The Florida Panthers will be shooting for a second straight trip to the Stanley Cup Final when they host the New York Rangers tonight at Amerant Bank Arena. Florida delivered another strong road performance to take the series lead with a 3-2 win at Madison Square. Gustav Forsling leveled for the Cats after Chris Kreider’s shorthanded goal gave the Rangers the lead early in the second. Anton Lundell beat Igor Shesterkin for the go-ahead goal with 9:38 remaining in regulation and Sam Bennett, who set up Forsling marker, notched an empty-netter before Alexis Lafrenière completed the scoring with his fourth goal in the last three games. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 25 shots to become the first goaile to hit 11 wins in the playoffs.
- WHEN: 8 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Amerant Bank Arena – Sunrise, FL
- ON THE TUBE: ABC, ESPN+
- ON THE DIAL: 560 WQAM (D/B), 92.1 Real Radio (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #NYR, #NYRvsFLA, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: Blueshirt Banter
- SERIES: leads 3-2
- LAST MEETING: FLA 3, @NYR 2 – (Recap) 5/30/2024
- NEXT MEETING: Game 7 – June 3, 2024
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Bobrovsky (11-5 .905 / 2.27 1SO) New York: Shesterkin (10-5 .927 / 2.36 0SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / New York
Western Conference Final
- Oilers 3, Stars 1 (Edmonton leads series 3-2)