Bobrovsky activated beast mode! “Dry” “Rangers”, making several super saves
Maxim Makarov May 23, 2024, 06:28 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
Florida took the opening game of the East final.
The conference finals in the East began today. The division winners caught up, which was no surprise to anyone. The teams met three times in the regular season: Florida won two and the Rangers won once.
The former Panthers general manager recently said he tried to sign both Panarin and Bobrovsky at the same time, but only the latter was successful: “We offered roughly the same contract to Panarin. But he ended up moving to New York because he wanted to go to a bigger market and you can’t blame him for that.” Yes, we didn’t see our friends continue playing on the same team, but we will see them in the battle for the Stanley Cup final.
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The teams spent the first period scouting, and Florida was more successful at it, putting more pressure on Shesterkin and being more active in anticipating and creating moments. In the end it was the guests who managed to open the scoring: Matthew Tkachuk scored immediately in attack.
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The hosts could have equalized before the break, but Schneider, after going one to zero, hit the ball against the post. Early in the second half, the Blueshirts had two excellent opportunities to score the first goal, but neither Kylie nor Trocheck could beat Bobrovsky. After that, Florida recovered and no longer allowed the opponent to create such dangerous moments, not forgetting to attack itself. Alexander Barkov could have increased the lead, but Igor Shesterkin did not allow the Finnish striker to overtake him.
Time was running inexorably for the Rangers, Bobrovsky no longer had a job and in the ninth minute of the half Laviolette’s team completely failed. But the coach decided to review the video and with good reason: Ekman-Larsson’s goal was disallowed due to an intervention by Lomberg on the goalkeeper. Lafreniere retired almost immediately afterwards, but as soon as he left the area, the “blue shirts” created two decisive chances, but the magnificent Bobrovsky did not allow the score to be leveled.
Bobrovsky’s saves in the first game of the Eastern final
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Then Lafreniere had another failure: Shesterkin threw the puck unsuccessfully and Alexi cut it into his own goal a few seconds later.
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Sam Bennett put the finishing touch on the empty net. 3:0 – Florida takes the opening game of the East final. Bobrovsky makes his first shutout in these playoffs, stopping 23 shots. Perhaps the Rangers’ activity was not up to par, but Sergei, when the situation required it, activated beast mode and did not allow the opponent to score.
