Same thing here – we’ve just got to work a little harder, work a little smarter and find a way to win games.” We were down, we found a way, we started playing a little better, we found a way to come back and get out of there. “Of course, we’ve had three really tough series,” Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov said. – Teams that start a Stanley Cup Final with two home wins have won the Cup 38 times in 41 past instances.īut by now, Florida’s penchant for pulling off the improbable is well-known.
– Vegas hasn’t dropped four out of five games since going 1-2-2 to start a six-game road swing that began in late January.
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– Former Panthers Jonathan Marchessault and Reilly Smith have as many goals so far in the series (four) as all the current Panthers do in the series, combined. – Matthew Tkachuk has two more misconduct penalties (three) than he has points (one, a goal) in the series. – They’ve been outscored 10-2 in the last four periods against Vegas. And now they’ve got to beat them in four of the next five games to win the Cup. – They’ve beaten Vegas in four of 12 all-time meetings between the franchises. To say the odds are stacked high against the Panthers is a bit of an understatement. We’re going to go out and give our best effort and play our best game tomorrow and go from there.” But our backs are against the wall, obviously. We just try to take it – like everyone says – one at a time. “We’ve approached every game in the playoffs the same way. “Desperation and winning a game,” Florida veteran Marc Staal said. Down 2-0 in the title series to the Vegas Golden Knights, the Panthers return to home ice on Thursday night looking to spark one more epic turnaround and get right back in the hunt for hockey’s biggest prize. The Panthers needed a furious late-season push just to get into the playoffs as the lowest seed, then needed to win three consecutive elimination games to oust a record-setting Boston team in Round 1.Īnd now, another huge challenge awaits. Such is the story of Florida’s season, and it makes all the sense in the world that the plot has reappeared in the Stanley Cup Final. He joined the Blues’ front office before returning to the Devils New Jersey for the 2018-19 season, working in business development. “It makes sense to formalize and give clarity to his roles and responsibilities within the organization.”īrodeur, 50, was a member of three Stanley Cup champions for New Jersey before retiring in 2015, after a six-game tenure with the St. “Marty has been a tremendous resource to me in my time as general manager with his experience, input, foresight, and relationships throughout the hockey world,” said Fitzgerald. The last time New Jersey made the playoffs was 2017-18.īrodeur’s work will include personnel decisions, roster management, transactions, player recruitment, scouting and overseeing the goaltending development. The Devils have gotten off to a 10-3 start and lead the Metropolitan Division. “I’ve been fortunate to help them in that time, as we move in the right direction toward consistent, sustained success.” “Working with Tom’s group for the past few years, I have seen firsthand what he and our managing partners, David Blitzer and Josh Harris are building,” said Brodeur. Hall of Fame goaltender Martin Brodeur has been named executive vice president of hockey operations and given a new multi-year contract extension by the New Jersey Devils.ĭevils’ general manager Tom Fitzgerald announced that Brodeur will be staying with the organization after spending the last 2 1/2 years serving as an adviser to hockey operations and on the business side.
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