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The Florida Panthers hosted a #HockeyFightsCancer night, with Anthony Rizzo as a special guest drummer. In the game against the Edmonton Oilers, the Panthers rallied from a 2-0 deficit to win 5-3. Niko Mikkola had a career night, scoring 2 goals in 10 minutes. Connor McDavid scored twice for the Oilers. The Panthers improved to 12-5-1 for the season, winning seven of their last eight games.
Hockey Fights Cancer Night had a special meaning to a number of #FlaPanthers players. The Story: https://t.co/7BtC0vqwYS https://t.co/fjq3SJkM3e
Hockey Fights Cancer night meant a lot to many around the Florida Panthers. Hear stories from a few Panthers players, plus an Editor’s Note from me, here. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/f5R5yhAFms
Nikko Mikkola’s career night helped the Florida Panthers take down the Edmonton Oilers. Story ⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/vgTXhPyByr
FINAL: Panthers 5, Oilers 3 Cats improve to 12-5-1. 7-1-0 at @AmerantArena! https://t.co/0H9coX1s2p
The #FlaPanthers got two from Niko Mikkola and rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat the #nhlOilers on Monday night. https://t.co/oUUhJocG61
Florida Panthers defeat the Edmonton Oilers 5-3, moving to 12-5-1 on the season. They’ve won seven of eight games now. Bear in mind, Florida has only played two periods with all of its star players healthy.
Oilers pull goalie with 2:16 to go. Niko Mikkola is on the ice, on hatty watch.
Edmonton's net is empty w/ 2:16 left.
Panthers now 3-for-3 on the PK, with Barkov out and against a star-studded Oilers PP. (McDavid’s penalty shot goal doesn’t count as a PPG.)
Panthers D Niko Mikkola ... Entering tonight: 2 goals in his last 2,559 minutes. Tonight: 2 goals in 10 minutes.
Panthers to the PK again with 7:38 to go in the third. Lots of penalties on both sides tonight.
Devon Toews lasers a puck past Saros to tie the game at 2-2. Nathan MacKinnon found him, and Cale Makar should pick up a secondary assist.
In this fight together 💜 #HockeyFightsCancer https://t.co/0bkdBylBR6
End of 2: Panthers 4, Oilers 3 — SOG: 25-17 FLA Panthers will have 11 seconds of PP time to start the third.
Kevin Stenlund is back into a tie with Connor McDavid in goals. And the Panthers are up 4-3 with 6:18 to go in the second period. He pots in a Luostarinen rebound with McDavid defending him closely.
Stenlund - #FlaPanthers 4-3 with 6:18 left 2nd
Panthers get a power play with 9:23 to go in the second period. Eetu Luostarinen draws a trip from Matthias Ekholm while attempting to put in a rebound chance.
Niko Mikkola’s previous career-high in goals in a season is three. He matches that in Game 18 of the season. Including two goals tonight. https://t.co/mSUAbGZpXr
Panthers tie the game 1:08 after McDavid’s penalty shot. Niko Mikkola scores his second of the game off of a deflected passing attempt to Evan Rodrigues. Carter Verhaeghe’s stick, which Evander Kane sent flying out, gets an assist on this. Oilers d-man tripped on it.
Goals in this game: McDavid: 2 Mikkola: 2
McDavid moves to 3/7 on penalty shots in his career.
Connor McDavid scores on the penalty shot. Nothing too flashy. Just a quick snipe stick side. 3-2 Oilers with 15 minutes to go in the second.
McDavid scores on the penalty shot, 3-2 Oilers.
McDavid penalty shot coming up
Penalty shot - McDavid …
After 1: Panthers 2, Oilers 2 — SOG 12-6 FLA
End of 1 in Sunrise; #flaPanthers 2, #nhlOilers 2
Niko Mikkola ties the game with 4:07 to go in the first. 2-2. As he told me before the team left for the California trip, he’s having a lot of fun in this Panthers system…
Special guest drummer for a special #HockeyFightsCancer night 💜 @ARizzo44 in the house! https://t.co/GvVT9UHlBB
Carter Verhaeghe on the power play; EDM lead cut to 2-1 with 9:24 left.
Gus Forsling hit the inside of the post. Almost looked like it was in, but not quite. Seconds later, Edmonton scored on the other end. It was McDavid, of course. 1-0 Oilers 5:59 into the first period.
Moments after the #FlaPanthers had 2 great scoring chances — the Oilers actually do. It’s 1-0.
McDavid w/ the one-timer, 1-0 Oilers.
Broward’s Anthony Rizzo banging the #FlaPanthers pregame drum wearing a Hockey Fights Cancer Tkachuk jersey…
#HockeyFightsCancer game soon… https://t.co/HY8pNpJIVm