Florida Panthers defenseman Gustav Forsling, left, celebrates with center Sam Bennett after Forsling scored during an overtime period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Forsling scores in overtime, Panthers top Golden Knights 4-3

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Gustav Forsling got the winning goal with 16.2 seconds remaining in overtime, and the Florida Panthers defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Saturday night.

Sam Reinhart scored a goal and added two assists for the Panthers, who won a matchup of the last two Stanley Cup champions. Sam Bennett and Eetu Luostarinen also scored for Florida, which got 23 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky.

Tanner Pearson had a goal and an assist for Vegas, which got goals from Brett Howden and Keegan Kolesar. Nicolas Roy had two assists for Vegas, which wasted three separate one-goal leads.

Ilya Samsonov stopped 45 shots for Vegas.

Takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Ilya Samsonov (35) watches as a shot by Florida Panthers defenseman Gustav Forsling (not shown) goes in to score during an overtime period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Golden Knights: The Golden Knights were outshot 49-26 on the night and 21-6 from the start of the third period.

Panthers: Florida extended its point streak to four games (3-0-1), all the while missing star forwards Aleksander Barkov (lower-body injury) and Matthew Tkachuk (illness). They had to play down one skater on Saturday due to an injury to Jonah Gadjovich and salary cap constraints.

Key moment

Luostarinen tied the game up at 3-3 with 7:17 to go, potting home a feed from Reinhart after he collected the rebound of an Aaron Ekblad slap shot. Ekblad had two assists.

Key stat

Florida Panthers center Sam Bennett (9) os congratulated by teammates after he scored during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Vegas Golden Knights, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Reinhart has four goals and nine points during his five-game point streak.

Up next

The Golden Knights host the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday while the Panthers wrap up a three-game homestand against the Minnesota Wild.

Vegas Golden Knights right wing Keegan Kolesar (55) is congratulated by teammates after he score during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Florida Panthers, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Vegas Golden Knights left wing Pavel Dorofeyev (16) attempts a shot at Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Ilya Samsonov deflects a puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Florida Panthers, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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