In the blink of an eye, the Florida Panthers’ lead had vanished. All it took was nine seconds early in the second period for the Pittsburgh Penguins to score back-to-back goals on Sergei Bobrovsky and level the game on Tuesday.
Florida ensured Pittsburgh’s comeback attempt ended there.
Anthony Duclair scored the go-ahead goal on the power play four minutes later and Bobrovsky stopped 21 of the final 22 shots that came his way as the Panthers beat the Penguins 4-3 at PPG Paints Arena. Florida (39-13-5) swept its road back-to-back that began with a 6-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday and, at 83 points, remains in first place in the Atlantic Division albeit with one more game played than the second-place Tampa Bay Lightning.
