Barkov scores with 28.1 left, leads Panthers past Canadiens

SUNRISE, Fla. - Aleksander Barkov scored the winning goal with 28.1 seconds left and the Florida Panthers rallied from a three-goal deficit to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 on Saturday night.

Barkov finished with two goals and two assists, and Jaromir Jagr and Jonathan Huberdeau also scored for Florida. Aaron Ekblad also had a pair of assists, while Huberdeau and Brian Campbell had one each.

Brendan Gallagher scored in his return to the Montreal lineup, and David Desharnais and Torrey Mitchell added goals. Joel Hanley, Max Pacioretty, Lars Eller, Paul Byron, Darren Dietz and Tomas Plekanec recorded assists.

Montreal's Mike Condon made 34 saves, while Roberto Luongo had 24 for Florida.

With the score tied at 3 in the final minute, Barkov deflected in Ekbald's shot from the right circle for the winner, putting the finishing touches on his four-point night.

Down 3-0 in the second period, Jagr scored his 26th goal when Barkov's shot at 13:13 bounced off the 44-year-old forward.

Barkov trimmed the lead to 3-2 at 19:24 when he put in a rebound of Ekblad's shot.

Bjugstad's cross-ice pass led to Huberdeau's 19th goal on the power play at 12:17 of the third to tie it at 3.

The Canadiens blanked Tampa Bay 3-0 on Thursday, and it took just over half of the third meeting against the Panthers to reach that margin.

Gallagher, who missed 12 games with a lower-body injury, scored his 19th goal on a twisting shot from the slot at 10:14 of the first period.

Montreal appeared to add to the lead at 18:23 on Andrei Markov's deflection from the right circle on a pass from Gallagher, but Florida challenged that the play was offside.

Video review upheld the Panthers' challenge that Pacioretty was still in the offensive zone before the puck returned across the blue line from the neutral zone, and the goal was disallowed.

Desharnais tipped in his 11th goal at 10:10 of the second, then Mitchell tapped in his 11th at 11:19 for a three-goal lead.

NOTES: Montreal LW Daniel Carr returned after missing 29 games. ... D Brett Lernout made his NHL debut after Thursday's injury to Nathan Beaulieu (broken thumb) in Tampa. ... LW Max Pacioretty is the only player to record a shot in every game his club has played. ... Barkov's goals put him in company with C Vincent Trocheck and Jagr as the Panthers with at least 25 goals. It's the first time the club has had three 25-goal scorers in a season since the 2005-06 campaign, when Olli Jokinen, Nathan Horton and Joe Nieuwendyk did it. . Florida embarks on a three-game Canadian road trip, with games in Toronto (Monday), Montreal (Tuesday) and Ottawa (Thursday).