Luca Cagnoni scored at 3:14 of overtime to give the San Jose Sharks a 4-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Thursday at SAP Center at San Jose. Cagnoni conversion ended the contest after the Panthers had erased a three-goal deficit in the third period.
Mason Marchment started the scoring for San Jose unassisted on a wrist shot at 14:20 of the first period. Will Smith then doubled the margin shorthanded at 5:52 of the second period on an assist from Macklin Celebrini. Smith struck again on a slap shot at 10:37 during a power play, with assists going to Celebrini and Cagnoni, before Eetu Luostarinen put Florida on the board with a power-play backhand goal at 17:10.
Florida erased the gap early in the third period with two goals in a 17-second span. Luostarinen tipped in his second goal of the night at 5:01 off assists from Dmitry Kulikov and Anton Lundell. Matthew Tkachuk then tied the contest 3-3 with a wrist shot at 5:18, assisted by Sam Bennett. In overtime, Cagnoni finished the game on a wrist shot set up by Smith and Celebrini.
Yaroslav Askarov earned the victory for the Sharks with 23 saves on 26 shots, while Florida goaltender Akira Schmid stopped 28 of 32 shots in the overtime loss. San Jose finished 1-for-4 on the power play and scored a shorthanded goal, while Florida converted 1 of 6 chances with the man advantage.
The victory moved San Jose to 1-0-0 on the regular season, while the Panthers moved to 1-0-1. Smith and Celebrini each recorded three-point games, and Cagnoni added two points for the Sharks.
San Jose will visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday, October 19, at 7:30 PM ET. The Panthers will visit the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday, October 21, at 7:30 PM ET.
