New York goaltender Igor Shesterkin made 34 saves in a memorable performance, and the Rangers outlasted the Florida Panthers 5-4 in overtime on Sunday afternoon, securing a 2-1 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals with Game 4 on Tuesday night.
also scored for the Panthers, who'll play host to Game 4 on Tuesday night. Bobrovsky stopped 18 shots for Florida, which has dropped back-to-back games for the first time in these playoffs -- both in OT.
New York led 4-2 going into the third. The Rangers were 26-0-1 this season entering Sunday in games where they led by two or more goals with 20 minutes remaining.Barkov and Forsling scored less than two minutes apart in the third to erase that two-goal deficit, and Florida caught a break -- the right break -- with 7:34 left when Barkov was originally called for a high-stick that would have given the Rangers a 4-minute power play.
Over the last 8:10 of the third, the NHL credited 24 shot attempts -- all of them by Florida, as the Panthers just unleashed a barrage on Shesterkin. Of the 24 shot tries, only six were on goal and needed to be saved; nine were blocked, eight missed and one hit the post.
Lafrenière and Goodrow each tallied again in the second, Florida answered in the third. But it was the Rangers who struck last, and they're now just two wins away from their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final since 2014.
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