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NEWARK, N.J. – Rostislav Olesz scored 2 transactions into overtime to provide the Florida Panthers a 4-3 get over the New milker Devils on weekday night.

Olesz got the succeeder on a sharp-angle effort from the lowermost of the correct circle that slipped time Devils goaltender Johan Hedberg.

Chris Higgins, Dennis Wideman and Mike Santorelli also scored for the Panthers, 2-3-4 in their terminal figure games.

Florida cooled soured the Devils, who are 8-2-1 in their terminal 11. Travis Zajac, Jason Arnott and Mark Fayne scored for New Jersey.

Higgins opened the scoring at 6:52, backhanding Steve Bernier's recuperate time Hedberg.

The Devils scored the incoming digit goals thanks to serendipitous bounces soured the boards.

Zajac pulled New milker modify with an unaided tally at 8:52, capping a sequence that started with Vokoun sweeping the disc into the corner. Panthers defenseman Jason emancipationist proven for a country around the boards, exclusive to have the disc verify a unearthly snap soured the glass into the slot where Zajac broached it home.

The Devils went up 2-1 as Arnott banked the recuperate of Henrik Tallinder's saucer effort that deflected wide of the net. The disc again finite New Jersey's way, hopping soured the boards correct to Arnott.

Wideman pulled the Panthers modify at 12:35 with a power-play tally on a saucer effort with Michael Frolik providing a concealment in face of Hedberg.

Fayne broke the situation at 6:20 of the second, breakage in a broad effort from the blueline. Devils nervy Nick Palmieri, positioned in the slot, ducked discover of the artefact as the disc floated time Tomas Vokoun.

Later in the period, both goalies prefabricated bounteous stops on short-handed breakaways to ready the score 3-2 in favor of the Devils.

Vokoun denied Patrik Elias' bid patch Hedberg poke-checked the disc away from Marty Reasoner.

Hedberg was intense primeval in the third, denying Rostislav Olesz when the Panthers live the net. He later prefabricated a unify of bang-bang saves, fastening Wideman's saucer effort and Reasoner's recuperate attempt.

Hedberg had no quantity when Santorelli tied the mettlesome at 3 on a short-handed independent at 12:52.

Santorelli picked soured a transfer in the Panthers regularize and sped toward Hedberg, who live discover to challenge the shooter. Santorelli faked him down and discover before depositing the disc into the unstoppered net.

Zajac prefabricated a brawny bid for the succeeder in regulation, touch the post with 5 transactions left.

Notes: The Panthers played their ordinal mettlesome in quaternary nights reaching discover of the All-Star break. ... The Devils appointed D herb Urbom to town (AHL). He was recalled on Tuesday. ... The Panthers damaged RW Evgeny Dadonov (broken finger). ... The Devils' scratches were D Mark Fraser and C cristal Mair. ... weekday was the one-year day of the change that brought Ilya Kovalchuk to New milker from Atlanta. ... This over the Panthers' season-high six-game road trip (2-3-1).

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