SUNRISE — The Florida Panthers kept their winning ways going Saturday with Sergei Bobrovsky coming up big in a 4-3 shootout win against the Philadelphia Flyers. Looks like the sauna robes will live on for another day. The Panthers have won seven straight games and have points in 11 of the past 12 (10-1-1) games.
Down 1-0 going into the second, Florida got goals from Nate Schmidt, Dmitry Kulikov, and Sam Bennett to take a 3-2 lead into the third. Although Philadelphia tied it, Bobrovsky and Philadephia goalie Sam Ersson had themselves an old-fashioned goalie duel on Saturday. Bobrovsky ended with 34 saves for his fifth straight win and kept the Panthers in it early.
Florida was down 1-0 in the first and being outshot 10-1 before turning its game around. Ersson stopped 28 shots. In the shootout, both Sasha Barkov and Evan Rodrigues (2 assists) scored for Florida; Philadelphia only got one past Bobrovsky — it was Owen Tippett — in the five-round skills competition.
With the score tied at 1, Kulikov’s goal at 8:40 of the second was challenged by the Flyers for stoppage of play. After a long review, the goal stood with the NHL saying “there was no conclusive video evidence to determine that the puck went out of play” prior to the goal. Flyers 1, Panthers 0 (4:57 1st): Joel Farabee jumps on a loose puck in front of the net and gives Philadelphia an early lead after a quick start.
Panthers 1, Flyers 1 (5:32 2nd): Evan Rodrigues feeds Nate Schmidt from the side wall and t.
