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The Florida Panthers were firing on all cylinders in Wednesday's Game 2 against the Boston Bruins .
In the winding seconds of the second period, Panthers defenseman Gustav Forsling fired a 92 MPH slap shot through the five-hole of Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman that put Florida up 3-1 heading into the second intermission of the second-round game.
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The goal marks not only Forsling's first goal of the NHL playoffs , but also the first time that Swayman, who has been stellar this postseason, has given up three or more goals in the playoffs. Entering Wednesday's contest, Swayman — who was later removed in the third period after the Panthers went up 4-1 — had given up just 1.43 goals in seven games of playoffs this season.
Forsling's goal is the second-latest playoff goal scored in franchise history, only behind Tomas Fleischmann 's third-period goal in Game 2 of the 2012 Eastern Conference quarterfinals, according to the NHL.
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The Linkoping, Sweden native's goal capped off a momentum-shifting second period for the Panthers after Florida took a 1-0 deficit to Boston into the period. Forsling, who got the assist from Anton Lundell and Brandon Montour , joined Steven Lorentz and Aleksander Barkov as the three Panthers to score in the second period.
The Panthers prevailed, 6-1 , to even up their best-of-seven playoff series against the Bruins at a game apiece.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Look: Panthers' Gustav Forsling scores first goal of NHL playoffs
