Aleksander Barkov and Sam Reinhart scored in the shootout to help the Florida Panthers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Friday evening.
Jake Guentzel adopted Barkov with a objective in the shootout for Pittsburgh, but Reinhart won it when he slipped a tricky wrist shot driving Alex Nedeljkovic.
Evgeni Malkin compelled overtime with his 16th objective of the period that arrived with 41.5 seconds remaining in regulation.
Reinhart continued his vocation-very best 12-match points streak with his 36th purpose of the season, great for second in the league at the rear of Toronto’s Auston Matthews. He has 18 ambitions and 22 points in his past 16 games over-all.
Reinhart has a league-finest 19 power-perform targets, which matches a franchise file for most in just one year, shared by Scott Mellanby and Pavel Bure. Reinhart has objectives in eight straight road online games, also a franchise file.
Former Penguin Evan Rodrigues also scored for Florida on the electrical power participate in, his eighth aim of the season.
Sergei Bobrovsky designed 35 saves for the Panthers, who won their third straight activity. Florida has won eight of its previous 12 total.
Guentzel scored his 21st intention of the season in regulation, a ability-perform goal, but Pittsburgh finished 1 for 8 with the person edge.
Nedeljkovic stopped 30 pictures for the Penguins, who lost their third straight all round. Pittsburgh has missing 5 of 6 and 7 of its last 10 games all round.
Both equally teams scored a power-play goal in the 1st 5 minutes.
Guentzel stuffed a puck throughout the line just inside of the proper submit at 1:51, breaking a 5-match, -for-19 electrical power-enjoy slump. Erik Karlsson ongoing a 10-activity stage streak with a secondary assist, the longest lively operate by a defenseman.
Rodrigues tied it at 4:52 of the to start with time period when he transformed a rebound from the top rated of the crease.
Reinhart scored his energy-engage in goal at 11:49 of the second period of time, pursuing a double-minor to Penguins defenseman Kris Letang. Letang tripped Rodrigues and later on built get hold of with Barkov in the exact same sequence. Barkov, who fell awkwardly and strike his head on the boards, remained down, but finally left below his own electric power and returned afterwards in the time period.
The Panthers took four penalties in the remaining 7:05 of the 2nd period, which include a double-minor to Sam Bennett and yet another roughing phone on Anton Lundell, the two targeting Letang, but Pittsburgh was not able to capitalize.
UP Next
Panthers: Pay a visit to the New York Islanders on Saturday.
Penguins: Host Montreal on Saturday.
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