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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. Wholesale NFL Jerseys . It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win. 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LONDON -- Its annually the greatest day of the entire tennis season.Every player left in the singles draw takes the court -- thats 16 matches (eight men, eight women).In case you missed any of it, we had you covered. Our writers were on the ground at the All England Club when it all went down.No. 2 Andy Murray vs. No. 15 Nick Kyrgios 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 Key to the match: Murrays focus and complete command removed any chance that Kyrgios could spring a surprise. Murray did not face a break point, had 36 winners and a scant six unforced errors.Whats next: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who will be well rested after Richard Gasquet retired after six games.-- Greg GarberLucas Pouille def. No. 19 Bernard Tomic 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 10-8Key to the match: This one went into overtime, and was ultimately decided by Pouilles superior ability to defend his second serve, as he won 53 percent of his second serve points (compared to a dismal 40 percent for Tomic). Whats next: This has to be an extremely disappointing loss for Tomic, who needs to hit reset once again to look for a way to demonstrate that hes every bit as good as his sensational countryman Nick Kyrgios. -- Peter BodoJo-Wilfried Tsonga def. Richard Gasquet 4-2, ret.Key to the match: A back injury. Plain and simple. Just 24 games in, No. 7 seed Gasquet retired, giving Tsonga the match and pretty much a free ride into the quarterfinals.Whats next: In his third quarterfinals appearance at the All England Club, Tsonga will take on 2013 Wimbledon champion and No. 2 seed, Andy Murray, who leads the series 12-3 and has won the past four meetings on grass.-- Prim SiripipatElena Vesnina def. Ekaterina Makarova 5-7, 6-1, 9-7Key to match: Makarova allowed Vesnina too many break point chances (15), even though Vesnina made her own life much more difficult than need be by converting only five.Whos next: Vesnina will be in uncharted territory in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, but she could have done a lot worse than finding No. 19 Dominika Cibulkova waiting there for her.-- Peter BodoNo. 6 Milos Raonic def. No. 11 David Goffin 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4Key to the match: The rain. With Raonic down two sets, rain intervened and gave the huge-hitting Canadian time to regroup. He came back from a two-set deficit for the first time in his career.Whos next: The red-hot American Sam Querrey, who is playing the finest tennis of his life. Querrey beat Raonic here four years ago.-- Matt WilanskyNo. 8 Venus Williams def. No. 12 Carla Suarez Navarro 7-6 (3), 6-4Key to the match: The third point of the first-set tiebreaker changed the momentum of the match. Venus scorched a forehand return that her opponent couldnt handle and took control of the opening frame.Whats next: A first-time meeting with Yaroslava Shvedova, who at No. 96 in the world, is the lowest-ranked woman in the draw.-- Matt WilanskyNo. 1 Serena Williams def. No. 13 Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5, 6-0Key to the match: Kuznetsova was leading 5-4, serving for the first set, and then Serena responded like a champion. She won the last nine games of the match.Whos next: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarters. Serena has won all five of their matches and 10 of 11 sets.-- Greg GarberNo. 3 Roger Federer def. Steve Johnson 6-2, 6-3, 7-5Key to the match: Keeping points tight. Federer approached the net 40 times and won 33 of those points. He made only four unforced errors on his backhand side, a good sign for the seven-time Wimbledon champ.Whos next: Tying Jimmy Connors Wimbledon Open era record with his 14th quarterfinal appearance, Federer moves on to play Noo.dddddddddddd 9 seed Marin Cilic. Last time they played, Cilic aced Federer off the court in the 2014 US Open semifinals.-- Melissa IsaacsonNo. 5 Simona Halep def. No. 9 Madison KeysKeys to the match: Keys appeared to suffer from a recurring adductor issue during the third set and double-faulted on break point to hand the Romanian a crucial 4-2 lead in the decider.Whos next: The world No. 5 now faces Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber, who earlier won through against Misaki Doi. Halep, who reached the 2014 semifinals here, has three wins and one defeat against the German, though this will be their first meeting at a Grand Slam.-- Nic AtkinNo. 28 Sam Querrey def. Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-4Key to the match: Querrey served the lights out; 52 percent of his offerings did not come back across the net. He had 23 aces and a total of 97 for the tournament, second at the time to John Isners 114.Whos next: A maiden trip to a Grand Slam quarterfinal. Hell need to keep up his big-man tennis efforts.-- Greg GarberNo. 19 Dominika Cibulkova def. No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska 6-3, 5-7, 9-7Key to the match:?At three hours, it was the longest womens match of the tournament. The turning point came in the second-to-last game when, at 7-7, Cibulkova won an exhausting 16-point rally to break her opponent for the final time. ?Whos next: Eastbourne champion Cibulkova will be confident, but she may also be tired for only her second quarterfinals appearance after this marathon match. She will play an unseeded Russian there, either Ekaterina Makarova or Elena Vesnina.-- Leo SpallNo. 9?Marin Cilic?def. No. 5 Kei Nishikori 6-1, 5-1 (ret.)Key to the match:?Nishikori pulled out of Halle with a rib injury heading into Wimbledon and struggled with it last week here. It finally caught up with him and he was forced to retire against Marin Cilic, the man who beat him in the 2014 US Open final.Whos next:?Cilic now faces Federer, who leads the Croatian 5-1 in their head-to-head meetings; however, it should be noted they have never faced each other on grass.-- Nic AtkinYaroslava Shvedova def. No. 28 Lucie Safarova 6-2, 6-4Key to the match:?Shvedova, who once had a golden set at Wimbledon, mowed past Safarova, winning 81 percent of her first serves and did not face a single break point.Whos next:?Shvedova, ranked 96th, advances to her first Wimbledon quarterfinal, where the player known more for her doubles will meet the winner of the Venus Williams-Carla Suarez Navarro match.-- Melissa IsaacsonNo. 21 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. No. 27 Coco Vandeweghe 6-3, 6-3Key to the match:?Pavlyuchenkovas forehand, usually exploitable, was extremely reliable in this match. It enabled her to win 57 percent of the points contested at the baseline.Whos next: Pavlyuchenkova moves into uncharted territory with her first quarterfinal appearance at Wimbledon; will she find the consistency that has eluded her thus far in her career?-- Peter BodoNo. 4 Angelique Kerber def. Misaki Doi 6-3, 6-1Key to the match: The third game of the opening frame set the tone. Kerber returned an 89 mph second-serve floater that Doi couldnt handle. Kerbers average speed on her groundstrokes was only 60 mph (22 mph less than Doi), but she committed only nine unforced errors.Whos next: A naturally gifted grass-court player, Kerber needs to maintain her composure and not let the big moments get away from her as they did after winning Australia.-- Matt Wilansky ' ' '