Nick Cousins scored at 15:32 of extra time and Sergei Bobrovsky made 50 saves because the Florida Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in Game 5 of their second-round playoff sequence on Friday night time to advance to the Eastern Conference closing.
Aaron Ekblad and Carter Verhaeghe every had a purpose and an help for the Panthers.
Morgan Rielly and William Nylander scored for the Maple Leafs, who had superior within the playoffs for the primary time in 19 years once they beat Tampa Bay within the first spherical. Rookie goalie Joseph Woll had 41 saves in his first dwelling playoff begin.
In the additional interval, Cousins buried his second purpose of the playoffs off the push short-side on Woll to ship the Panthers to the convention finals for the primary time since 1996.
Florida – the group with the fewest factors to qualify for the postseason – gained all three video games in Toronto and improved to 6-1 on the highway within the playoffs after additionally upsetting the record-setting Boston Bruins. The Panthers will subsequent face the Carolina Hurricanes, who additionally beat the New Jersey Devils in 5 video games.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, OILERS 3
Jack Eichel had a purpose and two assists, and Vegas moved one win from the Western Conference Final.
Mark Stone, Reilly Smith and Nic Hague additionally scored, and Jonathan Marchessault tied a franchise playoff report with three assists for the Golden Knights, who took a 3-2 sequence lead. Adin Hill had 31 saves.
Connor McDavid scored two power-play targets for the Oilers, Zach Hyman had a purpose and an help and Evan Bouchard and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins every totaled two assists. Stuart Skinner was pulled late within the second interval after giving up 4 targets on 22 photographs, and Jack Campbell stopped all 9 photographs he confronted in reduction.
Game 6 on Sunday at Edmonton, Alberta.
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