{"id":276821,"date":"2023-06-09T09:26:24","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T14:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=276821"},"modified":"2023-06-09T10:40:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T15:40:10","slug":"stanley-cup-final-florida-panthers-game-3-overtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/stanley-cup-final-florida-panthers-game-3-overtime\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanley Cup Final: Florida Panthers Rally to Win Game 3 in OT"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Florida Panthers have continued their perfect streak in overtime this postseason. They maintained it with a 3-2 victory<\/a> against the Vegas Golden Warriors in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n

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Carter Verhaeghe celebrates a game-winning goal in overtime for the Florida Panthers against the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Fla. (Image: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Panthers center Carter Verhaeghe smoked a wrister past Golden Knights goalie Adin Hill only 4:27 into overtime to secure the win. The Golden Knights saw their 2-0 series lead trimmed to 2-1, with Game 4 to be played in Florida on Saturday.<\/p>\n

They all counted us out before the Final even started,”<\/strong> said Panthers left winger Matthew Tkachuk. “We’re that type of team where we know the end goal. Nobody cares how we got here. It’s a 2-1 series.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The victory marked the Panthers’ first win in seven Stanley Cup games. The Panthers were swept by the Colorado Avalanche during their only Stanley Cup Final appearance in 1996, and they dropped the first two games of the 2023 finals in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Another OT Win for the Cardiac Cats<\/h2>\n

The Panthers have won 10 overtime games in a row, including seven in this year’s postseason. They rallied back from down 2-1 to tie the game in the third period and force overtime.<\/p>\n

Tkachuk, the heart and soul of the Panthers, was clutch once again this postseason. Tkachuk assisted on the Panthers’ first goal in the first period by defenseman Brandon Montour. He later scored an equalizer with a little more than two minutes remaining in regulation.<\/p>\n

“We don’t know how we’re going to get there,” said Tkachuk. “But we’re going to do everything we can to get there.”<\/p>\n

Tkachuk scored 11 goals this postseason, and seven happened in the third period or in overtime.<\/p>\n

We’re the Cats,”<\/strong> said Verhaeghe. “We have whatever lives we have, but it’s awesome. It shows how great our team is and the guys on our team have no quit in them.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Verhaeghe is an overtime assassin in the playoffs, with four game-winning, overtime goals in his career.<\/p>\n

“There’s a little bit of collective confidence,” explained Florida coach Paul Maurice.<\/p>\n

During his career as the head coach, Maurice’s teams are 19-7 in overtime games.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky looked like his old self with 25 saves. The Golden Knights lit up Bobrovsky in the first two games of the series, and he was pulled in the middle of the second period of Game 2<\/a>. Bobrovsky allowed only two goals in Game 3 to notch his first win in net this series. “Playoff Bob” was flawless in the third period and overtime.<\/p>\n

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