Ross Colton scored with 3.8 seconds left in a game that looked destined for overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over a gutted Florida Panthers squad that can’t find answers offensively.
After MacKenzie Weegar turned the puck over with 15 seconds left, the Cats failed to clear twice and paid the ultimate price when Ondrej Palat bounced the puck off the boards to Nikita Kucherov down low.
Gustav Forsling gave chase to Kucherov and then for some inexplicable reason, Weegar decided to do the same, leaving the slot to Colton, who after receiving a slick backhand pass from Kucherov, ripped a shot high with Ryan Lomberg a passive spectator.