Recap: Panthers Rally From 4-1 Down to Beat Red Wings 5-4
November 12, 2026
Eleven games finished Thursday and the deepest comeback was Florida’s. The Panthers trailed Detroit 4-1 midway through the second period, answered with four straight goals and won 5-4 on Anton Lundell’s goal with 2:40 left. The biggest number belonged to Winnipeg, eight in an 8-3 win at Dallas after trailing twice.
Key points
What the 11-game slate produced, in numbers.
- Florida scored the last four goals after falling behind 4-1, the winner from Anton Lundell at 17:20 of the third, 51 seconds after Lars Eller tied it.
- Winnipeg trailed 2-0 and 3-2, then scored six unanswered for an 8-3 win at Dallas. Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor and Gabriel Vilardi finished with three points each.
- Montreal raced to a 5-0 lead at Boston before the second intermission and won 5-2, with J. Fowler stopping 30.
- Boldy scored three and Kirill Kaprizov added three assists as Minnesota took 5-2 at Toronto.
- St. Louis and Utah went 65 scoreless minutes before a 1-0 shootout win for the Blues: J. Hofer perfect on 29 shots, Karel Vejmelka perfect on 22.
Stories of the night
Florida and Winnipeg erased multi-goal deficits; the rest of the slate had its own endings.
Detroit led 4-1 on M. Kasper’s goal at 12:08 of the second. Gustav Forsling cut the gap 18 seconds before intermission, Anton Lundell made it 4-3 at 2:32 of the third, and Lars Eller tied it at 16:29. Lundell’s winner came 51 seconds later off assists from both Tkachuks, and Corey Verhaeghe finished with three helpers.
The Jets went down 2-0 in the first period and 3-2 midway through the second, then scored six unanswered between the 13:55 mark of the second and the 15:26 mark of the third. Mark Scheifele had 2 goals and an assist, D. Mercer added two goals, and Kyle Connor and Gabriel Vilardi ended with three points apiece. Casey DeSmith’s night ended after three shots and two goals allowed; Jake Oettinger surrendered six on 27.
New Jersey trailed Washington 2-1 midway through the second, then scored four straight for a 5-2 win behind Connor Hellebuyck’s 26 saves, with J. Hughes sealing it late. Ottawa needed Shane Pinto’s second goal, 2:08 into overtime, to escape Colorado 4-3 after Drake Batherson tied it with 3:56 left in regulation. Colorado’s three came on the power play twice and short-handed, and L. Ullmark turned aside 26.
Tampa Bay took 3-1 at Columbus behind B. Hagel’s 2 goals and an assist, with Nikita Kucherov adding two helpers and D. Hildeby stopping 28. The Islanders won 5-2 in Los Angeles with B. Schenn on three goals and Ilya Sorokin making 26 saves.
Chicago needed overtime to get Buffalo, 3-2, on Ryan Donato’s winner with F. Nazar scoring twice. Carolina opened the slate in Helsinki, 4-1 over Seattle in the Global Series, with Sebastian Aho scoring twice.
The night, game by game
All 11 finals in start-time order with the league’s first star.
| Final | Stars |
|---|---|
| CAR 4 at SEA 1 (Global Series, Helsinki) | S. Aho, 2G |
| MTL 5 at BOS 2 | J. Fowler, 30 saves |
| MIN 5 at TOR 2 | M. Boldy, 3G |
| COL 3 at OTT 4 (OT) | S. Pinto, 2G 1A |
| WSH 2 at NJD 5 | E. Rodrigues, 1G 1A |
| TBL 3 at CBJ 1 | B. Hagel, 2G 1A |
| DET 4 at FLA 5 | A. Lundell, 2G |
| BUF 2 at CHI 3 (OT) | F. Nazar, 2G |
| WPG 8 at DAL 3 | M. Scheifele, 2G 1A |
| STL 1 at UTA 0 (SO) | J. Hofer, 29 saves |
| NYI 5 at LAK 2 | B. Schenn, 1G 2A |
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