The Panthers pulled off a third-period comeback for the sixth time this season, which is the most in the NHL. Florida have a league-leading 15 home wins this year.
In the first period, New York(19-8-4) rolled out to 1-0 lead with 8:52 left. Artemi Panarin picked up his 10th goal of the season.
Florida(19-7-4) tied it up 1-1 at the 5:09 mark of the second period. Anton Lundell got his sixth goal this year on assists from Gustav Forsling and Ryan Lomberg.
The Rangers reclaimed the lead 2-1 with 7:17 to go in the second. Mika Zibanejad scored his eighth goal of the campaign.
The third period would belong to the Panthers as they added three goals in an 8:44 span and moved ahead 4-2. Eetu Luostarinen connected a cross-ice pass from the left wing and MacKenzie Weegar collected his first goal this season on a wrist shot from high slot at 5:56.
It became 3-2 for Florida with 9:29 remaining. Radko Gudas sent a diagonal pass from his own zone to Carter Verhaeghe at the red line. He charged into the Rangers zone on the left side and snapped a shot from above the left circle by Igor Shesterkin for his eighth goal.
The Cats extended it to 4-2 with 5:20 to go. Sam Bennett backhanded a pass from the right circle and Anthony Duclair scored on a snap shot from the slot area for his 10th goal this season.
The Blueshirts kept it interesting and closed it to 4-3 with 44.4 seconds left. Panarin fired the puck from the left wing and it was redirected by both Zibanejad and Kaapo Kakko in the slot. Chris Kreider tapped it by Sergei Bobrovsky from the right of the crease for his 19th goal of the season.
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