FLORIDA PANTHERS vs. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
ROUND 1, GAME 2
MAY 18, 2021
BB&T Center – Sunrise, Fla.
| FLORIDA PANTHERS | TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING |
| 1 | 3 |
- Mason Marchment scored his first career playoff goal, marking the second consecutive game a Panthers rookie has tallied in the playoffs (Game 1 – Owen Tippett), a first in Panthers history.
- Marchmentis the fifth rookie to score a goal for the Panther in the playoffs in club history (Owen Tippett, Ed Jovanovski, Radek Dvorak, David Nemirovsky).
- Aleksander Barkov notched an assist, extending his playoff point streak to two games (1-2-3).
- Barkov led FLA with 26:28 TOI and five shots on goal. He has recorded at least a point in each of his past six postseason games (2-5-7).
- Carter Verhaeghe recorded an assist, extending his playoff point streak to two games (1-1-2).
- Chris Driedger became the first rookie to start a playoff game in club history.
- Three different Panthers logged five hits (Radko Gudas, Patric Hornqvist, Ryan Lomberg).
NHL.com Final Score: FLA 1, TBL 3
PANTHERS POSTGAME QUOTES – MAY 18, 2021
Head Coach Joel Quenneville
“We fought back and had a good later part of the second (period), we were in the right spots we just couldn’t buy the goal we were looking for. They played hard and I think we were working with everything we could do.”
“We’re going to push every envelope we can to make sure that we’re going to be the best we can going forward.”
Forward Aleksander Barkov
“We had huge support from our fans in this building. We loved it. We enjoyed it. We just couldn’t come up with wins. We’re going to battle until the end. We’re going to give it everything we have every game, every shift.”
“We’ve got a good chance to win the next game. We just have to play smart. We had good periods, good shifts. We’ve just got to stick to our game. We’ve got to find a way to make that a 60-minute effort from the whole team, every player, and we’ll be fine.”
Goaltender Chris Driedger
“We’re not going to dwell on this game. We’re going to go into Tampa ready to win. We have confidence in our group. We’re looking forward to getting back into the W column.”
Defenseman MacKenzie Weegar
“By all means, we’re not even close to out of this series yet. We played great all year on the road. We’ve just got to stick with it here. No one’s hanging their heads here. We’re going to move onto this next game and bring it to them in their own rink.”
