Panthers Outlast Devils

     The Florida Panthers outdueled the New Jersey Devils 2-1 in a shootout at Prudential Center on Tuesday night. The Panthers, who entered the game with a 4-5-1 record in their past 10 contests, completed a five-game stretch where they played four road games. The Cats are undefeated in shootouts this season at 4-0. 

     Neither club was able to score during the first two periods of the game. Florida(26-16-3) made it 1-0 at the 40 seconds of the third period. Carter Verhaeghe zipped a diagonal pass from the left point. Jesper Boqvist burned his former team and put in his career-high 10th goal of the year on a wrist shot from the inner right circle past Jacob Markstrom. Nate Schmidt was credited with a secondary assist on the play. 

     New Jersey(26-15-5) tied it up 1-1 at the 2:26 mark of the third. Nico Hischier fired a wrist shot by Spencer Knight for his 20th goal of the season. Timo Meier and Nathan Bastian picked up the assists on the sequence. 

     There was no scoring in overtime, In the shootout, the Devils moved ahead as Paul Cotter put in their first attempt. The Panthers would take over the shootout and got the victory. Aleksander Barkov converted on Florida's first attempt with a wrist shot through the legs of Markstrom. Anton Lundell would score on their third attempt when he roofed a snap shot.