Dawn, Fla. (AP) — Nick Cousins pulled Florida into a tie in the final moment of regulation, Carter Verhaeghe scored 1:26 into time beyond regulation and the Panthers got a wild 5-4 acquire in excess of the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday night time.
Florida led 3- scarcely six minutes into the contest, gave up the up coming 4 goals and then required the late heroics from Cousins and Verhaeghe.
Ryan Lomberg, Gustav Forsling and Aleksander Barkov also scored for the Panthers. Sergei Bobrovsky built 18 will save.
“It felt good,” Verhaeghe said. “Definitely nice to get the gain, but it’s clearly not how we drew it up. We started off very good and enable them back in it, but there are no undesirable wins.”
Sean Kuraly, Boone Jenner, Alexandre Texier and Kirill Marchenko scored for the Blue Jackets. Spencer Martin built 35 will save in reduction of Elvis Merzlinkins, who permitted three goals on 11 pictures in the initially 6:09.
“It did not shock me at all that we responded,” Martin said. “I like the fellas in this area so much. We fight and it looks like we’ve carried out this style of issue in a several online games previously and, guy, I genuinely wish I could have gotten the win for them.”
Lomberg opened the scoring with a bank shot off of Merzlinkins’ again 2:19 into the video game. Forsling included a target 50 seconds later that rapidly gave the Panthers a 2- lead. Barkov scored a backhand purpose although slipping on a rebound to place Florida up 3-, prompting Blue Jackets coach Pascal Vincent to swap out his goaltenders.
The Panthers outshot Columbus 20- from the 1:19 mark of the 1st time period right until the Blue Jackets bought their initially purpose of the recreation with 4:19 to go in the very first.
Kuraly picked up an Erik Gudbranson rebound and stuffed it past Bobrovsky to crack the streak. Boone Jenner additional a second purpose with 1:09 to go in the opening body with a rapid wrist shot off the hurry.
Marchenko tied the sport with a electric power-enjoy target 10:02 into the 2nd interval.
Texier stuffed in a free puck sitting in front of a huge-open Florida web to place the Blue Jackets ahead 4-3 with 7:30 still left in regulation. But Cousins got the tying target off a turnover late, then Verhaeghe received it.
“He’s had some extraordinary possibilities and he has created them,” Panthers coach Paul Maurice reported of Cousins. “Right now, with Sam Bennett out, he is a seriously significant piece. He is a guy who can appear into the prime 9 to sort of fill that gap.”
Florida defenseman Mike Reilly made his Panthers debut just after staying a nutritious scratch in the team’s initially 10 games. Columbus defenseman Andrew Peeke — a indigenous of nearby Parkland, Florida — drew into his very first video game since the team’s season opener on Oct. 12.
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