Don’t tell the Florida Panthers the New York Rangers are in a rebuild. Despite giving up three leads during the game, the Rangers pulled out a 5-4 shootout win for their third victory in three tries against a Panthers team that remains stuck in neutral.
Florida finished its eight-game homestand with a frustrating 3-2-3 record that includes four one-goal losses.
Mika Zibanejad was left wide-open in front and knocked in a rebound of Kevin Hayes shot that first deflected off of Jimmy Vesey, who was also open by the way, to start the scoring at 3:37 of the first period.