Stretching their winning streak to eight games, the Panthers fired off a franchise-record 55 shots on goal, with John Gibson setting a franchise record for the Ducks by turning aside 52 of them.
"I thought we played well," Huberdeau said. "We ran into a hot goalie who was playing well. We had a lot of shots. I think throughout the lineup we played well. "We had a check mentality. Obviously sometimes a little fancy, but I feel like overall it was a pretty good game. That's our team. We came out with a huge win."
After being held without a shot on goal for nearly the entire first half of the first period, the Ducks made the most of their first good look of the game when Troy Terry ripped a shot from the slot right past Sergei Bobrovsky to make it 1-0 with his team-leading 33rd goal of the season at 7:38.
Doing everything but scoring during the opening 20 minutes, the Panthers headed into the first intermission leading 27-9 in shot attempts, 17-4 in shots on goal and 15-5 in scoring chances.
Finally rewarded for their strong play early in the second period, the Panthers got on the board when Anthony Duclair's pass into the slot took a rather fortuitous bounce off a defender's skate before sliding through Gibson's five-hole and across the goal line to make it 1-1 at 1:44.
Putting the Ducks back on top, Derek Grant re-directed in a goal at 17:24 to make it 2-1.
"I didn't think we really tried to change things or cheat our way with high-risk plays," Panthers interim head coach Andrew Brunette said of his team's ability to not get frustrated. "We just stayed with what we were doing, stayed with the program and then we got rewarded for it."
Sent to a power play in the third period, the Panthers pulled even when Sam Reinhart set up Duclair for his second goal of the game with a pass through the slot to make it 2-2 at 10:09.
Over the last seven games, Florida has gone 8-for-23 (34.8%) on the man advantage.
In overtime, Huberdeau, who continues to build a very strong case for the Hart Trophy, sent rats flying to the ice when he picked Terry's pocket in the offensive zone, fired a shot on Gibson and then roofed his own rebound over the sprawled-out goaltender into the net to lock in the 3-2 win.
With nine games left to play, the Panthers, who have already punched their ticket to the playoffs, own a 10-point lead over the Maple Leafs for first place in the Atlantic Division.
"We want to finish first," Huberdeau said. "Every win is important. We've got to keep playing well, keep getting better throughout the end of the season to get into the playoffs feeling good about ourselves."
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