Huberdeau, Panthers pad lead in Atlantic with OT win against Maple Leafs

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Jonathan Huberdeau scored at 2:47 of overtime, and the Florida Panthers won after trailing by four goals for the second time in three games with a 7-6 victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs at FLA Live Arena on Tuesday.

Huberdeau won it on a 2-on-1 with Aleksander Barkov to help the Panthers set an NHL record with five victories this season after trailing by three goals. They rallied from four down for a 7-6 overtime win against the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.
"It's exciting to come back again," Barkov said. "But we've got to work so we're not down 5-1 or 6-2. We've got to figure out how to manage the game the right way."
Florida came back from 5-1 to take a 6-5 lead on Barkov's goal at 8:01 of the third period before John Tavares tied it 6-6 at 16:06 with a power-play goal.
Huberdeau had two goals and three assists and Barkov had one goal and three assists for the Panthers (49-15-6), who have won five in a row and extended their lead on the Maple Leafs in the Atlantic Division to eight points. Sergei Bobrovsky was pulled for a second consecutive start after allowing four goals on 14 shots. Spencer Knight made 19 saves in relief.

Mitchell Marner had two goals and two assists, and Auston Matthews had three assists for Toronto (45-19-6), which had won five straight.
Marner scored a shorthanded goal and a power-play goal 37 seconds apart, the shortest span in NHL history for one player to do so. Mario Lemieux did it in 47 seconds with the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Chicago Blackhawks on March 12, 1989.
"We go from having a chance on a breakaway to go up 6-1 to taking a too-many-men-on ice penalty right after," Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said. "That starts the snowball. We had pretty terrible penalty killing. I'm not going to focus on all that stuff, I'm going to focus on the fact we played a good hockey game today."
Erik Kallgren made 20 saves before leaving the game at 17:16 of the second period when he was hit in the mask by a shot from Robert Hagg. Jack Campbell made 21 saves in relief.
Sam Reinhart scored two power-play goals for Florida, and Claude Giroux scored his first goal in eight games since he was acquired in a trade with the Philadelphia Flyers on March 19.
Huberdeau scored a power-play goal at 2:45 of the third for his 100th point this season. His three assists gave him 76 on the season, extending his NHL record for left wings.
"A lot of milestones, but it's cool doing that when we win," Huberdeau said. "It's been a fun year. It's been fun, but we haven't done anything in the playoffs. The last 10 games we've got to tighten up defensively and it's going to carry into the playoffs."

Marner's two goals, at 30 seconds and 1:07 of the second period, gave Toronto a 3-1 lead.
"That shorthanded goal was unbelievable," Keefe said. "A big moment in the game, it was a critical time in the game. It was a big-time play and we kept going from there."
Colin Blackwell made it 4-1 at 2:04 to chase Bobrovsky before Jake Muzzin made it 5-1 at 8:40 in his first game since Feb. 21.
"You don't want wild swings in a game where we had control," Maple Leafs forward Jason Spezza said. "When we have control like that, you want to lock it down. You have to learn from it. It's a team we're likely to see again."
Reinhart began the comeback when he made it 5-2 at 11:52 before Radko Gudas scored shorthanded at 12:51 to make it 5-3.
Giroux scored at 17:56 to make it 5-4.
"My teammates were doing a good job of reminding me I didn't have a goal yet," Giroux said. "So, it's nice to be able to get a goal and help the team have a comeback like we did tonight."
NOTES: The Panthers, who became the first NHL team to clinch a playoff berth Sunday, set a team record with 104 points. They had 103 in 2015-16. … Florida forward Patric Hornqvist had one shot on goal in 5:51 of ice time after missing six games because of an undisclosed injury. … Matthews has 17 goals and 10 assists during a 14-game point streak. … Marner extended his multipoint streak to seven games, tying a Toronto record shared by Matthews (2018-19), Doug Gilmour (1992-93), Vincent Damphousse (1990-91), Rick Vaive (1983-84) and Corb Denneny (1919-20). Marner has four goals and 15 assists during the streak. … Keefe said Kallgren was healthy enough to return if needed.