{"time":1794580171950,"blocks":[{"id":"_f58DfqaBw","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The Florida Panthers sent over 19,000 fans home happy on Thursday night after pulling off their latest thrilling comeback victory."}},{"id":"XC6BpXITEb","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"This time, the win came at the expense of the visiting Detroit Red Wings. "}},{"id":"MatYD_hA4g","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Florida scored the first goal of the night just 3:52 into the opening period when a Sam Reinhart backhand trickled through the arm and body of John Gibson and over the goal line. "}},{"id":"hnudvHzZ1P","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"From there, it was a slow and steady stream of goals by the Red Wings. "}},{"id":"-Q04DYSzdn","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"They led 2-1 after the first period and appeared poised to take a 4-1 advantage into the third period after Marco Kasper beat Akira Schmid at the 12:08 mark of the middle frame. "}},{"id":"LrwJx3Q3P4","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Panthers defenseman Gus Forsling had other plans. "}},{"id":"Cx0ym_8vZD","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"With less than 30 seconds on the clock, Forsling wisely pinched into the Red Wings’ zone to help Florida maintain possession, which led to the puck finding its way to a wide open Forsling moments along the boards. "}},{"id":"m8f9-QgnYK","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"He walked the puck to the middle of the ice and fired a wrist shot that found its way past a screened Gibson with just 17.8 left in the middle frame. "}},{"id":"v5gt1ZimtD","type":"embed","data":{"service":"twitter","source":"https://x.com/NHLsv/status/2121177091567943768","embed":"https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=2121177091567943768","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"","meta":{"title":"NHL Sverige (@NHLsv) on X","site_name":"X (formerly Twitter)","description":"Gustav Forsling med fint prickskytte 🚨","image":{"url":"https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/2121177001105268736/pu/img/fgw2EK7pZ9TvqX04?format=webp&name=large","type":"image/webp","width":"1080","height":"1920"}}}},{"id":"gs-Jzlp4dp","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The Panthers may have been carrying a two-goal deficit into the third period, but thanks to Forsling’s goal, they also suddenly possessed all the momentum. "}},{"id":"GGjh8UMz-U","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"“It was a huge goal at the end of the period,” said Forsling. “I think we got some juice from that and we brought it into the third.”"}},{"id":"CNs5YtIqAr","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"It didn’t take long for Florida to cut even further into Detroit’s lead. "}},{"id":"SLGSATG51e","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Just as a Panthers power play expired, Carter Verhaeghe unleashed a one-timer that struck the leg of Red Wings defenseman Andraes Englund and bounced right to Anton Lundell at the side of the crease. "}},{"id":"dK_fQnXA2s","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Lundell showed off his silky smooth hands, making a couple quick moves to slide the puck around Gibson’s pad and glove as he desperately tried to keep it out of the net. 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"}},{"id":"d-o65q5yGl","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"“The 4-3 goal, I thought that cemented that we were on it,” Panthers head coach Paul Maurice said. “"}},{"id":"cdDiQWHxFP","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"For the next ten minutes, the Panthers continued a relentless attack on the Wings, but the score remained 4-3 in favor of the visitors. "}},{"id":"niInw-m70D","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"That was until Niko Mikkola made a great play along the boards to block a Lucas Raymond clearing attempt and chase the puck into the corner to the right of Gibson."}},{"id":"HQ5P_v8_X9","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"He then elevated a pass over a sliding Moritz Seider toward the slot, where Lars Eller, seeing the puck in midair, choked up on his stick and batted it past Gibson to knot the score at four with 3:31 to go. 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He protects the puck so well and he makes great plays.”"}},{"id":"M2G_3QWl9W","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"It was an impressive highlight reel goal that probably would’ve received more attention had it not been for the ridiculous play that was coming a few moments later. "}},{"id":"skpDDnyFwW","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"As Florida continued to keep the pressure on Detroit, the new line of the Tkachuk brothers centered by Anton Lundell finished off a furious shift in the offensive zone with the game’s go-ahead goal."}},{"id":"kWk_L5RsWS","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The play started with Lundell digging the puck out of the corner to Gibson’s left and quickly sending a centering pass to Brady Tkachuk."}},{"id":"HeOpcQuQtp","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Gibson stopped Tkachuk’s attempt, but Brady’s momentum took him right to where Gibson’s rebound was heading, and that’s when the magic happened. 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