Brad Marchand gets deciding goal in shootout, Florida beats Dallas 4-3

SUNRISE Fla AP Brad Marchand capped an emotional night by getting what became the winning goal in a shootout and the Florida Panthers beat the Dallas Stars - on Saturday night Marchand got a tribute amount Sam Reinhart got a milestone one and Sam Bennett also scored for the Panthers Sergei Bobrovsky stopped shots six of them in overtime and five in the final seconds of the extra period Marchand scored in his first competition back after returning to his native Nova Scotia to pay tribute to a friend s -year-old daughter who lost her battle with cancer and Reinhart got the th goal of his career Mikko Rantanen scored with left in regulation to tie the competition for Dallas which got three assists from Sam Steel who had two points all season entering Saturday then had the first three-assist encounter of his career Justin Kyrckowian got his first NHL goal and Wyatt Johnston also scored for Dallas both of those tallies coming seconds apart during what was to be a -minute power play in the second period It was the first time the teams met since playing twice in Finland last season Saturday was the one-year anniversary of the first of those games and the second matchup there was a year ago Sunday Dallas hadn t played at Sunrise since Dec Among specific of the developments since Dallas last visit to Florida The Panthers won two Stanley Cups The Stars changed coaches from Peter DeBoer to Glen Gulutzan The Arizona Coyotes visited the Panthers The Coyotes ceased operations in and last played at Florida on Jan seven weeks before Dallas largest part latest appearance before Saturday And of the players who were part of the the bulk latest Dallas-Florida encounter in Sunrise only took the ice on Saturday Up next Stars Host Edmonton on Tuesday Panthers Visit Anaheim on Tuesday