By Allan Kreda
Anton Lundell scored the shootout winner and Spencer Knight made 26 saves because the Florida Panthers downed the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Tuesday evening.
After Florida’s Aleksander Barkov and New Jersey’s Paul Cotter traded targets to start out the shootout, Lundell beat Devils netminder Jacob Markstrom within the third spherical to finish New Jersey’s six-game house profitable streak.
Devils captain Nico Hischier tied the competition at 2:27 of the third together with his twentieth objective with assists to Nathan Bastian and Timo Meier.
Markstrom made 27 saves.
The Devils have been coming off an extra time win at house over Tampa Bay on Saturday after 1-4-1 highway journey.
Florida received after dropping 4-3 at Philadelphia on Monday. With the win over the Devils, the Panthers moved a degree behind Toronto within the Atlantic Division.
TakeawaysDevils: New Jersey is 19-10-3 since a 3-0 loss at Calgary on Nov. 1.
Panthers: Gained for the primary time this season in opposition to the Devils after dropping twice to New Jersey at house in November.
Key momentKnight denied Hischier with just below eight minutes left within the third interval to maintain the sport tied at 1.
Key statsHischier has reached the 20-goal mark in 4 straight seasons and 5 instances total because the Devils selected him first total within the 2017 draft.
Up NextDevils: Go to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday evening.
Panthers: Host the Detroit Purple Wings on Thursday evening.
