Florida Panthers at San Jose Sharks

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Florida Panthers

6-4-1

Final
4 - 3

San Jose Sharks

3-8-2

Reinhart scores in SO as Panthers beat Sharks 4-3

Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist, and Aleksander Barkov and Radko Gudas also scored for Florida. Matthew Tkachuk had three assists and Anton Lundell had two. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 36 shots.

“It was one of those nights when it’s the goalie competition you know, especially the overtime and shootout,” Bobrovsky said. "I have fun in those games.”

Erik Karlsson had a goal and two assists, and Matt Benning and Timo Meier also scored for the Sharks, who have lost three straight. James Reimer finished with 41 saves.

Trailing 2-0 after two periods, San Jose got on the scoreboard when Meier converted on a 5-on-3 power play at 1:04 of the third with his third goal in two games.

Karlsson tied it with his seventh goal and 12th point in a four-game scoring streak at 6:34 of the third period.

“When I’m 50 years old I’ll look back on it and I’ll be happy about it," Karlsson said.

Benning put the Sharks ahead with 8:12 left with his first goal since joining San Jose, but Verhaeghe tied it 3-3 with 1:22 left and Bobrovsky pulled for an extra skater to send it to overtime.

“I think we slowed our game down, especially the puck carrier,” Reinhart said. "A little bit too much standing around watching and they swarmed us.”

The Panthers lost assistant captain Patric Hornqvist at 9:14 of the first period after he was hit up high by Sharks forward Luke Kunin, who was ejected for the illegal check to the head major.

“Disappointing, because I really liked the way we crawled back into it," Sharks coach David Quinn said. “Any time you get a five-minute major, that really skews the period.”

Barkov gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead on the ensuing power play getting his second of the season with 6:17 left in the period.

“He’s up and mobile and everything’s fine, but I won’t know until sometime tonight,” Panthers coach Paul Maurice said about Hornqvist.

Gudas extended the Panthers’ lead with 4:10 left in the second with a one-timer from the point through traffic for his first.

THE QUEST FOR 100

Sharks coach David Quinn fell short again of getting his 100th career NHL win. San Jose is now 0-1-2 since Quinn got No. 99 against Toronto on Oct. 27.

UP NEXT

Panthers: At Los Angeles on Saturday night.

Sharks: Host Anaheim on Saturday night to finish a six-game homestand.

Regular Season Series

FLA leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 13:43	Goal scored by Aleksander Barkov assisted by Anton Lundell and Matthew Tkachuk (PPG)
Goal	2nd Period 15:50	Goal scored by Radko Gudas assisted by Matthew Tkachuk and Carter Verhaeghe
Goal	3rd Period 1:04	Goal scored by Timo Meier assisted by Alexander Barabanov and Erik Karlsson (PPG)
Goal	3rd Period 6:34	Goal scored by Erik Karlsson assisted by Nick Bonino
Goal	3rd Period 11:48	Goal scored by Matt Benning assisted by Erik Karlsson and Logan Couture
Goal	3rd Period 18:38	Goal scored by Carter Verhaeghe assisted by Matthew Tkachuk and Anton Lundell
Goal	5 0:00	Shootout GOAL scored by Sam Reinhart on James Reimer

Statistics

FLA		SJ
16	Blocked Shots	20
23	Hits	20
10	Takeaways	15
44	Shots	39
1	Power Play Goals	1
3	Power Play Opportunities	2
33.3	Power Play Percentage	50.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
38	Faceoffs Won	28
57.6	Faceoff Win Percent	42.4
16	Giveaways	6
3	Total Penalties	2
6	Penalty Minutes	17

San Jose Sharks Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Yaroslav Askarov, G	Out	Mar 19
Igor Chernyshov, LW	Out	Mar 19
Ty Dellandrea, C	Injured Reserve	Mar 13
Logan Couture, C	Injured Reserve	Sep 30

Florida Panthers Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Brad Marchand, LW	Injured Reserve	Mar 17
Uvis Balinskis, D	Out	Mar 14
Sam Reinhart, C	Out	Mar 14
Aleksander Barkov, C	Injured Reserve	Mar 10
Cole Schwindt, RW	Injured Reserve	Mar 1