Florida 4, Pittsburgh 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees:
Eric Furlatt, Chris Schlenker
Linesmen:
Brandon Gawryletz, Ryan Gibbons
Attendance:
17876
By Field Level Media
Carter Verhaeghe scored the eventual game-winning goal and added an assist as the visiting Florida Panthers held off the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Tuesday for their fourth straight win.
Sam Reinhart, Aaron Ekblad and Anthony Duclair also scored and Aleksander Barkov added two assists for the Panthers, who blew a two-goal, first-period lead before getting the next two.
Florida goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky made 32 saves.
Bryan Rust and Sidney Crosby each had a goal and an assist while Jake Guentzel also scored for the Penguins, who lost their second in a row.
Pittsburgh goalie Tristan Jarry stopped 25 shots.
Reinhart gave Florida a 1-0 lead at 12:43 of the first period. He carried the puck from his own end to the low slot. His initial shot bounced up off a Penguins player, and Reinhart batted the puck out of the air and under the crossbar.
The Panthers pushed it to 2-0 at 14:38 of the first on Ekblad's rising shot from the center point through traffic.
Pittsburgh tied it with quick-strike goals early in the second.
Rust, playing in his 400th game, made it 2-1 at 3:07. His shot from the right circle went off Ekblad's stick in front.
Nine seconds later, Guentzel tied it. Crosby won a faceoff to Bobrovsky's right and deftly directed the puck with his skate to Guentzel, who scored on a one-timer short side from above the hash marks.
Duclair tied his career high for goals in a season with his 23rd to restore Florida's lead, 3-2. From the slot, he swept a feed from Jonathan Huberdeau past Jarry at 7:02 of the second on a power play. That gave Huberdeau his league-leading 60th assist.
Inside the far blue line, Maxim Mamin sprang Verhaeghe on a two-one-one with Barkov against Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson. Verhaeghe kept the puck and shot it under Jarry's glove at 11:11 of the third period to give the Panthers their second two-goal lead, 4-2.
With Jarry pulled, Crosby closed the deficit to 4-3 with 2:06 left when his sharp-angle shot went in, once again off Ekblad's blade.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Florida |
|
Pittsburgh |
|
Carter Verhaeghe 2 |
Points |
Sidney Crosby 2 |
|
Carter Verhaeghe 1 |
Goals |
Sidney Crosby 1 |
|
Aleksander Barkov 2 |
Assists |
Sidney Crosby 1 |
|
Anthony Duclair 1 |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Sergei Bobrovsky .914 |
Save Percentage |
Tristan Jarry .862 |
|
Sergei Bobrovsky 32 |
Saves |
Tristan Jarry 25 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Florida
|
29 |
4 |
1-2 |
3-3 |
6 |
27 |
| Pittsburgh
|
35 |
3 |
0-3 |
1-2 |
4 |
37 |
Upcoming Games
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Pittsburgh will play their next game at home against Vegas. The Penguins have a W/L % of .686 after a win and .435 after a loss.
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Florida will play their next game at home against Philadelphia. The Panthers have a W/L % of .737 after a win and .579 after a loss.
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