The Florida Panthers came back from three goals down to force the game against the Detroit Red Wings to overtime Monday night before winning 4-3 in a shootout.
Jonathan Huberdeau scored the only goal in the shootout after a long night that saw Florida almost lose a game to the struggling Red Wings.
“We showed some resiliency and we stuck to our plan” Coach Bob Boughner said. “We told the guys after the first period that we weren’t bad, but they got some breaks and they ended up in our net.”
Florida’s goals all came from different players: Jared McCann, Henrik Borgsrtrom and Jayce Hawryluk. But that was not before replacing goalie Robert Luongo who allowed the three goals conceded. James Reiner replaced him and blocked all 12 attempts from the Red Wings.
“Obviously it was a pretty bad first period and Lou got hung out dry. We really pushed in the second period, though, and got ourselves back into the game,” Reimer said. “They have some great guys for the shootout; I’ve faced them enough to know.”
Detroit’s goals came from Andreas Athanasiou, Nyquist and Thomas Vanek.
Elsewhere, the Los Angeles Kings scored the winning goal in overtime to beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in Denver. Rangers beat the Blues 2-1 while the Nashville Predators beat the Washington Capitals 6-3 to end a six-game losing streak.
