With the game a designated Kids Day, the next generation of New York Rangers fans were certainly given a tantalizing taste of why this sport is so great.
It was a contest that literally had almost everything as both the Blueshirts and the Panthers went toe-to-toe in an exhilarating showdown, like two heavyweight boxers slugging it out.
Ryan Lindgren had an afternoon to remember after potting his first ever career goal in the NHL, and that started a truly bonkers chain of events.
After Aleksander Barkov and Dominic Toninato had flipped the matchup on its head in a matter of seconds at the end of the first period, the game truly exploded in the second.