Panthers stop Avs in OT

In Denver, the Florida Panthers’ Jonathan Huberdeau scored the final two goals of the game with the Colorado Avalanche.

The fist tied the game to force extra time and the second came just 29 seconds into the extra session for a 4-3 win over the Avs.

“I got a fortunate bounce,” Huberdeau said. “Me and [Aleksander Barkov] were kind of looking for a bounce, we haven’t been getting a lot of bounces lately. I saw the puck and I saw (goalie Philipp) Grubauer had his stick out, so I was going to go backhand and five-hole, and I knew it was open.”

The game-tying goal came with 90 seconds left in regulation.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 27 saves for the win.

Nathan MacKinnon, Matt Nieto and Joonas Donskoi scored for the Avs.

“It’s disappointing because when you’re able to sort of not be completely at your best for 60 minutes and to be in a position to be up two (goals) late in the third, it’s a tough point to lose,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said.

Barkov and Colton Sceviour scored single markers for the Panthers.

“It feels good,” Huberdeau said. “It’s a huge two points. I think we had a good road trip overall except Vancouver (a 7-2 loss Monday). We’re starting to play more together and tonight showed the character of our team. A huge comeback and now we’re going to have a stretch at home and it’s going to be good to be under the sunshine.”

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Phillip Grubauer made 34 saves in the loss.

“I thought we’ve done a good job [killing penalties] and at the end of the day, they have five guys and we have four,” Nieto said. “One guy is going to be open and teams are going to get their looks and unfortunately, they got a good look and capitalized. We are two goals ahead and in a really good spot at home and that’s a game where we have to walk away with two points.”