Panther Parkway Radio

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez(@Mandoman12) is joined by Florida Panthers Historian Francisco Oporta(@fjojr and @FLACatsHistory) to break down the Panthers' 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning to take a 1-0 series lead. The Panthers controlled play for the first 15 minutes of the game where the Cats didn't allow the Bolts to easily get through the neutral zone. Game one didn't bring a lot post-whistle, despite both teams combining for almost 100 hits. Panthers played a disciplined game where they only went to the box twice on the night, where Tampa Bay got their when it was too little too late with 9 seconds left in regulation. Cats went into the third period with over 1:30 left on the man advantage, where they converted just under a minute into the frame on a beauty of a backdoor feed from Aleksander Barkov to Carter Verhaeghe to give the Panthers a 2-1 lead at the time. Sergei Bobrovsky was not tested much on the afternoon but saved his best for last, especially