Florida Skates Past Philadelphia 3-2 - Recap

Florida Skates Past Philadelphia 3-2 - Recap

Florida needed a shootout to earn a 3-2 victory over Philadelphia on Thursday in NHL action at Wells Fargo Center.

Florida won as a +127 underdog, while Over-Under bettors who played UNDER the total of 5.5 were rewarded at the payout window.

Peter Mueller clinched the win with a shootout goal in round 2 for the Panthers. Florida got goals from Stephen Weiss and Jack Skille in the victory. Skille opened the scoring at 10:52 of the first period.

Jose Theodore turned in a 30-save effort for the Panthers.

Jakub Voracek and Matt Read scored for the Flyers, finding the net behind Jose Theodore.

Philadelphia got a 22-stop effort from Ilya Bryzgalov in the loss.

Florida scored 1 time on 4 chances on the power play, while Philadelphia went 1-for-4 with the man advantage.

Florida lost the shots on goal battle to Philadelphia by a margin of 32-24.

Florida heads into a battle against the Capitals. Philadelphia, meanwhile, will have their next action against Carolina.