PHILADELPHIA – The visiting Florida Panthers took a 2-0 first period lead on Monday over the Flyers. The lead evaporated in the third period when the Flyers rallied back for three goals in the final frame to take a 4-3 win win.
Ryan Poehling #25 and Garnet Hathaway #19 of the Philadelphia Flyers celebrate a goal against the Florida Panthers.
“You see the difference when we’re dictating the pace and when we’re playing our game,” Florida’s Sam Reinhart said. “We carry the play. Just got away from that, played into their hands a little bit, played into their game a little bit and we were on our heels. That’s the difference from the first period to the next two.”
The Flyers’ Noah Cates s hit for a double in the win.
Samuel Ersson made 20 saves in the win.
Reinhart hit for the fist of two on the night on a shorthanded strike to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead in the first.
Uvis Balinskis pushed the lead to 2-0.
“We were pretty soft in the first,” Cates said. “… To get started like that was definitely a jump for us.”
Garnet Hathaway trimmed the deficit to 2-1 in the middle frame.
Cates scored the first of his double early in the third to tie the game, 2-2.
Reinhart’s double put the Panthers back in front, 3-2.
Morgan Frost tied the game, 3-3 in the third.
Cates’ second of the night gave the Flyers the 4-3 lead they protected for the win. 
“Every player wants responsibility, and we’re certainly giving it to him,” Flyers coach John Tortorella said. “He sees the door’s open as far as the minutes that he’s getting.”
Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves in the loss.
Sam Reinhart #13 of the Florida Panthers and Noah Cates #27 of the Philadelphia Flyers face off in the third period.
Noah Cates #27 of the Philadelphia Flyers scores twice against the Florida Panthers.
Uvis Balinskis #26 of the Florida Panthers
Noah Cates #27 of the Philadelphia Flyers backhands the puck over goalie Sergei Bobrovsky #72 of the Florida Panthers for the winning goal .
Noah Cates #27 of the Philadelphia Flyers in on a break away against Sergei Bobrovsky #72 of the Florida Panthers
Morgan Frost #48 and Travis Konecny #11 of the Philadelphia Flyers celebrate Frost’s tying goal in the third period against the Florida Panthers.
Sam Reinhart #13 of the Florida Panthers receives congratulations for his second goal against the Philadelphia Flyers .
Noah Cates #27 of the Philadelphia Flyers receives congratulations for his goal against the Florida Panthers.
Noah Cates #27 of the Philadelphia Flyers shot scores against the Florida Panthers in the third period.
Samuel Ersson #33 of the Philadelphia Flyers makes a pad save against Eetu Luostarinen #27 of the Florida Panthers
Morgan Frost #48 of the Philadelphia Flyers try to shove the puck past goalie Sergei Bobrovsky #72 of the Florida Panthers
Ryan Poehling #25 of the Philadelphia Flyers redirects a pass into the goal against Sergei Bobrovsky #72 of the Florida Panthers
Sergei Bobrovsky #72 of the Florida Panthers prepares to make a glove save against Tyson Foerster #71 of the Philadelphia Flyers
A.J. Greer #10 of the Florida Panthers shot glances off the top of the post against Samuel Ersson #33 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers and Florida Panthers players look to the point for the incoming shot.
Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky #72 of the Florida Panthers makes stick save against Owen Tippett #74 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky #72 of the Florida Panthers prepares to make a glove save against Matvei Michkov #39 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Samuel Ersson #33 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Sergei Bobrovsky #72 of the Florida Panthers
