Sam Bennett recorded two goals and one assistance, while Florida won 5–0.
Matthew Takachuk had a target and a support and Carter Verheghe had three supporting pairs to the panthers, which raise the series 2–0. Gustav Forceling and Alexander Barkov also scored, and Aaron Ekblad and Ivan Rodrigues received each two assistance.
Florida goalkeeper Sergei Bobroveski saved 17 for his third shutout of Postsen.
Carolina goalkeeper Frederick Anderson allowed four goals at 16 shots before being replaced by Pyotr Kochtekov to start the third period. Anderson scored all the goals of the panthers in a 5–2 defeat on Tuesday.
Cochtakov separated four of the five shots.
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Forsling gave Florida a 1-0 lead at 1:17 of the first period, taking a small feed at the top of the slot from Tkachuk and took it to the rear of Anderson’s glove.
Tkachuk made it 2–0 at 11:41 pm. Verheghe retrieved a pass behind the net and cut the front side to try to defeat Bobarovski, but his shot slip-in under Bobarovski’s stick and across the crease.
Bennett defended Verhegh’s shot on a power play to pursue the margin 3–0 at 15:50 pm.
Sebstian AHO Carolina appeared to be taken on board in the second period in 51 seconds, but the panthers challenged for offside, and the target was overturned after a video review.
The storm was one of some of his occasions on two-one-one with the remaining 3 1/2 minutes in the middle period near the storm, but the attempt near Seth Jarvis’s William Career was rejected by a diving stick block from forces.
This inspired the mantras of the “Shoot the Pak” from the crowd, with Carolina stuck on seven shots on the goal.
Another of the night Bennett extended the interval 4–0 in the second frame with 39 seconds. Verheghe looped around the net and Pak rolled his stick near Bennett on the other side, where he put a snap shot in the rear of Anderson’s left skate.
Barkov removed the ass of the across the power play on a power play at 13:49 of the third period for the last tally.
Florida Winger Sam Renehart left the game in the first period after maintaining a low body injury on a hit from AHO.
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