This wasn’t the “Miracle on Ice,” the “Miracle Mets” winning the World Series or Buster Douglas knocking out Mike Tyson.
But the Florida Panthers do need a miracle of sorts to make the playoffs, and Monday’s 3-2 win against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes was a positive step in that direction, especially when you consider that two of the three goals by the home team came from the sticks of defensemen Alex Petrovic and MacKenzie Weegar.
This was just Petrovic’s second goal of the season. For Weegar it was just the second goal of his career.
“We needed to win at all costs,” goalie Roberto Luongo said after the Panthers broke a three-game losing streak.