Florida Panthers at New Jersey Devils

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Florida Panthers

26-16-3

Final
2 - 1

New Jersey Devils

26-15-5

Lundell scores shootout winner as Panthers down Devils 2-1

Anton Lundell's shootout goal wins it for the Panthers

After Florida’s Aleksander Barkov and New Jersey’s Paul Cotter traded goals to start the shootout, Lundell beat Devils netminder Jacob Markstrom in the third round to end New Jersey’s six-game home winning streak.

Following two scoreless periods, Jesper Boqvist gave Florida a 1-0 lead 41 seconds into the third with his 10th goal of the season. Boqvist played four seasons with the Devils after he was drafted by New Jersey in 2017. Carter Verhaeghe and Nate Schmidt assisted.

Devils captain Nico Hischier tied the contest at 2:27 of the third with his 20th goal with assists to Nathan Bastian and Timo Meier.

Markstrom made 27 saves.

The Devils were coming off an overtime win at home over Tampa Bay on Saturday after 1-4-1 road trip.

Florida won after losing 4-3 at Philadelphia on Monday. With the win over the Devils, the Panthers moved a point behind Toronto in the Atlantic Division.

Takeaways Devils: New Jersey is 19-10-3 since a 3-0 loss at Calgary on Nov. 1.

Panthers: Won for the first time this season against the Devils after losing twice to New Jersey at home in November.

Key moment Knight denied Hischier with just under eight minutes left in the third period to keep the game tied at 1.

Key stats Hischier has reached the 20-goal mark in four straight seasons and five times overall since the Devils chose him first overall in the 2017 draft.

Up Next Devils: Visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.

Panthers: Host the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.

Regular Season Series

NJ wins series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	3rd Period 0:41	Jesper Boqvist Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Carter Verhaeghe (21), Nate Schmidt (7)
Goal	3rd Period 2:27	Nico Hischier Goal (20) Wrist Shot, assists: Timo Meier (16), Nathan Bastian (4)
Goal	5 0:00	Paul Cotter Goal Wrist Shot
Goal	5 0:00	Aleksander Barkov Goal Wrist Shot
Goal	5 0:00	Anton Lundell Goal Wrist Shot

Statistics

FLA		NJ
14	Blocked Shots	19
42	Hits	30
2	Takeaways	7
28	Shots	27
0	Power Play Goals	0
1	Power Play Opportunities	2
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
37	Faceoffs Won	31
54.4	Faceoff Win Percent	45.6
14	Giveaways	11
3	Total Penalties	2
6	Penalty Minutes	4