Another night, another third period lead, another loss. That’s been too a big part of the script to the frustrating 2018-19 season for the Florida Panthers, who dropped a wild 6-5 shootout decision to the Vegas Golden Knights in the final game of a difficult three-game road trip.
Former Panther Reilly Smith scored his second goal of the night to tie game at five with 4:18 left in regulation time on a delayed penalty. Smith got by a Aaron Ekblad in the neutral zone after taking a long outlet pass from Shea Theodore and his subsequent shot from the left circle was deflected by Mike Matheson ad flew past a helpless Roberto Luongo, who finished the night with 41 saves.