Forsling lifts undermanned Panthers past Golden Knights in OT
Scores with 17 seconds left, Reinhart has 3 points for Florida; Samsonov makes 45 saves for Vegas
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SUNRISE, Fla. — Gustav Forsling scored with 17 seconds left in overtime, giving the Florida Panthers a 4-3 win against the Vegas Golden Knights at Amerant Bank Arena on Saturday.
Forsling won it with a one-timer from the right side off a cross-ice pass from Sam Bennett.
Sam Reinhart had a goal and two assists, and Bennett had a goal and an assist for the Panthers (4-2-1), who are 3-0-1 in their past four. Anton Lundell and Aaron Ekblad each had two assists, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves. Florida had only 17 healthy skaters.
Tanner Pearson had a goal and an assist, Nicolas Roy had two assists, and Ilya Samsonov made 45 saves for the Golden Knights (3-2-1).
Pearson put Vegas ahead 1-0 at 19:27 of the first period on a one-timer from the left face-off circle off a pass by Nicolas Roy, who intercepted a Lundell pass in the Florida zone.
Reinhart tied it 1-1 at 1:09 of the second period. He scored on a one-timer from the right side after Lundell’s pass across the ice bounded off the right boards. It was Reinhart’s fifth goal in seven games.
Keegan Kolesar gave the Golden Knights a 2-1 lead at 14:15 when he deflected a Pearson shot in front.
Bennett pulled the Panthers even at 2-2 on the power play at 19:20, scoring on a one-timer off a Carter Verhaeghe pass.
Brett Howden put Vegas back in front 3-2 at 7:30 of the third period. He stole the puck from A.J. Greer in the neutral zone and scored with a forehand-to-backhand move on Bobrovsky.
Eetu Luostarinen then tied it 3-3 at 12:43. Reinhart got the rebound of Ekblad’s point shot to the right of the net and passed into the slot, where Luostarinen scored into an open net.