Panthers rally to top Sharks 3-1

Sunrise – Sam Reinhart prolonged his goal streak to five video games, assisting the Florida Panthers to a 3-1 gain more than the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night.

Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe and Kevin Stenlund just about every scored for the Panthers (3-3-), who were being without having captain Aleksander Barkov for the reason that of an sickness. Anthony Stolarz designed 27 will save in his Florida debut.

Fabian Zetterlund scored for the Sharks. Mackenzie Blackwood built 32 will save.

At -5-1, San Jose has matched the worst six-video game start in franchise history. The Sharks also went -5-1 for a single issue by way of six video games in 1993-94 — part of what grew to become an -8-1 start out. San Jose turned items about that period, finding to the 2nd spherical of the playoffs.

Zetterlund gave San Jose the direct 8:30 into the second interval, scoring a electrical power-perform goal off of a go from William Eklund.

That was it for the Sharks’ offense. The rest was all Florida.

Verhaeghe tied the sport 1:18 immediately after Zetterlund’s purpose, scoring off a a person-timer set up by Matthew Tkachuk — the very first of his two assists in the game. Reinhart’s target came at 15:23 of the second, a energy-enjoy rating for his seventh intention of the period.

Reinhart’s objective streak is the longest of his career he’d had a 4-game intention streak on four other events ahead of this operate. Stenlund additional an vacant-netter with 1.5 seconds still left.

NOTES: Barkov was changed by rookie ahead Mackie Samoskevich, who has called up from AHL Charlotte on Tuesday afternoon. … Veteran defenseman Marc-Eduoard Vlasic was a healthy scratch for the Sharks for a next-straight match. … San Jose ahead Anthony Duclair and Florida forward Steven Lorentz performed versus their previous teams for the first time given that receiving traded for every other on July 1. … Stolarz and ahead William Lockwood produced their Panthers debut following signing with the team as free agents in the offseason.

UP Next

Sharks: Stop by Tampa Bay on Thursday.

Panthers: Host Seattle on Saturday.