Saturday night the Florida Panthers were dominated for two of three periods, but still walked away from the game with a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Trailing 3-1 after the 1st period, the Panthers controlled the 2nd period, scoring 3 unanswered goals to steal victory from the Lightning.

Tampa Bay built a 2-1 lead by the mid point of the 1st period before the Panthers would get themselves on the board. Gregory Campbell scored late, at 17:55 of the 1st, to pull the Panthers within a goal at 2-1. Campbell’s effort was undone 51 seconds later as Tampa Bay re-established a 2 goal lead at 3-1 with just over 1 minute left in the 1st. Tampa Bay dominated the flow of play in the 1st and outshot Florida 11-4.

Florida would dominate the 2nd period though, the only stretch of the game in which they played well, scoring 3 unanswered goals and outshooting Tampa Bay 13-9. Florida used the power play to get themselves back in the game in the 2nd period. Cory Stillman scored the first power play goal at 6:39 to get Florida back within a goal at 3-2. Just over 4 minutes later Richard Zednik would score his 9th of the season to tie the game at 3-3. Jay Bouwmeester would complete the comeback scoring on the power play with 1 second left in the period to put Florida ahead 4-3.

Florida put in a solid effort on the ice, with the exception of in goal. Craig Anderson started the game put was pulled after the 1st period in which he allowed 3 goals on 11 shots. Tomas Vokoun, who replaced him in the 2nd, stopped all 22 shots he faced. Thankfully for Anderson, Florida’s offense continues to be red hot as they scored 4 goals and went 2 for 2 on power plays.