HC Tampa Kucherova defeated Florida in the NHL playoff series

The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Florida Panthers in the third match of the first round of the National Hockey League (NHL) playoffs. The match took place on April 26 and ended with a score of 5:1.

Striker Jake Genzel scored doubles for the winners (in the 18th and 41st minutes), while forwards Nick Paul (in the 34th), Luke Glendening (in the 55th) and Anthony Cirelli (in the 56th) also scored goals. Matthew Tkachuk scored for the losers (on the 3rd). Lightning goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevsky blocked 33 of 34 shots, while Panthers goalkeeper Sergei Bobrovsky blocked only 17 of 21.

In addition, Russian striker Nikita Kucherov scored two assists in the match. The forward now has 53 goals and 117 assists in Stanley Cup games. He also reached 170 points in NHL playoff games and ranked 13th in NHL history in the number of assists in the playoffs.

The next game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Florida Panthers will be held on April 29 at the Florida home court, the "Газете.ги ".

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HC Florida defeated Tampa in the first match of the first round of the NHL playoffs on April 23 with a score of 6:2. Matthew Tkachuk (25th and 30th minutes) and Nate Schmidt (25th and 46th minutes) scored doubles for the winners, Sam Bennett (4th) and Sam Rinehart (20th) also scored goals. Florida goalkeeper Sergey Bobrovsky blocked 20 shots. Jake Gunzel (13th) and Brayden Point (34th) scored among the Tampa players.