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Panthers' Carter Verhaeghe joins elite company after scoring yet another playoff OT winner

Panthers' Carter Verhaeghe joins elite company after scoring yet another playoff OT winner

The pride of Waterdown scored his fifth career postseason OT winner to lead the Cats to a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference opening-round series on Tuesday night. Not only is that the most in Florida franchise history, it also has the 28-year-old in elite National Hockey League company. Verhaeghe is tied with Glenn Anderson, Patrick Kane and Corey Perry, and trails just Maurice Richard (6) and Joe Sakic (8) for the most playoff overtime winners in league history, according to NHL.com's George Richards.