![]() Adesanya briefly stood up and delivered one brutal kick to the chest before the round ended. Adesanya tried to turn his rival onto his back on the floor, a mistake – but Pereira abandoned the leg lock he was gifted, while also failing to regain his feet. Source: FOX SPORTSĪdesanya ended up on top of his rival after Pereira badly defended a take-down attempt one minute into the third round, and the champion dragged his rival back down to the ground to deliver ground-and-pound – his first career UFC take-down.Īdesanya used brilliant wrist control to pin down his rival while laying in left hooks from the back. Pereira landed a head kick and multiple body kicks as Adesanya looked to wrestle far more than he typically would – but it was Pereira who claimed a take-down just before the second round ended, with the buzzer stopping him from doing any damage.Īdesanya landed a belting left hook. But Pereira landed a pair of left hands on his own as Adesanya was stuck against the cage. Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was in the crowd, as was NBA great Charles Barkley, and former Dolphins star Dan Marino was the celebrity drummer to welcome the Panthers onto the ice.Adesanya was struggling to deal with Pereira’s hard jabs in the second round, but replied with a strong right hand midway through the round. Before Thursday, Florida’s last home game in the title series was June 10, 1996, when Uwe Krupp scored in the third overtime for a 1-0 win as Colorado finished off a four-game sweep of the Panthers for the Cup. Louis lost its first 13 games in the Cup final. Sometimes that happens to you.”įlorida’s 0-6 record in Stanley Cup Final games before Thursday was well short of the record for franchise futility in the title series. And Marchessault became the third player in the last 35 years to score in each of the first three games of a title series - joining Steve Yzerman in 1997 with Detroit and Jake Guentzel with Pittsburgh in 2017.īut it wasn’t enough to give Vegas a 3-0 lead in the series. Vegas joined the 1980 New York Islanders as the only team with at least two power-play goals in three consecutive games in the Cup final. Marchessault’s goal was his 13th in his last 13 playoff games, his fourth of this series and his third with the man advantage.Īs if all that wasn’t enough, there was a little history in there as well. Jonathan Marchessault and Mark Stone had power-play goals for Vegas. “We found our legs a little bit,” Florida’s San Reinhart said. ![]() So are the Panthers, who were the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference, were down 3-1 to Boston in Round 1, were 133 seconds away from trailing this series 3-0 - and now have tons of reasons for optimism. Of the previous 55 teams to trail 2-1 at this point of the Stanley Cup Final, 11 have actually rallied to hoist the trophy. The odds are still long, but the Panthers at least have a bit more statistical hope now. “Nobody cares how we got here,” Tkachuk said. ![]() Florida survived that scare, and a few minutes later, had life in the series again. But the Panthers were furious - and replays showed they had a case - when Gustav Forsling was sent to the box with 11.2 seconds remaining for tripping. His goal breathed life into a very nervous building. ![]() “But we’re going to do everything we can to get there.” “We don’t know how we’re going to get there,” said Matthew Tkachuk, who tied the game with 2:13 left in regulation. The Panthers are 7-0 in these playoffs in OT - actually winning more games in extra sessions than they’ve won in regulation. It shows how great our team is and the guys on our team have no quit in them.” “We have whatever lives we have, but it’s awesome. “We’re the Cats,” said Verhaeghe, after his fourth career playoff overtime goal. Vegas still leads the title series 2-1, but Florida has life and found a way to turn overtime into its favorite time once again. The Florida Panthers keep finding ways to flourish in those moments.Īnd for the first time, they’ve won a game in the Stanley Cup Final.Ĭarter Verhaeghe snapped a wrister from the slot high into the back of the net 4:27 into overtime and the Panthers rallied to beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Thursday night in Game 3.
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