Panthers have 4-goal 3rd in 4-2 comeback win over Devils

SUNRISE, Fla. — Sam Reinhart scored two of Florida’s 4 third-period objectives and the Panthers rallied to beat the New Jersey Devils 4-2 on Saturday evening.

Aleksander Barkov and Matthew Tkachuk additionally scored and Sergei Bobrovsky made 32 saves. The Panthers saved tempo within the Jap Convention wild-card race, extending their factors streak to 6 at 5-0-1.

Nico Hischier and Jesper Boqvist scored within the second interval for New Jersey and rookie goalie Akira Schmid made 36 saves. The Devils have misplaced three straight.

Hischier opened the scoring whereas killing a penalty, intercepting an errant move on the prime of the offensive zone and charging in on Bobrovsky at 2:16.

A bit over 5 minutes later, Boqvist scored, with Bobrovsky and a few his teammates down on the ice after the goalie’s earlier save.

Florida bought on the board at 6:14 of the third on an odd play when Brandon Montour’s shot from the purpose hit Anthony Duclair as he was going towards the web. The puck dropped proper onto the stick of Barkov, who scored.

The Panthers then scored twice inside a span of a minute as Reinhart deflected a Brandon Montour shot previous Schmid at 7:54. Tkachuk beat Schmid off a backhander following a move from Carter Verhaeghe.

Reinhart added an empty-net objective.

UP NEXT

Devils: At Tampa Bay on Sunday evening.

Panthers: At Detroit on Monday evening.