Florida’s Sergei Bobrovsky has made 23 or more saves in nine of his last ten career starts versus the Rangers.
Tuesday features a must-win game in the early stages of the Conference Finals as the Florida Panthers find themselves down 2-1 in their series with the New York Rangers. The next game will take place in New York, which means going down 3-1 and needing to win a tough Game five on the road isn’t an option for the Panthers.
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The Panthers will need to cool down the red hot Rangers offense like they did in Game one, when they held them to no goals. The Rangers have scored fewer than three goals in three of their 13 playoff games this postseason with two of the three games being against the Panthers.
Florida will need a big game from Bobrovsky and he should oblige as he’s made 24 or more saves in two of their three games versus New York and in seven of their 14 games this postseason.
Bobrovsky has made a habit out of playing well versus the Rangers as he has made 23 or more saves in nine of their last ten matchups.
The Rangers should make him feel the pressure as they won Game three with their quick scoring ability that helped them create quick scoring chances that led to back-to-back goals in Game three, that were scored 25 seconds apart. They then followed it up by scoring two goals just under two minutes apart in the second.
If the Panthers can respond better to a goal from the opposition better and slow down the game with their physicality than they can easily win this game. Not to mention, their powerplay is due for a big game after scoring just once on six Ranger penalties.
The Panthers should play physical to start and will themselves to an early lead that they can ride for the remainder of the game.