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SUNRISE, Fla. -- Shane Harper waited a long time to score his first NHL goal. He liked the feeling so much, he scored a second one.Harper scored his first two NHL goals to lift the Florida Panthers over the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Saturday night.A pretty incredible feeling, said the 27-year-old rookie. Im just real excited to get that win, especially with some guys being out of the lineup right now with injuries. It just makes it even more important for everybody else to pick up some slack. Thats what were trying to do. That victory makes it so much better.Harper played in the minor leagues for the past seven years and notched 340 games in the AHL and sometimes wondered if he would ever get that first NHL goal.Theres times when you think like that for sure, Harper said. Ive been pretty confident in myself that it would come. I always thought I just needed to get my shot.Vincent Trocheck and Jonathan Marchessault each had a goal and an assist and Aaron Ekblad also scored a goal for the Panthers while Roberto Luongo made 26 saves.Matt Duchene and Blake Comeau scored goals for the Avalanche. Semyon Varlamov made 33 stops.The Panthers blew the game open in the third period as they scored three of four goals in a span of 2:26.Ahead 2-1, Marchessault skated in on a breakaway and fired the puck between the pads of Varlamov at 4:30 to make the score 3-1. Harper followed with his second goal of the game on a one-timer from in front to stretch the lead to 4-1.Duchene poked in a rebound past Luongo 16 seconds later to close the gap to 4-2.Trocheck slid a loose puck into the net at 6:56 to make the score 5-2 and shared in Harpers excitement.To see him, 27-years-old, finally get his first NHL goal and pop two in the same game, its definitely exciting to see that, Trocheck said.The Panthers took 17 shots and scored two goals in the second period.Florida had a 2-1 lead on the goal by Harper with 2:58 left in the second. Greg McKegg stole the puck from Duchene in the neutral zone and brought it down the left side. McKegg passed to Harper in front and he poked the puck over the glove of Varmalov for his first goal.He found the back of the net twice and that was real good, Panthers coach Gerard Gallant said. The kid played hard, he works hard and going hard to the net and you get rewarded.Colorado played a strong first period but faded in the second and third.Crucial mistakes at crucial times cost us. (It) was not good enough, Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog said.Trailing 1-0, the Panthers evened the score at 1-all on the power-play when Ekblad took a feed from Jagr low in the left circle and one-timed the puck past Varlamov at 1:30. Ekblad recorded his first point of the season.Comeaus power-play goal gave the Avalanche a 1-0 lead at 7:38 of the first. Tyson Barrie shot from the blue line and Comeau tipped the puck past Luongo on the glove side. The goal was the first the Panthers have allowed on the power-play in nine opportunities.A little bit of a roller coaster for us, I think, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. I like the way the game started, the first period, but we werent able to sustain it.A coachs challenge by Colorado overturned a goal by Jason Demers midway through the first. His slapper got past Varlamov but the officials ruled Vincent Trocheck was offsides before the shot.Colorado is coming off a four-game road trip and wont play until they host Winnipeg on Friday.We need a little rest to get ready for next weekend, Bednar said.Game notes Avalanche C John Mitchell missed the game with a lower-body injury. ... Panthers LW Jussi Jokinen missed the game with a knee injury. ... The Panthers entered the game as the only team in the NHL yet to allow a power-play goal but the streak ended in the first period.UP NEXT:Avalanche: Host Winnipeg Jets on Friday.Panthers: Visit Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.Ecco Mens Shoes Uk . PETERSBURG, Fla. Cheap Ecco Shoes Online . 4 Villanova with a 96-68 drubbing on Monday. 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The match started slowly for Ivanovic, who surrendered her first two serves as Hantuchova took a 5-3 lead.ATLANTA -- Adonis Garcias tiebreaking single in the 10th inning scored Dansby Swanson from third base and the Atlanta Braves snapped the New York Mets six-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory on Saturday night.Matt Kemp and Nick Markakis homered for Atlanta.Swanson led off the 10th with a single, advanced to second on a wild pitch by Erik Goeddel (1-1) and moved to third on A.J. Pierzynskis single.After Goeddel struck out pinch-hitter Tyler Flowers, Ty Kelly replaced Curtis Granderson in the field to give the Mets five infielders and Josh Smoker retired Ender Inciarte on a popup. Kelly then moved back into the outfield, and Garcia singled up the middle to end it.The Mets winning streak was their longest since late April, when they had won eight a row in late April. New York dropped one-half game behind St. Louis for the second NL wild-card spot.Chris Withrow (3-0) faced the minimum in the 10th to earn the victory.Yoenis Cespedes gave the Mets a 3-2 lead in the fifth with his 29th homer, a solo shot.Mets starting pitcher Bartolo Colon didnt receive a decision after giving up five hits, three runs and one walk, and striking out two in six innings.Atlanta made it 3-all in the sixth on Kemps 30th homer and 2-all in the fourth on Markakis 10th homer.Braves third baseman Adonis Garcia and second baseman Jace Peterson were both charged with a fielding error that ruined double-play opportunities in the first, leading to New Yorks 2-0 lead. Jose Reyes scored when Curtis Granderson reached on botched force attempt. Cespedes scored on Jay Bruces RBI grounder.Atlanta cut the lead to 2-1 in the bottom half of the first on Kemps sacrifice fly.Braves starter John Gant gave up four hits, four walks, three runs -- one earned -- and struck out six in 4 2/3 innings.dddddddddddd.BANG-BANG PLAYWilmer Flores, trying to score from second, was tagged out to end the eighth on a head-first slide when his helmet popped off and his head jammed against catcher A.J. Pierzynskis shin guard.Flores briefly stayed on the ground bent over on a knee before being escorted off the field by a trainer. He was replaced by James Loney at first base. The Mets announced Flores has a neck contusion is day-to-day.STREAK EXTENDEDFreeman singled in the third to reach safely in his career-best 32nd straight game. He went 1 for 4.TRAINERS ROOMMets: Manager Terry Collins said the blister bothering RHP Seth Lugo has dried up, so Lugo will start Sunday. Colon moved up one day in the rotation to take Lugos spot. ... RHP Jacob deGrom (right forearm soreness) threw 10 pitches off a mound in his tennis shoes. ... LHP Steven Matz (shoulder tightness) threw about 65 pitches off a mound in Port St. Lucie, Fla. ... Manager Terry Collins had no immediate timetable for either pitcher.Braves: Matt Wisler felt fine after throwing a side session Friday and will throw another one Sunday. Wisler is expected to start Tuesday against Miami. He missed one turn in the rotation with a sore side. ... RHP Julio Teheran, hit by a line drive on his pitching arm Friday night, said he feels fine and will make his next start.UP NEXTMets: Lugo (3-2) will make his fifth start. He has never faced Atlanta.Braves: RHP Williams Perez (2-2) will make his 11th start. He is 1-0 with a 4.26 ERA in three starts and one relief appearance against New York. ' ' '