Florida Panthers forward Brad Marchand speaks to the media after his team beat the host Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.
The Panthers won the best-of-7 series against the Lightning 4-1 for the second straight postseason.
Florida will play the winner of Toronto/Ottawa in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
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Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning Bringing Hockey Outdoors – In Florida: https://floridahockeynow.com/nhl-outdoor-hockey-miami-tampa-florida-panthers-lightning/
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The Florida Panthers Are Stanley Cup Champions: https://floridahockeynow.com/can-you-believe-it-florida-panthers-are-stanley-cup-champs/
Wednesday, Florida took a 4-3 lead on a Sam Bennett goal late in the second.
Carter Verhaeghe, Anton Lundell, Sasha Barkov, Eetu Luostarinen, and Sam Reinhart also scored for the Panthers. Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves.
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17 Comments
LFG !!!!!! thanks again George!
Way to go . Go marchy
Marchand had an amazing game ,those goal passes to Lundell -Luostarinen and also pass to Bennett which end up on crossbar !
It’s wild to not only NOT dislike
Marchand anymore, but to become a legitimate fan.
That dude can flat out PLAY and he fits like a puzzle piece here.
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Love seeing him with the panthers. Such a team player/leader.
Marsh the player you love to hate if he’s not on your line if he is you can’t help but think he’s such a beauty. Was so weird after 15yrs of hating on him almost thought he wasn’t even wanting to be here. Homie proved me wrong definitely
How many points he got last night ? What a player !!
Bruins fan forever. Go Panthers! ❤ you 63
Marchand plays a great game. The old guy is still one heck of a play maker. Making Florida's third line very dangerous.
I despised this dude his entire career – now here I am hoping he sticks with the team to end his career as a Cat. The Rat King is home 🙏😸🐀
a Rat playing with snakes
They got more dirty when he arrived ,he obviously took his Ruins dirtiness to Florida .
Glad to hear Marchy saying “we” a lot more than “they” when referring to the team.
🇨🇦🇫🇮🇫🇮
It freaks me out to see Yellow & Black in Cats RED…I'm still processing how I go from cursing a player & team to…I'M SO CONFUSED I like it but expect him to put on a Beantown Smock any second
He's tan!