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Bennett had 51 points (25 goals, 26 assists) during the regular season, which was fifth on the team. His 20 postseason points lead the Panthers, and he has more goals — 14 — than any other player in the playoffs. He’s also scored in each of the first three games of the Cup final.Bennett had two goals in

at Edmonton in the series opener and opened scoring just two minutes into the“He’s been incredible,” said Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov. “Obviously he’s scoring goals, but he’s doing so much more other stuff. He’s carrying the puck in the neutral zone. He’s making plays. He’s defending well. He’s just unreal right now.”Bennett’s breakaway goal, which came on an assist from Eetu Luostarinen on Monday, stretched his goal streak to four games, which is a Panthers’ postseason record.

“That goal was the perfect Benny goal,” said Tkachuk said, “lays a big hit. (Luostarinen) makes a great block, springs Benny for a breakaway and a great goal.”Bennett’s playoff scoring surge couldn’t have come at a better time, with the 28-year-old set to hit free agency at the end of the season.

Panthers coach Paul Maurice, fully aware of Bennett’s pending free agency, made sure to issue a warning to any teams interested in his squad’s leading postseason scorer.

“Horrible attitude,” Maurice quipped during a midgame television interview. “I think he’s got bubonic plague. Dengue fever. He’s got a whole bunch of things. We’re not sure he can be cured.”Like other NATO members, the U.K. has been

in February 2022. Starmer has pledged to increase British defense spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product by 2027 and to 3% by 2034.Rutte has proposed a target of 3.5% of economic output on military spending and another 1.5% on “defense-related expenditure” such as roads, bridges, airfields and sea ports. He said last week he is confident the alliance will agree to the target at its summit in The Hague on June 24-25.

At the moment, 22 of the 32 member countries meet or exceed NATO’s current 2% target.The new target would meet