Brandon Montour scored at 1:41 of overtime and backup goaltender Alex Lyon made 38 saves as the Florida Panthers downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Wednesday to energize to their flickering playoff hopes.
TORONTO - Brandon Montour scored at 1:41 of overtime and backup goaltender Alex Lyon made 38 saves as the Florida Panthers downed the Toronto MapleSam Reinhart and Anton Lundell scored the other goals for Florida . Montour added an assist for a two-point night.Montour beat Samsonov of a 2-on-1 in the 3-on-3 extra period after William Nylander lost the puck in the offensive zone.
Matthews has six goals and five assists as part of a seven-game point streak. Marner, meanwhile, has points in 11 straight games. Florida pulled Lyon for an extra attacker before Reinhart tied it with 59 seconds left in regulation on a deflection for his 28th to force OT.defenceman Jake McCabe to bury his 10th.
During the stoppage in play as the lineman examined replays, Panthers head coach Paul Maurice went ballistic on his players for their performance in a game his team badly needed.forward was slashed on a breakaway, and the teams stayed tied 1-1 through two periods.Matthews and Marner joined Borje Salming, Ian Turnbull, Dave Keon and Turk Broda as the onlyO'REILLY GETTING CLOSER, ACCIARI ACHING
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