After putting up four points in the first three games of this series, Sam Bennett was held off of the scoresheet in Game 4, but with that said, he was still able to put up three shots on goal. In this series, he has had a minimum of three shots in three of the four games that have been played. This season, Bennett has averaged 3.17 shots per game, and if the Florida Panthers are going to close this series out on the road, he will have a big part in that. Bennett is currently tied with Aleksander Barkov and Sam Reinhart for the team lead in points in the playoffs. He has two goals and two assists through four games.
It’s been a solid but unspectacular start to the series for Verhaeghe. He picked up an assist in Game 1 and scored an empty-net goal in Game 4. Otherwise, he’s been relatively quiet and playing consistently against the two best lines and top-four defensemen for Tampa Bay. Verhaeghe has only been on the ice for three goals and 2.64 expected goals at five-on-five and four and 4.15 overall through the four games, too. Additionally, Game 4 was an incredibly low-event contest, and I expect Game 5 to play out similarly.