For a team looking for a spark, you couldn’t have asked for a better night.
“It’s great to see,” Bennett said. “This team, for a long time, has showed a lot of fight, a lot of resilience. We haven’t really been able to get many comeback wins this year, so that’s big for our group. It shows we’re going to fight to the end every game. It was nice to get rewarded tonight.”
THEY SAID IT
“Unbelievable play. Great pass over. He was making incredible plays all night. I was just fortunate to be on the ice with him.” – Sam Bennett on Brad Marchand’s pass to set up his game-winning goal
“Kind of felt like you needed to win that game because it was still there and we all felt it was still there. All the pieces were part of that win. The stats won’t be kind to Sergei (Bobrovsky), but he made some big saves toward the end of that to keep it right.” – Paul Maurice on coming from behind to beat the Blue Jackets
CATS STATS
– Carter Verhaeghe recorded his 78th multi-goal game with the Panthers, moving him into a tie with Scott Mellanby for the sixth most in franchise history.
– With a goal and two assists, Brad Marchand became the fifth player in Panthers history to record a three-point game in the regular season at age 37 or older.
– Sam Bennett became the fourth player in franchise history to score a game-winning goal in the final five seconds of overtime.
– The Panthers earned a win after overcoming a multi-goal deficit in two periods for the first time in franchise history.
WHAT’S NEXT?
The Panthers will close their “6-7 Weekend” when they wrap up their back-to-back with a battle against the New York Islanders at Amerant Bank Arena on Sunday at 5 p.m. ET.
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