After yesterday’s miserable 6-2 to loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Florida Panthers will be shooting to go “dirty thirty.” Dirty because that’s the kind of series this been, and thirty because NHL teams have overcome 3–1 series deficits 29 times, with the most recent escape act being pulled off by the San Jose Sharks during the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Despite outplaying the Lightning in the first period, the Cats found themselves down 3-1 to their cross-state rivals thanks to a breakaway goal by Anthony Cirelli and deflections by Yanni Gourde and Ondrej Palat.