Sam Reinhart, Morning Skate: Florida Panthers at New York Rangers, Game 1

Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett speaks after morning skate on Wednesday, May 22, 2024.

Florida opens the Eastern Conference final on Wednesday night against the New York Rangers.

Game 1 is at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday at 8 (ESPN).

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The Panthers are coming off a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins in the second round. Florida won that best-of-7 series in 6.

On Friday, the Panthers trailed 1-0 late in the first period on a goal from Pavel Zacha.

Florida scored the next two.

Anton Lundell tied it at 1 in the second period with Gus Forsling winning it with 1:33 left to play.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 22 saves in the win; Jeremy Swayman made 26 in the loss.

Florida has beaten the Bruins in the past two postseasons.

This will be Florida’s first playoff meeting with the Rangers since the 1997 first round when New York won in 5.

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