SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Brad Marchand scored on a deflected shot at 15:27 of overtime and the Florida Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Friday night to cut their deficit in the Eastern Conference semifinal series to 2-1.
Aleksander Barkov, Sam Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe and Jonah Gadjovich scored for Florida, which got 27 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky. Evan Rodrigues had two assists for the Panthers. They 13-2 in their last 15 playoff overtime games.
John Tavares scored twice, and Matthew Knies and Morgan Rielly also scored for the Maple Leafs. Joseph Woll stopped 32 shots.
Game 4 will be in Sunrise on Sunday night.
Florida erased deficits of 2-0 and 3-1, and that’s been almost impossible to do against Toronto this season.
JETS 4, STARS 0
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Connor Hellebuyck made 21 saves and Winnipeg beat Dallas in Game 2 to tie the Western Conference second-round series.
Hellebuyck had his fourth career playoff shutout to help the regular-season champion Jets rebound from a 3-2 loss Wednesday night.
Gabriel Vilardi and Nikolaj Ehlers scored early goals and Adam Lowry made it 3-0 midway through the second period. Ehlers added an empty-netter with 3:40 remaining.
Game 3 is Sunday in Dallas.
Jake Oettinger stopped 21 shots for Dallas.
Vilardi opened the scoring on a power play at 3:35 of the first period. Ehlers followed at 7:07, and Lowry made it a three-goal lead with 8:58 left in the second.
