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Game 5 Breakdown: Florida Panthers 3, Detroit Red Wings 2 (OT)

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Aleksi Heponiemi got quite a welcome to the NHL on Saturday night as he scored the game-winner in overtime as the Florida Panthers beat the host Detroit Red Wings 3-2.

Heponiemi, making his NHL debut after playing at AHL Springfield last season, not only got a lot of playing time Saturday but some important shifts as well.

โ€œTo score your first goal in your first game in overtime,โ€ Keith Yandle mused afterward, โ€œyou always remember your first one, but heโ€™s going to be telling his great-grandkids about that. As he should.

In overtime, he and Anthony Duclair teamed up for the game-winning goal. Duclair now has six assists โ€” including one in each of Floridaโ€™s first five games.

โ€œI canโ€™t really feel better after getting those two points and obviously getting the goal,โ€ said Heponiemi, who took the first-game solo skate before warmups.

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