The hockey players of Florida defeated Carolina in overtime for the second time in the finals of the Eastern Conference of the NHL League and now lead the series 2-0. Again, Matthew Tkachuk scored the decisive goal in extra time.
The only difference was that this time it was not necessary to play more than one new game (four overtimes were necessary on Friday night), but he scored the decisive goal in the second minute, when he was accurate after a pass Reinhart herself.
Florida had a lot of work to do to even make the playoffs, where they are now it shines. It is interesting that he has a much better win-loss ratio away from home (8-1; all eight victories were celebrated in a row) than at home (2-3). They are also outstanding in overtime, winning all six games in this playoff that were not decided after 60 minutes.
“We played a lot of hockey in the last two games. Great is that this time we finished the work much earlier. Truth be told, I didn’t have much to do this time, because I really got a good pass,” he said Matthew Tkachukwhich is the third time in this playoff scored in overtime, as he was also accurate in the fifth game against Boston.
NHL, Playoffs, Conference Finals
East, second match:CAROLINA − FLORIDA – 0:21:2 (1:0, 0:1, 0:0) – overtimeChatfield 2.; Barkov 28, Tkachuk 62.
Defenses: Raanta 24; Bobrovski 37.
The third game will be on Tuesday at 2:00.
West, second leg, Sunday at 9:00 p.m:VEGAS – DALLAS – 1:0
In bold print is the result in wins, they play for four wins according to the 2-2-1-1-1 system.
Source: Rtvslo
