The upcoming No. 1 contender has the getting older former champ on the ropes.
The Florida Panthers went up 3-0 of their Jap Convention first-round playoff sequence towards the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday evening, selecting up a 5-3 victory at Amalie Area in Tampa Bay.
The Panthers, which misplaced within the Stanley Cup Last to the Vegas Golden Knights final season, have the Lightning — who received the Cup in 2020 and 2021 and reached the Last in 2022 — getting ready to elimination.
“You undergo one thing like final 12 months, you study issues you possibly can enhance on,” Florida’s Sam Reinhart stated on TBS after the sport.
Tampa Bay was eradicated within the first spherical of the playoffs final season.
Sport 4 is Saturday at Amalie Area at 5 p.m. ET
Matthew Tkachuk scored twice for the Panthers, bookending the proceedings with the sport’s first aim within the first interval and the clincher into an empty internet with 32 seconds remaining.
Fourth-liner Steven Lorentz obtained the eventual game-winner, which made it 4-2 with 9:41 left. He additionally added an help.
