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Montour OT goal leads Panthers to win over Blackhawks
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Chicago now have six defeats in their last seven games

With a Brandon Montour score at 2:43 of overtime, the Florida Panthers wona 4-3 over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night.

Eetu Luostarinen got a goal and an assist on his name, and Sam Bennett and Sam Reinhart also scored.

Caleb Jones, Cole Guttman and Boris Katchouk scored goals, and Jujhar Khaira had two assists for the Blackhawks, who lost for the sixth time in seven games.

Florida trailed 2-0 going into the third period before Bennett and Reinhart scored 29 seconds apart to tie the score. Bennett scored from in front of the net off a pass from Tkachuk off the back boards to get the Panthers on the scoreboard with his 16th at 8:29, and Reinhart reached out and deflected a point shot from Tkachuk on a power play for his 22nd to tie it less than 30 seconds later

Luostarinen gave the Panthers their first lead with 7:18 remaining as he scored from the high slot after taking a pass from Tkachuk for his 16th.