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SUNRISE — The Florida Panthers were on the verge of going back to Tampa tied with the Lightning in their playoff series.
And then everything changed.
Everything.
The Panthers trailed by a goal Monday before Aaron Ekblad and Seth Jones scored 11 seconds apart to lift Florida to an improbable 4-2 win in Game 4.
Florida holds a 3-1 series lead going back to Tampa for Game 5 on Wednesday.
The Lightning had erased Anton Lundell’s second-period goal by having the first two-goal spurt in an 11-second span in the second period,
Down 2-1 in the third, the Panthers appeared to tie things up on a rebound power-play goal from Ekblad, only Sam Bennett was offside and the goal came off the board.
The Panthers, who killed off a 5-minute power play early in the period, did get an Ekblad goal to make it 2-2 with 3:47 remaining.
And, like the Lightning, Florida scored again 11 seconds later when Jones’ shot went off a Tampa defender.
You don’t see games like that very often.
Aaron Ekblad Takes Out Brandon Hagel with High Hit in Game 4
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Florida Panthers Make Lineup Change Before Game 4
What a game. Ekblad did what everyone of us was hoping someone did, and it was glorious to watch (obviously it goes without saying that we hope Hagel’s only bruised and not injured in any way) no one should advocate for injury, but how good did it feel watching Hagel get what was coming to him? Ek may have to sit a game because of it, I personally don’t think it garners a suspension, but I think at this point the league is just trying to send a message to all players involved in this series that enough is enough,… Read more »
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