Anton Lundell scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:40 remaining in the third period as the Florida Panthers rallied from a three-goal deficit to defeat the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 on Thursday night in Sunrise, Fla.
With less than a minute remaining in the second period, the Panthers trailed 4-1. Florida rallied in the third, with Lars Eller scoring the tying goal with 3:31 remaining before Lundell delivered his second goal of the night.
Sam Reinhart and Gustav Forsling also scored, Carter Verhaeghe recorded three assists and Akira Schmid made 24 saves.
Reinhart’s goal was his 200th in a Panthers uniform, ranking second in franchise history behind Aleksander Barkov (286).
Forsling’s goal was his first since he scored in overtime to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes in the season opener Sept. 29.
Detroit, which has lost five straight, got goals from J.T. Compher, Andreas Englund, Lucas Raymond and Marco Kasper. Moritz Seider had two assists, and John Gibson made 24 saves.
The Panthers opened the scoring 3:52 into the first period when Reinhart scored on a rebound.
Detroit tied the score 15 seconds later. Carter Mazur started the play with a stretch pass that sent Compher in on a breakaway. Compher finished with a backhand move to beat Schmid.
The Red Wings took a 2-1 lead 13:14 into the first as Englund scored unassisted on a long shot from just inside the blue line. Detroit’s Alex DeBrincat was cutting across the goal looking for a pass, but the puck appeared to hit Florida’s Seth Jones.
Detroit needed just 17 seconds of the second period to make it 3-1. Raymond took a shot that appeared headed wide before striking Jones and deflecting into the net.
The Red Wings extended their lead to 4-1 at 12:08 of the second as William Wallinder took a shot and Kasper deflected it in.
Florida got some life with 18 seconds left in the second as Forsling scored on a high blast that Gibson never saw through the traffic in front.
The Panthers cut their deficit to 4-3 at 2:32 of the third as Lundell scored on a rebound, with Verhaeghe recording his third primary assist of the night.
Eller then batted the puck in to tie the score at 16:29, setting the stage for Lundell’s late heroics.