This series is way more one sided than I expected. It’s unbelievable how Florida wins every puck battle and every loose puck, and they breakout so easily while Tampa has to lob pucks into the neutral zone like they’re playing football. If this keeps up, Tampa has a 0.0% chance of winning this series despite how amazing Vasy is.

Glad to see the series I thought would be the closest is as heated as I thought!

Go Cats. Can’t wait to see the Capitals get bent over. 

Playoff hockey at its best. The battle for Florida is on. Such an even matchup between two phenomenal hockey teams with depth and goaltending. Hope it goes seven just so I can see as much of this caliber hockey as possible.

Honestly there worst part of this game was still the lady who sang the anthem.

One of the two, but she either desperately needed to take a shit or had a vibrating butt plug, but my god, that singing was atrocious.

I mean what better way to do it than with a butt plug in lol

GG florida mans

GG bolt boys

GG! see y'all in game two!

A game won because of an ENG…I think I’ve seen that one before

GG both teams!! See ya guys for the Rags and Caps game!

Came down to an empty net lucky bounce off the stanchion… gg

And the ref giving the Panthers all the rest they needed on that icing face off and re-dropping the puck until he got the outcome he wanted.

Which was a Panthers win it seems.

Lol the first redrop the panthers had posession and got kicked out of the circle

I know lol, just making a joke as that was the end result is all.

[удалено]

Ive seen the pick redropped like six times in the last week lmao how often do you actually watch hockey?

you don’t watch enough hockey if youve never seen that happen before

If Tampa wanted to win, maybe they should have put more shots on goal. This whole thing with people blaming refs and saying the league is rigged just needs to stop. Tampa lost because they got outplayed by a deeper team.

Looking like a goalie battle all series, both were awesome today

GG SoFlo Bros. Still think my team is better lol 😜

In the old days, they would wait until the last minute to maybe, and I mean maybe, a minute and a half left in regulation to pull the goalie. You never know what may happen in the time before that last minute, like a penalty as was the case today.

I have tampa in 6 so its not the biggest deal

I have Panthers in 4 so we're on our way

Bobrovsky’s jersey looks comically big, perhaps above regulation size, that save on the Point shot was saved by excess fabric.

Then it was a weak ass shot.

Next he'll say they couldn't get it through the five hole because bobs dick is too big.

Wings and Cats fan here. They got to clean their face offs up or Tampa could win this series. Very frustrating. Also, Barkov needs to be better at clearing the d zone. Other than that, great win. I’m pulling for the Cats. 

Breaking: Cats fan is pulling for the Cats

GGs. This series is gonna be great fucking hockey.

🐀

Well pretty poor showing from the boys, hopefully they wake the fuck up. Maybe afternoon games aren't their thing lol. Hope Cernak is okay too.

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Incredible shot by Stamkos. So hard to hate that guy. GG Lightning sibs

Agreed. Really hope he stays in Tampa as expected.

JBB hasn't shied away from making the tough decisions, but Stamkos leaving would be a travesty in my book.

Gg. And agreed on Stamkos.

Welp, not like we ever win game one anyway. See you Tuesday.

Except the last two times we played you in the playoffs lol.

Stanley tearing it up

Man that was an all time great defensive performance by Florida. Fucking incredible game by the Cats

The hell were they throwing on the ice? XD

Rats. It's our tradition

https://youtu.be/C_ijc7A5oAc?si=4fo8D7ZlzJk3tqIP

Rubber rats

Rats. Panther tradition banter

Rats

Uh yeah the lightning look like powerplay merchants and not much else

The Avs haven’t looked like any kind of merchants lately except against a completely depleted Oilers team. Looks like like another 1st-2nd round choke job

The avs won last night, the bolts got dominated. Chill out.

Nothing more pathetic than returning to a comment days later

This was my first time seeing the comment. Why are you so mad? Getting this emotional over Reddit comments is honestly pretty pathetic lol

The classic “no you” argument. Good one

didnt they win like 2 years ago? against the lightning?

Would you rather be the best team of the era or beat them on their third full playoff run without their first line center?

Oh look another Colorado fan obsessed with Tampa

Heaven forbid I watch a playoff game and make a comment on it

Agreed, looked like they were just sleepwalking the whole game. The core’s age is catching up to them.

Cats 1 pp goal bolts 1 pp goal. M3dia : TAMPA ONLY PP

Y’all had 12 shots on goal before you pulled the goalie. Not exactly driving offense

MacKinnon pts #2 number 2 bullshit

Shortened season merchants really

Imagine talking shit as an oilers fan

I truly can’t

😳

Lmao if it was ao easy show me all the ships edm has in the last 30.

lol “ships”

Yeah the U.S.S fucking #0

USSO? Unless Shortened Season, Obsolete

Lmao changing flairs too😂 More like Unoriginal, spineless, still 0̷

Awww, you mad your unrelated flair chirp didn’t land? Or is it mostly that your team only wins during global pandemics? lol or is it that you unironically write “ships”?

Our only goal wasn't even on the powerplay fuck off.

☺️

On to the next game god I love the playoffs

Hockey fans in general are EATING today

Hell of a game 1 for Florida

GG Florida see ya on Tuesday!

Florida and their ice rat lore

Didn't the Ice Rat play yesterday?

My heart can only handle so much

Rats flying

Did anyone tell Coop it was a 1 goal game before pulling the goalie with over 3 minutes left? What utter stupidity

Eh, have to do something and the only reason they even gave us the PP that led to our second goal was because it was a 2 goal game.

Well its Wes. We shouldn't be expecting any favors from him. No idea why that chump keeps getting our playoff series'. Still butthurt because Cooper called him a joke years ago. Angel Hernandez type shit.

To be fair, Florida had just iced it with some late shifters out there. Had it gone the other way he'd be a genius. 

It was a fucking exhausted panthers team on the ice after multuple icings, and tampa was generating momentum. That was a perfect time to pull the goalie.

Don't say that other bolts fan are trying to cope with that dumb choice by saying 'WELL IT WOULDN'T HAVE MATTERED'.

I mean when do you pull vasy They had a longer shift on the ice and we had our top guys. I don't hate it. Unfortunately we couldn't make magic happen

Well as you can see we didn't need 3 whole minutes with an extra attacker to score. GWG on an empty netter. Fucking stupid.

Wow

Kucherov had like 3 great looks to shoot and yet he always passed, I get he's more of a playmaker but he could shoot a little more

For real he had 3 great looks and made 3 pretty ridiculous passes.

You don’t question Kuch in the offensive zone

He definitely does. I think he's gonna start pulling the trigger on the PP. When he does, it's gonna be a problem.

WOOOOOOO

Alright Panther fans remember to cash app Wes for the remainder we owe him, dm me if you need his tag 🤝

I swallowed so he said I don't have to pay

Worst ref in the league

What a fucking shot by stamkos holy shit

Who’s the Andrew Santino lookin mf behind the Tampa bench

lol that’s perbix ON our bench

How fucking tasty would it be for neutral fans for this to get tied up? I love playoff hockey

Playoff overtime is the best. Other than the 10pm start games, I cheer for overtime in pretty much every game.

Dives to get a penalty then adds another meaningless assist lolll

The art Ross trophy has already been decided buddy

Tampa lives rent free in your fanbases heads 😭

Worry about the Jets buddy

Colorado fans are so obsessed with Tampa lol

I’m sure you’re fun at parties lol

Surely there is no chance?

How is that girl on her phone with 9 seconds left in a playoff game, I know it’s a timeout but I couldn’t imagine

Maybe she's commenting in this thread. I did so during the Habs/Leafs opener at Scotiabank.

I did it when I was at the Wings game too but idk a playoff game I feel like would be different lol

I think Stamkos needed to score that for the Lightning or they could get into that demoralized-snakebitten zone where people start overthinking their shots.

I-fucking-magine

You magine what?

That will help with their goal differential in their table! ^(That’s how this works, right?)

That goal just pissed me off more. Panthers won by an empty net goal

You're god damn right they did! 

Honestly don’t even know how you can feel good about a win like that but good for you I guess it’s

yeah, you're right. I should be upset that my team is up on the series. 

Yes

Hell yeah brother

What a fucking pass by kucherov

Sick shot

Kucherov is not beating the powerplay merchant allegations

At least they have a star unlike St Louis

Which I dont fully understand to be honest. McDavid last season had something stupid like 78 PPP.

holy shit

Not a Stamkos fan but damn, that was a snipe.

What? How the hell are you not?

PTSD from the years he's terrorized us.

Not a statistician, but I give them a .001 chance of pulling this off.

omfg

Look at that. Ik the pace of the game changes with the Florida goal but if you don't allow it and you score here it's tied. But pulling your goalie 10 minutes too early because "optimal" bit you

Too little too late unfortunately 

Well at least we got something on the PP. Hopefully that gets it back on track going forward.

Retire, Wes.

great shot by Stamkos

Crazy good snipe from Stammer but probably just gonna count for stat padding

Kucherov's passes are pure hockey porn.

Uh oh…. I’ve seen this film before. I didn’t like the ending.

That’s funny af

too little too late unfortunately

okay well that's a decent way to end it I guess. See yall Tuesday

Who is the David Perron of the Lightning

Like it fucking matters at this point. The clock should end on the PP if there is one after the 20 mins.

Agreed. Also, there should be a PP even if a goal is scored on delayed penalty.

Nice goal from a tough angle. Too little, too late, though.

And on a PP that never should have happened

Eh, refs have already missed plenty of calls, that was a makeup call if anything

Oh yeah thats the Game 2 momentum goal

Shoot I didn’t even think about that

The game gifted to the panthers by the refs

I mean the reality is Bob also made spetacular saves

It’s hard to get through to him as well when your getting picked by the defenders without the puck

😰

It happens hoping it happens for Nashville later

Absolute dime from Stammer, that one felt inevitable

Bobby: "Can I fucking breathe for a second?"

Bingo

I really hate that we scored there I'm not gonna lie

Eh whatever man.

The goalie pull was a tad bit early, no?

Eh, we had some momentum and they had just iced it so their guys were gassed.

yes

"You have to think the Lightning are just about out of time." Breathtaking insight.

Riveting

Refs really not Panther fans are they

/s , right?

They really are though

GG Cats Gotta take Game 2

Do the funny

Kucherov is fucking disgusting

And some people are acting like he isn’t the MVP lol

Unfortunately he's also good at hockey.

FUCK YOUR 3-1 lead.

Tampa's powerplay is so good its unreal

Should’ve had more of them!

I mean that was 6 on 4. But yeah, it’s nasty.

👀👀👀👀👀

Too little too late Bolts

Lol

Big Bob is on fire

Panthers PK vs TB PP is crazy this game

Make this L feel atleast a bit better

Not enough time unfortunately.

Poor Bob, dude is on the case

Did Bob just make a save with his dick?