Takeaways: Florida Panthers 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (SO)

The Florida Panthers snapped a skid of three losses in their past four games with a 3-2 shootout victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Florida Panthers snapped their dry spell and earned their first win of 2025: a 3-2 shootout victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night.

Sam Reinhart and Anton Lundell scored in the shootout while Spencer Knight stopped both of the shots he faced.

The Panthers restored their tie with the Toronto Maple Leafs for first place in the Atlantic Division after snapping a stretch of three losses in their past four games.

Gustav Forsling opened the scoring for Florida 36 seconds into the second period, wiring a wrist shot from the point past Tristan Jarry off of a feed from Aleksander Barkov.

Sidney Crosby tied things up with a one-timer five seconds into a four-minute double minor penalty with 9:51 to go in the second period.

Matthew Tkachuk scored the game-winning goal with 11:12 to go in the third period, deflecting a Carter Verhaeghe shot on the power play just after serving a 10-minute misconduct he received late in the second period.

Rickard Rakell tied the game with 39.9 seconds to go with a one-timer with the Pittsburgh net empty.

Spencer Knight made 29 saves and another two in the shootout to help seal the victory for the Panthers.

Here are three takeaways from Friday night’s game: