Vladimir Tarasenko’s goal with 10:58 remaining in the third period proved to be the series winner as the Florida Panthers held on for a 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers in Game 6 and advanced to the Stanley Cup Final for the second straight season. Florida became the third team in NHL history to eliminate the Presidents’ Trophy winner in consecutive postseasons. That it was two Original… Source ..read more

Anton Lundell’s go-ahead goal with 9:38 left in the third period propelled the Florida Panthers to 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden and put the Cats one win away from a second straight trip to the Stanley Cup Final. The Rangers played one of their better stanzas of the series, but Sergei Bobrovsky was up to the task making 11 first period saves to weather… Source ..read more

The Florida Panthers will look to retake the series lead when they do battle with the New York Rangers tonight at Madison Garden in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final. Florida rebounded from back-to-back overtime losses by posting one of their own in Game 4 when Sam Reinhart scored for the 65th time this season 72 seconds into the fourth period after Aleksander Barkov drew a hooking call on… Source ..read more

Sam Reinhart’s power-play goal 1:12 into overtime gave the Florida Panthers a huge 3-2 overtime win over the New York Rangers and evened the Eastern Conference Final at two games apiece with the teams heading back to Manhattan for Game 5. The Panthers came out firing in the opening period, but fell behind at 8:51 when the Rangers cashed in after Anton Lundell took a ill-advised high-sticking… Source ..read more

The Florida Panthers will look to bounce back after sufferering another gut-wrenching overtime loss when they face the New York Rangers tonight in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final at Amerant Bank Arena. Trailing 4-2 in the third period, the Panthers swarmed the Rangers and evened the tilt on goals from Aleksander Barkov and Gustav Forsling, but couldn’t produce another before regulation time… Source ..read more

Barclay Goodrow struck at 14:01 to give the New York Rangers a tension-filled 2-1 overime win over the Florida Panthers at Madison Square Garden in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final, evening the series at a game apiece. As expected, the Rangers started fast and former Panther Vincent Trocheck opened the scoring at the 4:12 mark. Full credit to the Rangers for manufacturing the goal… Source ..read more

The Florida Panthers will look to add on to Wednesday’s 3-0 win over the New York Rangers tonight at Madison Garden in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final. Matthew Tkachuk made his presence felt in the first period with a goal and a couple of hits and Sergei Bobrovsky battened down the hatches until Carter Verhaeghe collected Igor Shesterkin’s miscue and forced Alexis Lafrenière into an own… Source ..read more

Matthew Tkachuk and Carter Verhaeghe each produced a goal and an assist and Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves to lead the Florida Panthers to a 3-0 win over the New York Rangers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final at Madison Square Garden. After leveling former Panther Vincent Trocheck with a big hit earlier in the frame, Tkachuk opened the scoring with 3:34 remaining in the first. Source ..read more

The Florida Panthers quest for the franchise’s first Stanley Cup resumes tonight when they visit the Big Apple to take on the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final. After knocking off the Tampa Bay Lightning in five games, the Panthers dispatched the Boston Bruins in six to make the NHL’s final four for the second straight season. The Presidents’… Source ..read more

The visiting Edmonton Oilers jumped out to a big lead before holding on for a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in Game 7 at Rogers Arena. Edmonton advances to the Western Conference Final where they face the Dallas Stars. Codi Ceci, Zach Hyman, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the goals for the Oilers. Defenseman Evan Bouchard had two assists and Leon Draisaitl extended his postseason… Source ..read more