Tkachuk's 2nd straight OT winner gives Panthers commanding series lead over Hurricanes

Matthew Tkachuk finished a feed from Sam Reinhart at the 1:51 mark of overtime to help the visiting Florida Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 on Saturday night for a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference final.

Tkachuk immediately skated toward the door on the boards leading to the Florida locker room, motioning to his teammates that it was time to roll out and celebrate.

It marked Tkachuk's third overtime winner in the playoffs, which includes a Game 5 road win in the first-round upset of Boston following the Bruins' record-setting regular season.

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And just like that, Florida won on the road for the eighth straight time in the playoffs — including starting 2-0 on the road in back-to-back series — and improved to 6-0 in overtime in the postseason.

Aleksander Barkov added a highlight-reel goal for Florida in the second period, while Sergei Bobrovsky again befuddled Carolina with 37 stops.

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