Smith scores in 3rd to lift Panthers over Lightning 3-1
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Reilly Smith scored a tiebreaking goal with 4:28 left, Roberto Luongo made 34 saves and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 on Monday night.
Jonathan Marchessault got his seventh goal and Derek MacKenzie also scored for the Panthers.
Smith made it 2-1 after grabbing the puck inside the blue line away from Tampa Bay's Victor Hedman. His shot from the left circle beat goalie Ben Bishop on the stick side.
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Ondrej Palat scored for the Lightning, and Bishop stopped 29 shots.
MacKenzie scored an empty-netter with 36 seconds left.