Reinhart scores twice, Panthers defeat Lightning

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Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist, and Brad Marchand and Anton Lundell also scored for the Panthers (17-13-2), who have won five of six and closed out their four-game road trip with a 3-1-0 record. Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves.
J.J. Moser and Max Crozier scored for the Lightning (18-12-3), who are 2-2-1 in the past five games. Jonas Johansson made 19 saves.
Reinhart gave Florida a 1-0 lead with a short-handed goal at 2:16 of the first period. Aaron Ekblad chipped the puck up to Reinhart in the Panthers’ defensive zone and Reinhart skated down the ice on a 2-on-1 before beating Johansson five-hole with a wrist shot from the right face-off circle.
Lundell extended the lead to 2-0 at 3:48 when he finished on 3-on-1 rush, burying a wrist shot far side from the right circle.
Marchand made it 3-0 at 11:48 of the second period when he deflected a Verhaeghe pass under Johansson’s right pad from the low slot.
Reinhart scored his second on the power play to push the lead to 4-0 at 18:08 with a wrist shot from the left circle off a cross-ice pass from Mackie Samoskevich.
Crozier scored his first NHL goal to make it 4-1 at 19:27 with a slap shot from above the right circle that beat Bobrovsky to the far post through a screen.
Moser cut the deficit to 4-2 at 2:11 of the third period with a wrist shot from the left circle to the short side.
Verhaeghe extended Florida’s lead to 5-2 at 6:37. Uvis Balinskis took the puck after Crozier broke his stick in the neutral zone and passed it forward to Verhaeghe who scored with a backhander off the right post as he cut to the net.

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