Aleksander Barkov won it for the Panthers (42-24-3) with a goal 29 seconds into OT to cap a power play that resulted from Kirill Marchenko's delay-of-game penalty with 29.7 seconds left in regulation for accidentally tapping the puck out of play.
Stepping up in the absence of both Aaron Ekblad and Dmitry Kulikov, Jones has posted three points (one goal, two assists) and 13 blocked shots in 11 games since the trade. In that time, he also leads the Panthers in total ice time with 281:30.
Sam Bennett's second goal of the game with 42 seconds left in overtime gave the Florida Panthers a 2-1 win over the Utah Hockey Club on Friday in Sunrise, Fla.
Marc Gatcomb, Maxim Tsyplakov and Noah Dobson scored in a span of a little more than six minutes in the third period for the New York Islanders, who stormed back to beat the Florida Panthers 4-2.
The Utah Hockey Club lost 2-1 in OT to the Florida Panthers on Friday. However, it was a significantly better game than their prior 8-0 loss.
Utah Hockey Club lost more than the game Friday night at Amerant Bank Arena. In addition to falling 2-1 to the Florida Panthers in overtime, the team went down to five defensemen after Olli Määttä left the matchup with a lower-body injury in the second period and did not return for the rest of the evening.
Nobody likes to lose, but compared to its effort in Tampa on Thursday, the Utah Hockey Club is happy about the result against the Florida Panthers on Friday. Utah HC fell 2-1 to the defending Stanley Cup champions but got a point since the road loss came in overtime.