It was the Panthers second home game in the past three weeks. The Mammoth appeared in Sunrise for the first time with their new nickname.
In the first period, Utah(28-21-4) rolled out to a 1-0 lead on a shorthanded goal with 4:14 to go. Nick Schmaltz got to a loose puck at his own blue line and went on a breakaway. He eventually lifted a backhand shot from the top of the crease past Sergei Bobrovsky for his 19th goal this season.
Florida(28-21-3) tied it 1-1 at the 2:52 mark of the second period. Ian Cole turned the puck over on a bad pass from the end wall. Sandis Vilmanis then snapped a shot from from the slot area by Vitek Vanecek for his first NHL goal of his career.
The Mammoth recaptured the lead 2-1 at 3:46. Michael Carcone connected a cross-ice pass from the left corner. Jamie McBain fed a pass from below the right circle and Sean Durzi chalked up his fourth goal of the campaign on a forehand shot from the slot.
The Panthers answered back with 10:05 remaining in the second to make it 2-2. Vilmanis tapped a pass back in the right circle and Cole Schwindt released a wrist shot from the inner right circle for his third goal of the year.
Utah moved in front 3-2 with 8:55 left in the third period. Durzi took a shot from right point and Mikhail Sergachev redirected it from the right circle for his eighth goal in 2025-26.
The Panthers pulled their goalie for an extra skater with 1:28 remaining. Barrett Hayton skated with the puck and put in an empty-net goal from the low slot with 55.7 seconds to go in the third for a 4-2 lead.
The Cats closed it to 4-3 with 14.6 seconds left. Sam Bennett made a drop pass at the left point and Carter Verhaeghe followed with a snap shot from the top left circle for his 16th goal of the season.
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