Aleksander Barkov and Carter Verhaeghe each had a goal and an assist and the Panthers beat the visiting Capitals 5-1 on Thursday night in Game 2.
SUNRISE, Fla. — Aleksander Barkov and Carter Verhaeghe each had a goal and an assist and the Florida Panthers beat the Washington Capitals 5-1 on Thursday night to even the Eastern Conference first-round series at a game apiece.
Nicklas Backstrom scored for Washington. Vitek Vanecek gave up five goals on 18 shots in the first two periods, and Ilya Samsonov went into the Capitals’ net for the third period — stopping all 17 shots he faced in the final 20 minutes.It was just Florida’s sixth win in its last 19 home playoff games going back to 1996, and matched the biggest victory margin in franchise playoff history.
Aleksander Barkov celebrates with teammate Jonathan Huberdeau during the Panthers’ 5-1 Game 2 win over the Capitals.The Panthers were almost entirely bottled up for the first 14:30, getting held to two shots in that span — just the third time in 84 games this season that they were held to such a low number that deep into a game.Ekblad opened the scoring with a shot that hit a Washington stick, took a big bounce off the ice and got past Vanecek.
Lundell got his goal by cashing in a give-and-go with Sam Reinhart, then Verhaeghe let fly with a wrist shot that got over Vanecek’s glove for the 5-1 lead.
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