"The Florida Panthers exploded offensively to pull off a wild 8-5 victory over the Vancouver Canucks at Amerant Bank Arena in a game that saw huge shifts in momentum and not much in the way of defense. Picking up where they left off in Tampa, the Canucks struck twice within a 24-second span of the first period to grab a two-goal lead. Drew O'Connor was able to dig the puck free from Sergei Bobrovsky glove after he put the puck on goal after a Tyler Myers shot missed wide at 14:50. The red-hot Quinn Hughes drew the secondary assist."
"A tripping penalty on Uvis Balinskis 16 seconds later led to Jake DeBrusk's power-play goal at 15:14. Kiefer Sherwood took a pass from Hughes and then rifled a bullet backdoor feed to DeBrusk, who beat a helpless Bobrovksy. The Panthers would score on a 3-on-3 rush 36 seconds later to halve the deficit. After taking a headman pass from Jeff Petry, Sam Bennett dropped to Carter Verhaeghe, who centered to A.J. Greer, who snapped a shot from the high slot past third-stringer Jiri Patera. It was the third-straight shot to find the back of the net."
"Seth Jones would sing like Ann Wilson, evening it up with a eight seconds left in the frame by shooting between the pads of Patera after lugging the puck up the ice and working a quick give-and-go with Sam Reinhart at the Vancouver blue line. Bobrovsky was credited with the second assist on the power-play marker that came shortly after Mackie Samoskevich drew a slashing penalty on Hughes before he was flat-out robbed by the glove of Patera."
The game featured a fast start by Vancouver with two goals within 24 seconds of the first period, including tallies by Drew O'Connor and Jake DeBrusk. Florida responded immediately with a 3-on-3 rush goal and later tied the period on a Seth Jones effort. Early in the second, Noah Gregor's play led to Luke Kunin's first goal as a Panther. Goaltending saw alternating heroics from Jiri Patera and Sergei Bobrovsky while penalties and turnovers contributed to frequent scoring and momentum swings throughout the matchup.
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