"The Florida Panthers finished off its four-game road trip in fine fashion, rolling to a 5-2 win over the division-leading Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena. A hooking call on Niko Mikkola gave the Lightning an early man-advantage, but it was the Panthers who'd get the opening goal at the 2:16 mark. After Sam Reinhart got a piece of Darren Raddysh's shot, Aaron Ekblad settled the puck and sent Reinhart away with Anton Lundell on a 2-on-1 break."
"Raddysh laid out to take away the passing lane, so Reinhart shot and made it look easy, beating Jonas Johansson five-hole for his third shorthanded goal of the season. With time running out on Mikkola's transgression, Yanni Gourde put a golden opportunity off the cross bar and the Panthers countered to take a two-goal lead. Seth Jones' attempt to outlet hit Brandon Hagel in the skate and came to Uvis Balinskis, who head-manned to Lundell."
"Lundell rushed up ice with Reinhart and Mikkola, who occupied Raddysh. Like Reinhart, Lundell opted to shoot and solved Johannson blocker-side for his tenth goal at 3:48. The Panthers would strike again 11:48 into the second period. After Charle-Eduoard D'Astous halted the advance of Reinhart at center, Ekblad gloved the puck out the air and carried it over the blue line before dishing off to Carter Verhaeghe on the right boards."
"Reinhart would notch his second of the night with 1:52 left in the frame when he took a hard centering pass from Mackie Samoskevich and fired the puck by Johansson with Curtis Douglas off for tripping Marchand. The Lightning would get on the board 1:19 later when Oliver Bjorkstrand went cross-ice to Crozier and the rookie defenseman stepped into a slapper from just above the right circle that soared over Sergei Bobrovsky. The second assist on Crozier's first NHL goal went to Brayden Point."
The Florida Panthers completed a four-game road trip with a 5-2 victory over the division-leading Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena. Sam Reinhart opened the scoring shorthanded at 2:16 and added a second late in the second period. Anton Lundell and Brad Marchand also scored, with Aaron Ekblad and other Panthers setting up rushes and key passes. A Niko Mikkola hooking penalty led to the early shorthanded goal, and Yanni Gourde hit the crossbar on a power-play chance. Oliver Crozier scored his first NHL goal for Tampa Bay with an assist from Brayden Point.
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