Luongo hits a rare milestone

Goalie becomes second to reach 200 wins with 2 teams.

NEWARK, N.J. — Jared McCann scored the go-ahead goal and Roberto Luongo made 23 saves to become the second goalie to win 200 games with two different teams as the Florida Panthers beat the New Jersey Devils 3-2 on Monday night.

Luongo’s 200th win with Florida was a see-saw affair in the third period. He also won 252 with Vancouver to join an exclusive club.

The other netminder to accomplish the feat was Hall of Famer Patrick Roy with 289 wins for Montreal and 262 for Colorado.

Aleksander Barkov and Vincent Trocheck also scored as the struggling Panthers cooled off the streaking Devils who were on a 5-1-2 run coming in. The win was the second in the last five games for Florida.

Rookies Nico Hischier and Jesper Bratt scored for New Jersey and Corey Schneider made 35 saves.

Barkov snapped a scoreless deadlock with 2:40 remaining in the second period.

Florida had dominated play and was rewarded with Barkov’s shorthanded tally.

It was the second straight period in which the Panthers were clearly the better team. They outshot the Devils 31-10 after 40 minutes and clung to a 1-0 advantage.

Hischier pulled New Jersey even at 2:20 of the third. Trocheck got his team-leading 10th at 4:07 on a shot that nicked the post to put Florida back in front at 2-1.

Bratt threw the puck at the crease from a bad angle and wound up with the Devils’ second goal as it bounced in off the skate of the Panthers’ Aaron Ekblad at 8:19.

McCann gave the Panthers their third lead of the game, putting in his own rebound at 12:45.