NHL: Florida Panthers 3 LA Kings 2 recap and analysis

After 1 minute and a half Carter had the 1st chance of the game trying a tap in after an uncontrolled rebound in front of Luongo that made the 2nd Great stop to avoid to allow the 1st goal. Bjustad had the 1st chance for his team with the 1st shot of the game for his team in the game taking advantage of a miss handled puck by the Kings but Quick made a nice save. Carter continued to be the most dangerous on the ice with a blue line shot dangerously redirected by a Florida d-man and very good stopped by Luongo, around the half way of the 1st period Florida scored 1st with Barkov on a very Well managed 2 on 1 by Boyes who provided the primary assist. After the goal the Kings appeared very confused and in the following 3 minutes it has been an escalation of Panthers scoring chances. With 4 minutes McBain tied the game with an high slap shot after a Great Brown cross ice pass result of a very good puck movement, a minute later the Kings went into a PP but they haven't been able to capitalize it. The 2nd period started in a very fast and physical way and the game became a way more exciting and interesting, as it happened in the 1st period the Panthers played very aggressive and created so many chances especially with Jokinen and fleischmann. Gaborik called Luongo to make a tough save on a slap shot from the goal crease. With 3 minutes left King had a Big chance to score left alone in front of the goalie forced Luongo to make a miracolous save on the attacker. The Kings continued to be dangerous when Williams Found Lewis close to the goal line but he missed an easy shot, the period finished with both teams nervous in each other due the physical nature of the game. The 3td period started with a Pirri deflection from the goal crease and Quick answered with a Great position, LA got a PP for interference with 17:59 left to play and they scored a PPG with a Gaborik slap shot from the circle due to a Great vision by Kopitar. This game shifted the momentum to the Kings side till Muzzin made an awful pass that let Bjugstad to tie the game alone 1 on 1 vs Quick, Florida attacked furiosly and it let them got a PP for a Shore s interference but the Kings penalty killers got the job done. With 3 minutes left in the game Pirri took advantage of another Kings mistake on defense and score the game ahead goal. LA haven't been able to score with the extra skater on last minute of the game and this lead to another frustrating loss for them, they wasted a W for 2 silly mistakes and they can't do it if they wanna reapeat, also they have to support more their attackers because Daughty can't do that job alone. The Panthers proved another time that they can matchup playoffs teams with different stiles of hockey and today they fought hard for every puck provino also that they never give up. My 3 stars of the game are: 3 Daughty in my opinion the most valuable player on the ice today 2 Pirri he scored the game winning game 1 Bjugstad he scored a goal and provided a very good intensity