After tying the game midway through the third period, Brayden Point struck for his second of the night 2:08 into overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a hard-fought 3-2 victory over the host Florida Panthers.
Matthew Tkachuk’s double-minor for slashing (didn’t go for the puck) and roughing (totally unnecessary but..) Nikita Kucherov, who was stopped by Sergei Bobrovsky on a breakaway, was only partially offset by Victor Hedman slashing Tkachuk, set the stage for the decisive goal.
After Corey Perry sent the puck from behind the net out along the boards to Steven Stamkos, who opened the scoring with a power-play goal 13:04 into the first, he found Point in the slot and the dangerous wing took a beat to get on his forehand before solving Bobrovsky to give the Lightning the extra point.