Carter Verhaeghe has scored 4:27 into overtime and the Florida Panthers pulled off some more postseason dramatics to beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Matthew Tkachuk tied it with 2:13 left in the third period on Thursday night for the home side, who got the franchise's first title-series game win in seven tries. Florida had to fend off a power play to start OT, and Verhaeghe got the winner from the slot.

Brandon Montour also scored for the Panthers.

Game 4 is in the same arena on Saturday night.

The odds are still long, but Florida at least have a bit more statistical hope now. Of the previous 55 teams to trail 2-1 at this point of the Stanley Cup Final, 11 have actually rallied to hoist the trophy.

It's improbable, sure. So are the Panthers, who were the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference, were down 3-1 to Boston in Round 1, were 133 seconds away from trailing this series 3-0 -- and now have tons of reasons for optimism.

"We're the Cats," Verhaeghe said.

"We have whatever lives we have, but it's awesome. It shows how great our team is and the guys on our team have no quit in them.

"I had a little bit of time to walk in and shoot ... I'm so happy it went in."

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 25 shots for Florida. Adin Hill made 20 saves for Vegas, but got beat on the only shot that came his way in overtime.

Jonathan Marchessault and Mark Stone each had power-play goals for the Golden Knights.

Vegas joined the 1980 New York Islanders as the only team with at least two power-play goals in three consecutive games in the Cup final. And Marchessault became the third player in the last 35 years to score in each of the first three games of a title series -- joining Steve Yzerman in 1997 with Detroit and Jake Guentzel with Pittsburgh in 2017.

But it wasn't enough to give Vegas a 3-0 lead in the series.