"With the wolves starting to sniff around on the front porch, the Panthers found a way to shut the door — at least for the time being.

It's not a comfortable feeling, but despite having the rest of the Southeast Division breathing down their necks in recent days, the Panthers turned in a solid outing and beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 in a shootout in front of 15,004 at MTS Centre on Saturday night.

Winger Mikael Samuelsson scored the winner in the seventh round of the shootout.

The victory moved Florida (22-15-10) to 54 points in the division, two up on the idle Washington Capitals and five up on the third-place Jets.

That's the big picture."