Florida Panthers Edge Flyers in Shootout

The Florida Panthers defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 in a shootout, marking their seventh consecutive victory. The Flyers took an early lead with a goal from Joel Farabee, but the Panthers equalized in the second period with goals from Nate Schmidt and Dmitry Kulikov. Sam Bennett briefly gave Florida the lead again, but Garnet Hathaway scored for the Flyers to tie it in the third period, forcing overtime. In the shootout, Evan Rodrigues scored the decisive goal after Aleksander Barkov also netted one for the Panthers. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped five shots in overtime, achieving his 404th career win and surpassing Grant Fuhr on the all-time list. The game also marked a milestone for Panthers coach Paul Maurice, who coached his 2,000th NHL game.