Paul Maurice, Panthers Playoff Game 1 Post: Florida 6, Tampa Bay Lightning 2
Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice talks after his team beat the host Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 in Game 1 of their 2025 Stanley Cup playoff series at Amalie Arena on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
The Panthers lead the best-of-7 series with Game 2 on Thursday.
Florida had Matthew Tkachuk back in the lineup for the first time since Feb. 8; he scored twice.
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Florida led 2-1 going into the second on goals from Sam bennett and Sam Reinhart; the Panthers scored three straight goals (one from Nate Schmidt, two from Tkachuk) in the second to open things up.
Schmidt got the final goal of the night in the third.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 20 saves.
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Maurice is a mastermind. He understands the game at a very deep level.
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This is the most well rounded panthers team in the last five years
Played at like C- level and mauled this pretty awful Tampa team
Tampa lost its heart when they threw away stamkos
We win in four this Tampa team doesn’t have enough
A great coach but his demeanor is like he was on the losing end!
keep in mind Coach sees a lot more with 1-eye than most of us with 2
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