Saturday Florida Hockey Round-Up
Photo: Florida Panthers
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Gustav Forsling got the winning goal with 16.2 seconds remaining in overtime, and Florida defeated Vegas.
Sam Reinhart scored a goal and added two assists for the Panthers, who won a matchup of the last two Stanley Cup champions. Sam Bennett and Eetu Luostarinen also scored for Florida, which got 23 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky.
Tanner Pearson had a goal and an assist for Vegas, which got goals from Brett Howden and Keegan Kolesar. Nicolas Roy had two assists for Vegas, which wasted three separate one-goal leads.
Ilya Samsonov stopped 45 shots for Vegas.
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Drake Batherson had two goals and an assist, and the Ottawa Senators handed Tampa Bay its first loss of the season with a 5-4 victory over the Lightning on Saturday.
Josh Norris, Brady Tkachuk and Noah Gregor also scored for Ottawa (3-2-0), and Anton Forsberg made 25 saves. Jake Sanderson collected three assists.
Gregor’s short-handed goal lifted the Senators to a 5-3 lead 6:17 into the third period. It was his first goal of the season.
Nikita Kucherov scored his NHL-best seventh goal for Tampa Bay. Nick Paul, Jake Guentzel and Mitchell Chaffee also scored for the Lightning (3-1-0).
