Devs let another slip away

SUNRISE, Fla. — Mike Hoffman scored 1:28 into overtime to lift the Panthers over the Devils, 4-3, on Monday night.

With their goalie pulled for an extra skater, the Panthers tied it, 3-3, on Jonathan Huberdeau’s 100th career goal with 1:29 left in the third period. Huberdeau also had two assists.

Aleksander Barkov added a goal and an assist, and Jared McCann also scored for Florida. James Reimer stopped 29 shots.

Jesper Bratt, Blake Coleman and Miles Wood scored for the Devils. Keith Kinkaid made 30 saves, and Sami Vatanen notched two assists. The Devils lost their third straight game and are

in overtime this season.

“We’ve got to keep working at it. It’s been different situations, different guys, different things,” coach John Hynes said. “When you look at it, there’s not one particular trend. We’ll continue to work at it. You’ve got to be able to find a way to get two points out of it.”

Hoffman hit the post at 1:03 of overtime but came back 25 seconds later with a shot from the right circle that beat Kinkaid. Hoffman has 23 points in his last 20 games.

Bratt gave the Devils a 3-2 lead when he tipped in a shot by Vatanen with 8:33 remaining in the third. The goal was Bratt’s second in two games.

With the Panthers’ net empty, Huberdeau grabbed a loose puck in front and pushed it past Kinkaid for his 100th NHL goal.

Florida closed to 2-1 on a 5-on-3 power-play goal by Barkov, who one-timed the puck past Kinkaid at 7:31 of the second.

The Panthers tied it, 2-2, when McCann’s shot from the slot got past Kinkaid and went high into the net with 8:17 left in the second.