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Forsling scores in overtime, the Panthers beat the Golden Knights 4-3
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Forsling scores in overtime, the Panthers beat the Golden Knights 4-3

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Gustav Forsling scored the winning goal with 16.2 seconds left in overtime and the Florida Panthers beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Saturday night.

Sam Reinhart scored a goal and added two assists for the Panthers, who won a match between the last two Stanley Cup champions. Sam Bennett and Eetu Luostarinen also scored for Florida, which got 23 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky.

Tanner Pearson had a goal and an assist for Vegas, which got goals from Brett Howden and Keegan Kolesar. Nicolas Roy had two assists for Vegas, which erased three separate one-goal leads.

Ilya Samsonov stopped 45 shots for Vegas.

Takeaways

Golden Knights: The Golden Knights lost 49:26 in the evening and 21:6 at the start of the third period.

Panthers: Florida extended its point streak to four games (3-0-1) while missing star forwards Aleksander Barkov (lower-body injury) and Matthew Tkachuk (illness). Due to an injury to Jonah Gadjovich and salary cap constraints, they were without a skater on Saturday.

Key moment

Luostarinen tied the game at 3-3 with 7:17 left, sinking a shot from Reinhart after intercepting the rebound of a slap shot from Aaron Ekblad. Ekblad had two assists.

Key statistics

Reinhart has four goals and nine points during his five-game point streak.

Next

The Golden Knights host the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday, while the Panthers have a three-game homestand against the Minnesota Wild.

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