Reinhart reaches 200th Panthers goal as Lundell delivers late winner over Wings
Anton Lundell scored the winner in the third period after Florida trailed 4-1 late in the second, capping a comeback against a Detroit team that has lost five straight games.
By Lauren Foster ·
Anton Lundell scored the game-winning goal with 2:40 left in the third period, leading the Florida Panthers past the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 on Thursday night in Sunrise, Florida. The victory snapped a three-goal deficit for the Panthers, who had trailed 4-1 with under a minute remaining in the second period.
Lars Eller scored the tying goal with 3:31 left in the final frame before Lundell added his second of the night. Sam Reinhart and Gustav Forsling also found the back of the net for Florida. Carter Verhaeghe provided three primary assists, while goaltender Akira Schmid stopped 24 shots to secure the win.
Reinhart’s goal marked his 200th with the Panthers, placing him second in franchise history behind Aleksander Barkov, who has 286 career goals for the club. Forsling’s goal was his first since he scored in overtime to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes on September 29.
Detroit, which has now lost five consecutive games, relied on goals from J.T. Compher, Andreas Englund, Lucas Raymond, and Marco Kasper. Moritz Seider recorded two assists, and John Gibson made 24 saves for the Red Wings.
The Panthers took an early 1-0 lead 3:52 into the first period when Reinhart scored on a rebound. Detroit tied the game 15 seconds later. J.T. Compher finished a breakaway with a backhand move to beat Schmid, a play initiated by a stretch pass from Carter Mazur.
Englund gave Detroit a 2-1 lead at 13:14 of the first period with an unassisted long shot from just inside the blue line. The puck appeared to deflect off Florida’s Seth Jones before finding the net. Raymond then extended the lead to 3-1 just 17 seconds into the second period, with his shot deflecting off Jones.
Kasper deflected a shot from William Wallinder to make it 4-1 at 12:08 of the second period. Forsling reduced the deficit to 4-3 with a high shot that Gibson failed to see through traffic near the goal. Lundell cut the lead to 4-3 at 2:32 of the third period on a rebound assisted by Verhaeghe, setting the stage for the final two goals.
