Anaheim(18-23-6) marched out to a 1-0 lead with the man advantage at the 4:57 mark. Ryan Strome passed from the right corner and Troy Terry zipped a square pass from the left-circle dot. Former Panthers player Frank Vatrano blasted a slap shot from the inner right circle past Sergei Bobrovsky for his 12th goal in 2024-25. It was Vatrano's first tally in eight contests.
Florida(28-17-3) tied it up 1-1 at 8:58. Aleksander Barkov got to a loose puck and angled a pass from the top of the zone. Matthew Tkachuk sent a diagonal pass from the high slot. Sam Reinhart skated from the low right circle to the crease area and scored his 28th goal this season on a backhand shot by Lukas Dostal. Barkov collected his 750th NHL point on the play.
Both teams combined for three goals in the final three minutes of the opening frame. Evan Rodrigues made it 2-1 for the Panthers on a second-chance wrist shot from the right goal line with 2:03 left. Carter Verhaeghe increased it to a 3-1 lead with 1:11 remaining in the first as he scored on a snap shot from the right-circle dot.
The Ducks closed it to 3-2 with 47.3 seconds to go in the period. Radko Gudas pushed an outlet pass from his own zone. Mason McTavish raced up the right side of the ice into the Cats zone and released a wrist shot from the right circle for his seventh tally this year.
The Cats expanded their lead to 4-2 just 19 seconds into the third period. Sam Bennett snapped a shot from the slot area for his 14th goal this season.
It became 5-2 for Florida at the 4:17 mark of the third. Uvis Balinskis moved around the right point and placed in a wrist shot from the top of the zone for his third tally of the year.
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