Simply name him Mr. Extra time.
Carter Verhaeghe‘s aim at 2:59 into the OT interval gave the Florida Panthers a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday at Amerant Financial institution Enviornment in Dawn, Florida.
The win provides the Panthers a 2-0 lead within the Japanese Convention first-round playoff sequence. Recreation 3 is about for Thursday night time at Amalie Enviornment in Tampa.
It was Verhaeghe’s fifth profession playoff time beyond regulation aim. He is the sixth participant in NHL historical past to succeed in that mark.
Verhaeghe’s time beyond regulation heroics have all come within the final three seasons.
Throughout final season’s playoffs, he ended Recreation 3 of the Stanley Cup Closing towards the Vegas Golden Knights and bought the Recreation 7 time beyond regulation aim that gave Florida the first-round sequence win over the closely favored Boston Bruins. Verhaeghe had two OT winners within the 2022 first-round sequence with the Washington Capitals, together with within the decisive Recreation 6.
Verhaeghe additionally had an help on Tuesday night time.
Sam Bennett tallied a aim and an help for Florida, however he left with an upper-body harm within the second interval after being hit by a shot from teammate Brandon Montour and didn’t return. Vladimir Tarasenko additionally scored, and Matthew Tkachuk added two assists. Sergei Bobrovsky made 21 saves.
Brayden Level and Steven Stamkos scored for the Lightning, and Victor Hedman had two assists. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 34 pictures.
