Panthers Ignite East Final Thriller: Explosive Game 1 Clash Fuels Rivalry and Sparks Controversy
Lundell, for the record, left warmups, throwing his availability into question for the game. He was well enough to play and goaded Aho into a soft one. It felt like an early bit of game management that favored Florida; the call ended a Carolina power play and set up the Panthers for 1:45 of five-on-four time of their own. After the game, Brind’Amour called it “the wrong call.”
Sure enough, Verhaeghe made them pay.
“(It) at least should’ve been 50/50 there. You can’t take a cross-check to the face and not call that,” Brind’Amour said. “That’s gonna happen. They’re gonna miss stuff. It’s unfortunate because that ends up being in the net (and) puts us kind of behind the eight ball.”
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