Panthers Come Back On Coyotes

     The Florida Panthers played in Sunrise on Saturday night and overcame a two-goal deficit in the third period to top the Arizona Coyotes 4-2 at BB&T Center. It was the lone home game of a two-week stretch where the team will play seven of eight games on the road.
     A moment of silence for Panthers original owner H. Wayne Huizenga was held prior to the contest. Huizenga passed away on Friday at the age of 80.
     In the first period, Arizona(25-39-11) got ahead 1-0 with 5:24 to go. Derek Stepan connected a cross-ice pass fromt he left circle to Richard Panik in the low right circle. His backhand shot was stopped by James Reimer, however Clayton Keller pushed in the rebound from the left of the crease. It was the 22nd goal of the campaign for the rookie Keller.
     The Coyotes moved it to 2-0 on the power play at the 1:33 mark of the second period. A clearing pass up the middle by Keith Yandle was stopped by Stepan at the top of the zone. He blasted a slap shot and it was deflected in by Panik in the crease area.
     The third period belonged to Florida(38-28-7) as they closed the gap. Jamie McGinn banked the puck off the end wall from the left wing and found Trocheck at the right goal line. He lifted a wrist shot from an acute angle by Darcy Kuemper at 6:13.
     The Panthers tied it up 2-2 just over three minutes later at the 9:33 mark as Trocheck compiled his 30th goal of the season. Mark Pysyk snapped a shot from the high slot area that hit the right post and Trocheck banged in the rebound.
     The Cats completed the comeback and took their first lead 3-2 with 3:45 left in the third. Colton Sceviour made a centering pass from the right wing which went off a defender. It bounced to Denis Malgin in the slot and he put in a wrist shot. McGinn added an empty-net power-play goal with 13.2 seconds remaining on a feed from Aleksander Barkov.