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SUNRISE — The Florida Panthers got off to about as bad a start as one could imagine Friday night, giving up two quick goals to the Toronto Maple Leafs in a series they had already found trouble in.
Then the Panthers got rolling again.
Only it took some time.
In the end, Brad Marchand scored with 4:33 left in OT to give the Panthers a 5-4 win in Game 3 of their second-round playoff series.
The Maple Leafs lead the best-of-7 series 2-1 with Game 4 here on Sunday night.
All three games in the series have been decided by a single goal.
This time, the Panthers found a way to win it.
Only it didn’t come easily.
Matthew Knies scored just 23 seconds into the game, firing a one-timer off a rebound from the cage. John Tavares got his first of two against his old pals, making it 2-0 by wrapping a puck in at 5:57 of the period.
Florida got back into it when Sasha Barkov’s attempt to send a pass to Sam Reinhart hit Toronto defenseman Morgan Rielly and past Joseph Woll.
The Panthers trailed 3-1 in the second off a Tavares power-play deflection, but things quickly changed.
Florida got goals from Sam Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe, and Jonah Gadjovich to take a 4-3 lead into the third.
Toronto tied the score at 4 midway through the third, Rielly getting some puckluck of his own as his shot went off Marchand, then Sergei Bobrovsky, and off the leg of Seth Jones.
One of those deals.
Bobrovsky ended with 27 saves including eight in OT.
He kept the Panthers in it — allowing Marchand’s shot in overtime, which went off Rielly in front, to win the game and keep Florida’s hopes alive.
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What a relief. The Panthers still haven’t put together a full 60 minutes in this series yet — but they found a way to win.
Go Cats.
The team mobbed Marchand after. Not sure why he didn’t come out for the first star. George, any idea? Too emotional? Team was all over him and he couldn’t get out?
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