Panthers beat Rangers 3-2 in Game 5 to move within win of Stanley Cup Final return

— The Florida Panthers are on the verge of going back to the Stanley Cup Final for the second straight year and third time in franchise history because they are finding ways to win the tight ones.
May 31, 2025, 09:44 am - AP
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1st Period
No Goals Scored
2nd PeriodFLANYR
2:04Chris Kreider (8) (Shorthanded)
Assists: Mika Zibanejad (12)
01
8:21Gustav Forsling (4)
Assists: Sam Bennett (4), Aaron Ekblad (5)
11
3rd PeriodFLANYR
10:22Anton Lundell (3)
Assists: Eetu Luostarinen (4)
21
18:08Sam Bennett (5) (Empty Net)
Unassisted
31
19:10Alexis Lafreniere (8)
Assists: Mika Zibanejad (13), Chris Kreider (4)
32

Shot Chart

NHL Shot Chart
  • Mika Zibanejad faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  • K'Andre Miller Slap Shot Wide Left
  • Giveaway by Mika Zibanejad
  • Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by Braden Schneider
  • K'Andre Miller hit Sam Reinhart
  • Matthew Tkachuk shot blocked by Jacob Trouba
  • Alexis Lafrenière Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Alexis Lafrenière hit Dmitry Kulikov
  • Barclay Goodrow faceoff won against Steven Lorentz
  • Kevin Stenlund shot blocked by Erik Gustafsson
  • Giveaway by Filip Chytil
  • Sam Reinhart shot blocked by K'Andre Miller
  • Vincent Trocheck faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  • Artemi Panarin Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Vincent Trocheck Backhand Wide Left
  • Alexander Wennberg faceoff won against Eetu Luostarinen
  • Vincent Trocheck faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  • Artemi Panarin Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Chris Kreider Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Artemi Panarin shot blocked by Vincent Trocheck
  • Giveaway by Braden Schneider
  • Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Vincent Trocheck
  • Artemi Panarin Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Filip Chytil Backhand saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Mika Zibanejad faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Jacob Trouba Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Filip Chytil hit Gustav Forsling
  • Vincent Trocheck hit Eetu Luostarinen
  • Artemi Panarin Backhand saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Alexis Lafrenière hit Dmitry Kulikov
  • Giveaway by Vincent Trocheck
  • Adam Fox hit Eetu Luostarinen
  • Will Cuylle faceoff won against Kevin Stenlund
  • Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by Adam Fox
  • K'Andre Miller Roughing against Vladimir Tarasenko
  • Takeaway by Mika Zibanejad
  • Ryan Lindgren hit Anton Lundell
  • Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Vincent Trocheck
  • Kyle Okposo shot blocked by Vincent Trocheck
  • Giveaway by Artemi Panarin
  • Erik Gustafsson hit Kevin Stenlund
  • Giveaway by Erik Gustafsson
  • Barclay Goodrow hit Kevin Stenlund
  • Vincent Trocheck Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Adam Fox Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Vincent Trocheck hit Kyle Okposo
  • Alexis Lafrenière Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Mika Zibanejad faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  • K'Andre Miller Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Mika Zibanejad faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  • Anton Lundell shot blocked by Erik Gustafsson
  • Anton Lundell shot blocked by Erik Gustafsson
  • K'Andre Miller hit Aaron Ekblad
  • Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by Braden Schneider
  • K'Andre Miller Tripping against Carter Verhaeghe
  • Vincent Trocheck faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  • Vladimir Tarasenko shot blocked by Jacob Trouba
  • Takeaway by Chris Kreider
  • Chris Kreider Goal (8) Backhand, assists: Mika Zibanejad (12)
  • Jacob Trouba Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Mika Zibanejad faceoff won against Kevin Stenlund
  • Giveaway by Erik Gustafsson
  • Alexander Wennberg faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  • Erik Gustafsson Roughing against Niko Mikkola
  • Chris Kreider Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Vincent Trocheck faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  • Mika Zibanejad Slap Shot High and Wide Left
  • Artemi Panarin Deflected Wide Right
  • Eetu Luostarinen shot blocked by Adam Fox
  • Alexander Wennberg faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Braden Schneider Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Mika Zibanejad faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  • K'Andre Miller Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Chris Kreider hit Carter Verhaeghe
  • K'Andre Miller hit Sam Reinhart
  • Mika Zibanejad faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  • K'Andre Miller hit Sam Bennett
  • Vladimir Tarasenko shot blocked by Jacob Trouba
  • Jacob Trouba Holding the stick against Anton Lundell
  • Barclay Goodrow faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  • Ryan Lindgren hit Matthew Tkachuk
  • Vincent Trocheck hit Sam Reinhart
  • Jacob Trouba Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Alexander Wennberg faceoff won against Eetu Luostarinen
  • Artemi Panarin Wrist Shot Short
  • Braden Schneider Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Alexis Lafrenière Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Barclay Goodrow faceoff won against Kevin Stenlund
  • Jacob Trouba hit Kyle Okposo
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson shot blocked by Jacob Trouba
  • Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by K'Andre Miller
  • Mika Zibanejad faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  • Kaapo Kakko hit Gustav Forsling
  • Kaapo Kakko Tip-In Wide Left
  • Kaapo Kakko Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Erik Gustafsson Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  • Alexis Lafrenière hit Oliver Ekman-Larsson
  • Jacob Trouba hit Sam Bennett
  • Giveaway by Erik Gustafsson
  • Chris Kreider hit Gustav Forsling
  • Will Cuylle hit Niko Mikkola
  • Mika Zibanejad shot blocked by Will Cuylle
  • Sam Reinhart shot blocked by Mika Zibanejad
  • Jacob Trouba hit Evan Rodrigues
  • Vincent Trocheck Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Ryan Lindgren Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Filip Chytil Slap Shot Wide Right
  • K'Andre Miller shot blocked by Filip Chytil
  • Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Barclay Goodrow
  • Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Filip Chytil
  • Giveaway by Erik Gustafsson
  • Chris Kreider hit Carter Verhaeghe
  • Ryan Lindgren hit Vladimir Tarasenko
  • Artemi Panarin Wrist Shot Short
  • Giveaway by Artemi Panarin
  • Mika Zibanejad Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Will Cuylle hit Aleksander Barkov
  • Vincent Trocheck faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  • Chris Kreider Tip-In Above Crossbar
  • Giveaway by Mika Zibanejad
  • Chris Kreider Tip-In saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Alexander Wennberg Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Alexis Lafrenière Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Filip Chytil faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Adam Fox Slap Shot High and Wide Right
  • Jack Roslovic Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Vincent Trocheck Tip-In Wide Right
  • Artemi Panarin Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Mika Zibanejad faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  • Chris Kreider Tip-In Wide Right
  • Chris Kreider Tip-In Wide Right
  • Ryan Lindgren Backhand saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Adam Fox Backhand saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Vincent Trocheck faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Vincent Trocheck faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  • Vincent Trocheck hit Matthew Tkachuk
  • Alexander Wennberg faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  • Braden Schneider Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Giveaway by Braden Schneider
  • Adam Fox Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Alexander Wennberg hit Aaron Ekblad
  • Dmitry Kulikov shot blocked by Alexander Wennberg
  • Jack Roslovic Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Vincent Trocheck faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  • Vincent Trocheck faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  • Mika Zibanejad Slap Shot Wide Right
  • Chris Kreider hit Sam Reinhart
  • Alexis Lafrenière Goal (8) Tip-In, assists: Mika Zibanejad (13), Chris Kreider (4)
  • Vincent Trocheck faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  • Puck in Crowd
  • Icing
  • Braden Schneider shot blocked by Sam Reinhart
  • Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Alexis Lafrenière shot blocked by Niko Mikkola
  • Dmitry Kulikov hit Alexis Lafrenière
  • Dmitry Kulikov hit Vincent Trocheck
  • Kyle Okposo Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Hand Pass
  • Giveaway by Aaron Ekblad
  • Carter Verhaeghe hit Mika Zibanejad
  • Puck in Netting
  • Vincent Trocheck shot blocked by Brandon Montour
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Vladimir Tarasenko hit Jack Roslovic
  • Aaron Ekblad hit Adam Fox
  • Eetu Luostarinen Slashing against Alexander Wennberg
  • Vincent Trocheck shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad
  • Artemi Panarin shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad
  • Puck in Benches
  • Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Barclay Goodrow
  • Sam Bennett hit Braden Schneider
  • Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  • Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Brandon Montour Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Aaron Ekblad hit Ryan Lindgren
  • Aleksander Barkov hit Jacob Trouba
  • Icing
  • Off-side
  • Sam Bennett faceoff won against Jack Roslovic
  • Brandon Montour Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Mika Zibanejad
  • Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Off-side
  • Sam Bennett Backhand Hit Left Post
  • Sam Bennett Backhand Wide Right
  • Sam Bennett hit Kaapo Kakko
  • TV Timeout
  • Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Barclay Goodrow
  • Sam Reinhart Tip-In saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Sam Bennett Slap Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Kevin Stenlund Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Kevin Stenlund faceoff won against Vincent Trocheck
  • Eetu Luostarinen Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Kyle Okposo Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Gustav Forsling Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Goalie Stopped
  • K'Andre Miller shot blocked by Sam Reinhart
  • Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Puck in Netting
  • Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Chris Kreider
  • Sam Bennett hit Barclay Goodrow
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Aaron Ekblad Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Kyle Okposo Tripping against Adam Fox
  • Sam Reinhart hit Alexis Lafrenière
  • Kevin Stenlund Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Niko Mikkola Backhand saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Niko Mikkola Interference - Goalkeeper against Igor Shesterkin
  • Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Vincent Trocheck
  • Off-side
  • Kevin Stenlund faceoff won against Vincent Trocheck
  • On-Ice Official
  • Aaron Ekblad hit Chris Kreider
  • Puck in Netting
  • Alexander Wennberg shot blocked by Dmitry Kulikov
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson hit Jack Roslovic
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Icing
  • Icing
  • Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Mika Zibanejad
  • Gustav Forsling Goal (4) Backhand, assists: Sam Bennett (4), Aaron Ekblad (5)
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson hit Matt Rempe
  • Puck in Benches
  • Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Barclay Goodrow
  • Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Off-side
  • Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Mika Zibanejad
  • Hand Pass
  • Aaron Ekblad hit Alexander Wennberg
  • Icing
  • Sam Bennett faceoff won against Alexander Wennberg
  • Matthew Tkachuk Backhand saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Sam Bennett Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Sam Bennett Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Alexis Lafrenière shot blocked by Brandon Montour
  • High Stick
  • Puck in Netting
  • Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Mika Zibanejad
  • Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Dmitry Kulikov Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Mika Zibanejad
  • Puck in Netting
  • Braden Schneider shot blocked by Aleksander Barkov
  • Gustav Forsling Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Jacob Trouba shot blocked by Anton Lundell
  • Jacob Trouba shot blocked by Niko Mikkola
  • Puck in Netting
  • Sam Bennett faceoff won against Vincent Trocheck
  • Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Kyle Okposo Tip-In saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Puck in Crowd
  • Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Mika Zibanejad
  • Vladimir Tarasenko Slap Shot Wide Left
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson hit Adam Fox
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson hit Alexis Lafrenière
  • Anton Lundell Tip-In saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Anton Lundell Between Legs saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Vladimir Tarasenko Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Ryan Lindgren shot blocked by Vladimir Tarasenko
  • Brandon Montour hit Filip Chytil
  • Kyle Okposo Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Puck in Netting
  • Sam Bennett faceoff won against Vincent Trocheck
  • Takeaway by Sam Bennett
  • Dmitry Kulikov Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Sam Bennett Snap Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Anton Lundell faceoff won against Barclay Goodrow
  • Vladimir Tarasenko Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Eetu Luostarinen hit Ryan Lindgren
  • Eetu Luostarinen Between Legs saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Kyle Okposo hit Adam Fox
  • Steven Lorentz Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Niko Mikkola Tripping against Kaapo Kakko
  • TV Timeout
  • Kevin Stenlund hit Mika Zibanejad
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson Slap Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Alexis Lafrenière shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Sam Bennett hit Barclay Goodrow
  • Anton Lundell Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Eetu Luostarinen (4)
  • Puck in Netting
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Mika Zibanejad
  • Aleksander Barkov Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Aleksander Barkov Backhand saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Barclay Goodrow shot blocked by Oliver Ekman-Larsson
  • Puck in Netting
  • Aaron Ekblad hit Vincent Trocheck
  • Evan Rodrigues Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Puck in Netting
  • Braden Schneider shot blocked by Eetu Luostarinen
  • Eetu Luostarinen Backhand saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Igor Shesterkin
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Sam Bennett Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: none
  • Timeout - Home
  • Icing
  • Artemi Panarin shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad
  • Aaron Ekblad hit Alexis Lafrenière
  • Adam Fox shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad
  • Icing
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