Panthers defeat Maple Leafs 2-0 in Game 4 to even series

It s a formula the Florida Panthers keep using in the playoffs Take a lead after two periods then let Sergei Bobrovsky and the defense do the rest And it worked again Bobrovsky stopped shots for his fifth career playoff shutout Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Bennett scored and the Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs - on Sunday night in Contest to even the Eastern Conference semifinal series Florida has won consecutive playoff games when leading after two periods a streak that goes back to May It s a series Bobrovsky stated The bigger games are ahead so we re excited about them The series comes down to a best-of-three so it s a big event next one Home-ice advantage has held and Toronto will hope that trend continues in Championship on Wednesday night The Leafs won Games and at home then dropped Games and in Sunrise We had looks Toronto coach Craig Berube declared They re doing a good job of swarming us with numbers obviously It s a battle out there This is what it is They don t give you a lot Verhaeghe scored on a power play Florida s fourth of the encounter in the first period Bennett added the insurance result with left and Bobrovsky did the rest for his second shutout of this postseason Joseph Woll stopped shots for the Maple Leafs He was great Berube stated He played an excellent battle Verhaeghe s goal came after Matthew Tkachuk along the left-wing boards threaded a pass through the slot and past two defenders It revealed Verhaeghe who slammed a one-timer past Woll THE CATS NUMBER FIRST Carter Verhaeghe opens the scoring for the FlaPanthers in Encounter StanleyCup NHL On TNT TBS SportsonMax https t co TuyIATi T Sportsnet or stream on Sportsnet https t co KjbdjVctF pic twitter com qkkivR ZO NHL NHL May That was part of an early spree for Florida The Panthers took of the match s first shots on net controlling play for long stretches and keeping all the action in front of Woll He held firm time and again keeping Toronto in it Bennett explained enough He came in from Woll s left with Verhaeghe opposite him looking for a passing lane When none appeared Bennett went to the front of the net watched Woll commit then pushed the puck into the net before punching the air That was more like the type of Panthers playoff hockey that we re used to Bennett noted It got chippy late as games this late in a series tend to do Oliver Ekman-Larsson part of the Florida gang that won the Stanley Cup last season delivered a shot to the head and neck area of Panthers forward Evan Rodrigues about five minutes into in the third period It was originally called a major then downgraded to a minor after review Rodrigues will need further evaluation Monday Panthers coach Paul Maurice announced And four players Toronto s Max Domi for boarding Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov and Toronto s Bobby McMann Florida s Aaron Ekblad and Panthers forward Brad Marchand on his th birthday all got -minute misconducts as time expired I think he ll be all right Maurice announced about Barkov