Carter Verhaeghe tapped in a pinpoint pass from Aleksander Barkov for the lead 58 seconds into the third period, Matthew Tkachuk added a goal and an assist and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in Game 1 of their NHL playoff series opener.
Florida Panthers center Sam Reinhart is congratulated by teammates after he scored during the first period of Game 1 of the first-round of an NHL Stanley Cup Playoff series against the Tampa Bay Lightning , Sunday, April 21, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. Florida Panthers left wing Matthew Tkachuk attempts a shot at Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy during the first period of Game 1 of the first-round of an NHL Stanley Cup Playoff series, Sunday, April 21, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla.
Brandon Hagel and Steven Stamkos got the goals for Tampa Bay, which now trails Florida in a series for the first time. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 stops for the Lightning, who pulled him for an extra attacker with 3:08 remaining. Tkachuk got an empty-netter 63 seconds later, and Florida soon began celebrating a 1-0 series lead.Verhaeghe’s goal came on the power play, one that carried over from late in the second period.
That ouster brought changes to Florida, which hired Paul Maurice to implement a new style geared toward winning in the playoffs without sacrificing offense. The Panthers rode that to the Stanley Cup final last year, to the Atlantic Division title this year — and it was enough in Game 1.
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