Carter Verheghe scored a Go-forward goal during the third period and Florida Panthers on Wednesday finished in the Stanley Cup final with a 5–3 win against host Carolina Storm in the Eastern Conference Final Game 5.
Matthew Takachukkuk and Sam Bennett gave each a target and assistance to the panthers, who won a 4–1 series to earn their third direct appearance in the final. Sergei Bobarovski made 20 savings.
Sebastian AHO scored twice and Frederick Anderson saved 17 for the storm.
Verheghe put Florida in front of 4-3 at 12:21 of the third period. He took a pass through the crease from Alexander Barkov and gave it a roof over Anderson.
Bennett scored an empty-ane goal with 54 seconds remaining to provide the final score.
Seth Jarvis tied it at 3 pm at 3 pm when he assembled the Pak in front of the net and lifted it over Bobarovski’s inhibitor.
Below two after another, the panthers scored three unanswered goals to proceed 3–2 in the second period.
Tkachuk started a rally on power play at 7:23 pm, when he obtained his stick on the shot of Aaron Ekblad from above the slot and cut it 2–1.
Ivan Rodrigues tied it 30 seconds. He turned to the net and redirected a feed from Bennett through five-sixes on Anderson.
Anton Lundel put Florida 3–2 at 11:59 after a Carolina Iceing. After winning the draw, he went to the net and uprooted the feed of Brad Marchand through the crease above Anderson’s left hand.
The AHO captivated on a turnover by Florida, leading to a 1-0 lead at the first period at 4:39. He stopped a pass in a neutral region by Panthers Defenseman Gustav Forceling and flew on a breakway, with a wrist bullet under Bobarovski’s glove.
Aho put a storm by a pair late at 18:54. They picked up the puck in the neutral region and took it to the top of the right circle before wire a last snap shot of the Bobarverski inhibitory side.
The Florida will be the winner of the Edmonton-Dalas series, in which the oileers led to a 3–1 in the game 5 of Thursday night. Panthers won the cup on Edmonton in seven matches last season.
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