After putting a deflating defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Flyers behind them, the Panthers hoped to change their fortunes as the Pittsburgh Penguins rolled into the BB&T Center on Friday evening. Despite a blistering start with two early goals in the first period, the Panthers couldn’t hold on and dropped two points to the reigning champs with a final score of 4-3.
The Panthers were outshot but not outplayed at even strength, but special teams were the difference in this one. Pittsburgh put up three power play goals thanks to some bad penalties by Florida, including the game winner by Connor Sheary late in the third period.