Knight was huge for us, and then obviously a big goal there by Carter." "That's not how we want to play, giving up 20-plus shots in the first period, or any period of that matter. "Knighter bailed us out in the first," Panthers forward Anthony Duclair said. With 20 minutes in the books, Knight had already racked up 21 saves. One of 22 shots on goal they fired during the first period, the Devils drew first blood against the Panthers when Dougie Hamilton snapped a shot from the center of the right circle that caught a piece of Knight's shoulder before floating into the net to make it 1-0 just 13:37 after puck drop.įlying down the ice in a race against time, Carter Verhaeghe then cleaned the slate and pulled the Panthers even heading into the first intermission when he sniped a shot from the top of the left circle that flew past MacKenzie Blackwood to make it 1-1 with 6.4 seconds left on the clock. "I thought Spencer was unbelievable," Panthers interim head coach Andrew Brunette said.īut before the goals started to flow, Knight helped his teammates weather a storm early on. Keeping those fans cheering from the anthem until well beyond the final horn, Knight posted possibly his best performances to date on Thursday at FLA Live Arena as he turned aside a career-high 45 shots while backstopping the Panthers to a dominant 4-1 win over the Devils. "It's pretty cool," the humble 20-year-old said of the moment.
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