Samson Reinhart (born November 6, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Reinhart was selected second overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
Reinhart was selected 15th overall by the Kootenay Ice in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft. Reinhart was a member of the Ed Chynoweth Cup-winning team in the 2010–11 season. He was awarded the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy in 2011–12, having been the league’s top rookie that season. Along with Max and Griffin, he is one of three hockey-playing brothers, and are the sons of former National Hockey League (NHL) All-Star Paul Reinhart. Reinhart was ranked fourth on NHL Central Scouting Bureau’s 2014 midterm rankings for North American skaters.
Reinhart has represented Canada at five International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) sanctioned events, two at the under-18 level, two at the world junior level, and one at the IIHF Men’s World Championship. He won gold in 2016, gold in 2015 and bronze in 2012 at the under-18 level. Additionally, Reinhart represented Canada Pacific at the 2012 World U-17 Hockey Challenge and Canada at the 2012 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament.
Red-hot Sam Reinhart scored the shootout winner Friday to give the visiting Florida Panthers a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Reinhart, the sixth shooter, beat Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic to the glove side after Nedeljkovic stopped Anton Lundell and gave up a goal to Aleksander Barkov.
Reinhart also scored in regulation, as did Evan Rodrigues, and Oliver Ekman-Larsson added two assists for the Panthers, who won their third straight.
Bobrovsky made 35 saves through regulation and overtime.
Evgeni Malkin tied it in the final minute of regulation, and Jake Guentzel also scored for the Penguins, who are 1-2-3 in their past six games.
Nedeljkovic made 29 saves.
Pittsburgh opened the scoring at 1:51 of the first period on Guentzel’s power-play goal. Bryan Rust, from the inner edge of the left circle, found Guentzel on a backdoor pass, and Guentzel deflected the puck in at the right post.
Rodrigues tied it at 4:52 of the first, also a power-play goal. Ekman-Larsson shot it from the center point. The short rebound popped up, and Rodrigues batted it in on his backhand.
At 9:48 of the second, the Penguins’ Kris Letang was about to be called for tripping Rodrigues when he angled toward the boards and made contact with Florida captain Barkov. The contact threw Barkov off balance, and he slammed into the boards.
Barkov stayed on the ice for a few minutes before being helped off. Letang got an interference minor in addition to the tripping call. With four minutes of a man advantage, the Panthers were able to take a 2-1 lead.
Reinhart, off a feed from Ekman-Larsson, scored on a rising one-timer from above the right hash marks at 11:49. That extended Reinhart’s point streak to 12 games, extended his franchise record with goals in eight straight road games, and gave him 18 goals overall in the past 16 games.
Barkov returned before the end of the period.
With Nedeljkovic pulled, Malkin tied it 2-2 with 41.5 seconds left from the bottom of the right circle on a rebound.
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