Florida Panthers were victorious against Montreal Canadiens 9-5 with breathtaking first period, which saw them score 7 on Thursday night.
LUCKY NUMBER 9
🗣️ CATS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/45Li2Re4FT
— Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) March 17, 2023
New franchise record alert 🚨 pic.twitter.com/yXl3e8XqWr
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The game reached another milestone being the dastest to reach 10 goals in NHL history after Florida scored for the 10th goal at 13:18.
Carter Verhaeghe scored twice, as did Aaron Ekblad, helping Florida achieve their forth victory in their last five games and pulling within three points of the final wild-card spot.
Colin White, Gustav Forsling, Ryan Lomberg and Sam Reinhard also scored for the Panthers, as they led the Canadiens 7-3 in the first period.
Florida maintained their lead in the second period through goals from Ekblad and Matthew Tkachuk.
Mike Matheson, Michael Pezzetta, Rem Pitlick, Anthony Richard and Rafael Harvey-Pinard scored for Montreal.
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