Nick Suzuki had another inspiring night during the Montreal Canadiens' 4-3 shootout loss to the Florida Panthers on Thursday at Amerant Bank Arena.
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It was Anton Lundell who scored the winning goal for the home favorites in the penalty shootout.
Watch the final three shootout goals in the video above.
The Habs captain reacted to the Panthers' first goal, scored by Aleksander Barkov, after being thrown by defenseman Arber Xhekaj on a breakaway.
Late in the second period, Suzuki continued his momentum by assisting Juraj Slafkovsky's net before adding a second assist to his record when Alex Newhook killed the power play in the third period.
Suzuki now has 24 goals and 35 assists for 59 points in 60 games this year.
In addition, it was the first time since the duel against the Pittsburgh Penguins on February 22nd that the CH was able to develop its massive offensive and hit the mark once in four attempts. The guests' five-man attack still enabled the Panthers to score an equalizer in the third period.
Samuel Montembeault competed against his former team and performed well, making 33 saves on 36 shots. His counterpart, Anthony Stolarz, defended 28 pucks.
For the Panthers, Sam Reinhart was sent off twice and reached the 40-goal mark in a season for the first time in his career.
With this loss, the Canadian still hasn't won at Sunrise since December 28, 2018, when he won 5-3.
Martin St-Louis' men will continue their four-game trip against the Lightning in Tampa Bay on Saturday evening.
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THIRD PERIOD
1:05 p.m. – GOAL! Sam Reinhart scores the advantage with a precise throw into the top corner.
12:43 – Oliver Ekman-Larsson is sent off for bringing down Cole Caufield.
07:21 – Evan Rogrigues is penalized for interfering with Samuel Montembeault.
04:26 – Cole Caufield is sent off for tripping Brandon Montour.
03:27 – GOAL! Alex Newhook scores with a precise shot after a pass from Cole Caufield on the power play.
03:02 – Niko Mikkola is punished for obstructing Jesse Ylönen
00:00 – Beginning of the third third.
SECOND PERIOD
19:59 – GOAL! At the very end of the period, Nick Suzuki wins the face-off and Juraj Slafkovsky scores!
14:08 – GOAL! Sam Reinhart reached the 40-goal mark with a shot from the slot on the power play.
13:03 – David Savard is penalized for double checking Matthew Tkachuk.
08:50 – Johnathan Kovacevic is sent off for a high stick on Nick Cousins.
00:00 – Start of the second engagement.
FIRST PERIOD
8:00 p.m – Jake Evans is penalized for tripping Niko Mikkola.
7:55 p.m -Mike Matheson and Matthew Tkachuk are ejected for roughness.
3:16 p.m – David Savard is punished for bringing down Eetu Luostarinen.
1:01 p.m -Kevin Stenlund is ejected for tripping Colin White.
08:24 – GOAL! Shortly afterwards, Nick Suzuki also responded with a wrist shot. He took advantage of a beautiful pass from Arber Xhekaj.
07:01 – GOAL! Aleksander Barkov beats Samuel Montembeault with a wrist shot.
00:00 – Start of the meeting.