NHL|The winner of the Eastern Division will face the winner of the Western Division, i.e. Dallas Stars or Edmonton Oilers, in the NHL finals.
Ice hockey In the NHL, the Florida Panthers evened the Eastern Conference final series against the New York Rangers at home. Both teams have won two games, while four wins are required to qualify for the NHL finals.
Florida grabbed its equalizing 3–2 victory in overtime. Sam Reinhart scored the decisive overtime goal with just over a minute left in overtime. Playing in Florida Alexander Barkov picked up an assist on Reinhart’s goal.
Barkov also recorded another assist point Carter Verhaeghen from the goal of the second period.
Panthers and Rangers next meet early Friday morning Finnish time, this time at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Eastern bloc the winner will face the winner of the western division, i.e. Dallas Stars or Edmonton Oilers, in the NHL finals. Dallas leads the series 2–1.
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