
The teams ’first encounter ended in a 3–2 victory for Avalanche, which only came off in the playoffs.
Four wins are required for the sequel.