from George Richards of the Miami Herald,

On Thanksgiving morning, the Panthers were 16 points behind Montreal for first place in the Atlantic Division and things didn’t look good.

After losing nine of 12 games, few figured the Panthers had the team to make up that sort of real estate.

Well, on Sunday evening, the Panthers took sole possession of first place in their division by beating Columbus 3-2 in front of 16,902 at BB&T Center.

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