Following a irritating loss in opposition to the Philadelphia Flyers, the Florida Panthers confronted the New Jersey Devils in an try and salvage their back-to-back. They have been in a position to take action, successful 2-1 in a shootout. Spencer Knight stopped 26 of 27 for a .963 save proportion (SV%).
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The primary interval was extraordinarily uneventful, as scoring possibilities have been stored to an absolute minimal. It ended scoreless, with photographs 6-5 in favor of the Devils.
The second interval might have been much more boring, one way or the other. Practically every part on internet was from the perimeter. Nico Hischier was denied by Knight on a 2-on-1 about halfway by means of for arguably the one actual harmful shot on objective, and the body additionally ended scoreless.
However lower than a minute into the third, the Panthers broke the ice as former Satan Jesper Boqvist ripped one previous Jacob Markstrom. However moments later, captain Hischier spun one round and thru to tie it up, his twentieth of the season.
There was a wild sequence when Matthew Tkachuk leveled Hischier and chaos ensued, with each man on the ice concerned in pushing, shoving and punching in some method. That appeared to energise each side, as scoring possibilities ramped up, however neither have been capable of finding twine in regulation.
Extra time was a back-and-forth affair as nicely, however there have been additionally no objectives. So it went to a shootout, the place the Panthers outscored the Devils 2-1 with an Anton Lundell shootout winner.
LUNDELL CALLS GAME… AGAIN! pic.twitter.com/NlKL9eW6O0
— Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) January 15, 2025
The Panthers will return residence on Thursday to tackle the Detroit Purple Wings; the Devils can even journey to play Thursday, in opposition to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
