Steven Stamkos notched his 4th and 5th goals of the matchup, and the Tampa Bay Lightning avoided a sweep with a 6-3 win against the Florida Panthers at Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL, of the 1st-round postseason series.
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Stamkos notched the 1st goal during the Bolts’ 3-goal 1st period and pushed his team in the 3rd quarter with his goal mid-period, giving the Lightning a 5-3 lead. Nicholas Paul scored during a 5-on-3 power-play goal with almost 4 minutes until the end.
Brandon Hagel scored twice and assisted, and Brayden Point added a goal and 2 assists for Tampa Bay. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 22 shots, with Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman each finishing with 3 assists.
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Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Reinhart, and Oliver Ekman-Larsson notched for the Panthers. Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves.