SUMMARY
Sunrise – Two goals scored in 11 seconds by Aaron Ekblad and Seth Jones allowed the Florida Panthers to sign a 4 to 2 victory over the tampa lightning in the fourth match of the series on Monday.
Ekblad first created equality at 16:13 in the third period, then Jones scored at 4:24 pm to allow the Panthers to take the lead 3 to 1 in the first round series between the two Floridian rivals.
Sergei Bobrovsky pushed 18 washers in a victory that was marked by a non -punished dangerous blow from Ekblad to Brandon Hagel.
Physical game and goals
After a goalless first period, the game was animated in the second in Sunrise.
On the deadline for transactions, the Panthers acquired Brad Marchand specially for this kind of battle. Marchand agreed to his bosses being at the origin of the first goal of the match.
The good work of the veteran at the bottom of the territory allowed him to obtain the washer. The former Bruins captain then presented the disc to Anton Lundell, who beat Andrei Vasilevskiy to open the brand in the middle of the median period.
Back after a suspension of a match after a blow to Aleksander Barkov, Brandon Hagel was copiously hué by the supporters of the Panthers. Ekblad launched a slightly different message to Hagel by hitting him in the head. The Lightning striker immediately left the match to be assessed by the doctors and Ekblad was not punished on the sequence, which put Jon Cooper out of him.
This defeat seemed to whip the lightning. Mitchell Chaffee and Erik Cernak touched the target twice in the space of 11 seconds a few moments after the blow of Ekblad to give the lead to Tampa. Chaffee and Cernak also set a new team record for the two fastest goals scored in series.
The dubious physical game of the panthers continued in the third. At the start of the period, Niko Mikkola was hunted from the match for a behind-the-back at the expense of Zemgus Girgensons. Tampa was not able to capitalize on the five -minute power game.
While Brandon Hagel was unable to come back to the game, Ekblad continued to play big minutes for the panthers. The defender even thought of creating equality, but his goal was refused due to an offside.
Ekblad resumed at the end of the third. Forgotten in front of the Vasilevskiy net, Ekblad jumped on a free washer to create equality. Jones then played luck 11 seconds later when his launch died on Ryan McDonagh to find himself in the bottom of the net. Carter Verhaeghe finally completed the brand in a deserted net.
The series is now transporting to Tampa side, where Lightning will try to avoid elimination in front of its supporters on Wednesday.
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