Capitals rally past Panthers in third period
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Published: May. 3, 2022 at 10:33 PM EDT
T.J. Oshie scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period, Vitek Vanecek stopped 30 shots and the Washington Capitals rallied past the top-seeded Florida Panthers 4-2 on Tuesday night in the opener of their Eastern Conference first-round series.
Tom Wilson, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Lars Eller also scored for Washington, which trailed 2-1 going into the third period.
Teams had been 0-39-1 against Florida in the regular season when trailing after 40 minutes, 0-22-0 when doing so on the Panthers' home ice.
Claude Giroux and Sam Bennett scored for Florida.
Associated Press 2022
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