Anton Lundell scored twice, including the winner, as the Florida Panthers edged the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 on Thursday night at Amerant Bank Arena.
Sam Reinhart opened the scoring at 3:52 of the first period, with assists from Carter Verhaeghe and Seth Jones. J.T. Compher tied it 1-1 at 4:07 of the first period. Andreas Englund put the Red Wings ahead 2-1 at 13:14 of the first period. Lucas Raymond made it 3-1 at 0:17 of the second period. Marco Kasper made it 4-1 at 12:08 of the second period.
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Gustav Forsling pulled the Panthers within 4-2 at 19:42 of the second period. Lundell pulled the Panthers within 4-3 at 2:32 of the third period. Lars Eller tied it 4-4 at 16:29 of the third period. Lundell put the Panthers ahead 5-4 at 17:20 of the third period, with assists from Brady Tkachuk and Matthew Tkachuk.
For Florida, Verhaeghe had three assists, Lundell had two goals, Reinhart, Forsling and Eller each scored, and Akira Schmid stopped 24 of 28 shots.
For Detroit, Moritz Seider had two assists, Compher, Englund and Raymond each scored, and John Gibson stopped 24 of 29 shots.
Florida outshot Detroit 29-28. Florida went 0 for 2 on the power play, and Detroit went 0 for 2. The Panthers moved to 11-7-2. The Red Wings dropped to 7-10-3.
The Panthers are seventh in the Eastern Conference and have won two straight. The Red Wings are 13th in the Eastern Conference and have lost five straight. The season series is tied 1-1. Detroit won the first meeting 5-3 on Nov. 2.
The Panthers are back in action when they visit the St. Louis Blues on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 7:00 p.m. ET. The Red Wings are back in action when they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 7:00 p.m. ET.
