Flyers Beat Panthers in OT Shootout

Claude Giroux scored the only goal in a shootout and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Giroux beat Scott Clemmensen on the stick side to give the Flyers their first shootout victory in four tries this season.

Brayden Schenn and Jakub Voracek scored in regulation for the Flyers, while Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves. Bobrovsky also stopped three attempts in the shootout, after going 0 for 5 previously this season.

Mikael Samuelsson and Tomas Fleischmann had goals for Florida and Clemmensen made 35 saves.

The injury-depleted Flyers started eight rookies.

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