Sam Lafferty and Erik Gustafsson scored for Toronto. Reinhart dumped the puck off the boards behind the net to set up his game-winner, taking a pass back from Anton Lundell and scoring to give Florida its first 3-0 series lead in 27 years.Īnthony Duclair and Carter Verhaeghe scored for Florida, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 22 shots. Sam Reinhart scored 3:02 into overtime and the Florida Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Sunday night to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series.

The Devils chased Andersen when Hischier scored 53 seconds into the second after Bratt's backhanded pass caromed off Brett Pesce's skate. McLeod made it 3-0 with 7:29 left when he sped down the left side past Carolina's Brent Burns and Jarvis, stopped in front of the crease and then slid the puck through Andersen's legs. The Devils took a 2-0 lead nearly five minutes later when Jack Hughes ripped a shot from the lower edge of the left circle by Andersen. Meier opened the scoring 5:58 in when he got a pass from Jack Hughes from behind the net and tucked the puck inside the left post. It was a decent game for Vitek Vanecek, who returned to the net for the first time since April With Antti Raanta held out due to an illness, Pyotr Kochetkov allowed four goals on 22 shots. Jordan Staal and Seth Jarvis netted short-handed goals 50 seconds apart in the third.įrederik Andersen allowed four goals on 12 shots before being pulled. Sebastian Aho scored for the Hurricanes and Jordan Martinook scored on a penalty shot with 7:42 left in the second when Carolina was short-handed. Vanecek made 26 saves in his first start since Game 2 against the Rangers on April 20.

Nico Hischier scored a goal and collected an assist while Miles Wood finished off a breakaway early in the third.ĭawson Mercer collected three assists while Luke Hughes, John Marino and Jesper Bratt contributed two assists apiece as the Devils scored their most goals in the postseason since a 10-4 win over Washington in Game 3 of the 1988 Patrick Division finals.Īfter Akira Schmid allowed seven goals in two lopsided losses, New Jersey turned to Vitek Vanecek. Hughes also won his fight with Carolina center Sebastian Aho - furthering the beatdown

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