Quenn’s gambit pays off as Knight backstops Panthers to 4-1 win over Lightning

Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty ImagesSpencer Knight gave the Florida Panthers the shot in the arm they needed, stopping 36 of 37 shots as the Florida Panthers lived to fight another day with an impressive 4-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5.

The Lightning scored on its first shot for the second game in a row to put the Cats in an early hole. After a defensive zone faceoff win, Ryan McDonagh sent Blake Coleman away and he chipped the puck off the boards at center and went by a stationary Keith Yandle with ease and then slipped a pretty pass under Brandon Montour’s stick for Ross Colton to finish off a mere 53 seconds in. Jonathan Huberdeau could’ve bailed out the statuesque…