Sam Reinhart has 6th hat trick, Panthers beat Flyers

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Fans were throwing hats onto the ice early in the third period to pay tribute to Sam Reinhart, after they thought he got his third goal of the night.

Small problem: They were wrong. That goal wasn't his.

Turns out, the hats just came early. Reinhart wound up getting the third goal after all, Carter Verhaeghe scored twice and the Florida Panthers pushed their winning streak to five games by beating the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 on Thursday night.

"Just kind of delayed it a bit," Reinhart said. "Nice to get the win at the end."

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Florida Panthers center Sam Reinhart (13) celebrates his goal, assisted by left wing Jonathan Huberdeau (11), during the first period of the team's NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Thursday, March 10, 2022, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Jonathan Huberdeau and Aaron Ekblad each had four assists for Florida. Anthony Duclair also scored, and Aleksander Barkov had two assists for Florida, which tied a season best by scoring three times on the power play.

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 34 shots for the Panthers, improving to 18-3-1 in his last 22 outings.

Huberdeau has 64 assists on the season, amending his own Florida single-season record. He had 62 in the 2018-19 season in 82 games; Thursday was his 58th game of this season.

Huberdeau had an open net at the end for an easy goal; instead, he shoved the puck to Reinhart for the hat trick.

"Before the shift, I told him, ‘If you're open, I'm going to pass it to you,'" Huberdeau said. "It was great. He's been playing so well this year."

James van Riemsdyk, Cam Atkinson and Travis Konecny scored for the