Carter Verhaeghe nets the game winner for Florida as Toronto opens first second-round game since 2004 at home
Carter Verhaeghe had the winner on a breakaway with a little more than two minutes left in the second period and defenceman Brandon Montour rifled in a slap shot with 7:36 remaining in the third for Florida. It was Montour’s sixth goal in eight postseason games.
Florida was out of the playoffs when it came to Toronto on March 29 and beat the Maple Leafs 2-1 in overtime. After that it went 5-1-1 and clinched the second wild-card position in the Eastern Conference by one point.reward was a first-round matchup with Boston, which had just completed the greatest regular-season in NHL history.
Tkachuk, who was acquired from Calgary in an off-season trade, topped 100 points for the second year in row. He had five goals and six assists against Boston. Florida stunned Boston by escaping out of a 3-1 hole. “The Panthers showed tremendous resiliency and belief in themselves against Boston. They played on their toes and really pressed them. They fought right to the end and earned the result.”Toronto had two power plays in the first five minutes and failed to score. Florida took advantage and went ahead when Nick Cousins rifled a rebound off a shot by Tkachuk past Samsonov with 10:35 left in the first period. It was Cousins’s first goal of the postseason and his 12th point.
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