2024/25 Playoffs Day Four

Hurricanes, Maple Leafs, Panthers & Wild’s Success

Hurricanes 3 – Devils 1 (en) (Series 2-0 Carolina) New Jersey out shot Carolina and took a 1-0 lead into the second period, but the Hurricanes scored twice in three minutes with the second goal coming shorthanded during the second period creating a tight 2-1 game all through the third period until with less than a minute to play New Jersey gave up the empty netter.

Maple Leafs 3 – Senators 2 (OT) (Series 2-0 Toronto) Toronto took the dreaded early 2-0 lead in the first period and Ottawa scored once in the second period, once in the third period to tie the game, and in overtime Center Domi crushes a shot through traffic to score his first of the playoffs.

Panthers 6 – Lightning 2 (Series 1-0 Florida) Tampa Bay goaltender Vasilevskiy look horrible as the Panthers scored six times on only 16 SOG, three of the goals were earned on the power play, nevertheless, one of the best modern-day goaltenders had one of the poorest showings of his playoff career.

Wild 5 – Knights 2 (en) (Series tied 1-1) This was a difficult game to watch as the two Referees were horrendous, (not one penalty whistled until near halfway through the third period) and now I understand how Nevada became the least penalized team in the NHL, withstanding obvious slew foot and blatant punch to the face Minnesota pushed on and took a 3-0 lead on just 10 SOG in the first period, scored again on 3 SOG in the second period to go up 4-0 before the Knights could even score.