SUNRISE (CBSMiami/AP) — Let’s go cats!!! Aleksander Barkov scored his thirty eighth objective of the season and the Florida Panthers tied a franchise report with their twelfth straight win, beating the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Thursday night time.
Mason Marchment had a objective and an help, and Sam Reinhart, MacKenzie Weegar and Noel Acciari additionally scored for the Eastern Conference-leading Panthers, who moved two factors forward of West-leading Colorado within the race for the most effective report within the NHL. Florida (118 factors) and the Avalanche have 4 video games remaining.
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The Panthers matched the 12-game profitable streak it posted from Dec. 15, 2015, to Jan. 10, 2016.
Jonathan Huberdeau had two assists and moved right into a tie with Connor McDavid of idle Edmonton for the league lead in factors at 113. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 pictures for the Panthers.
Tyler Bertuzzi and Sam Gagner scored for Detroit, and Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 22 pictures.
The Red Wings closed inside 3-2 when Bertuzzi’s shot from the best circle bought previous Bobrovsky with 13:45 left within the second, however the Panthers moved forward 4-2 after Weegar poked the puck in from the slot with 3:55 left within the second. Reinhart scored a power-play objective at 3:50 of the third to stretch the Panthers’ result in 5-2.
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The Panthers scored three targets on seven pictures within the first interval.
After Gagner’s wrist shot went below Bobrovsky’s glove to offer the Red Wings a 1-0 lead at 4:08, Acciari tied the rating 1-all on a shot from the low slot at 9:19.
Barkov’s power-play objective, his thirty eighth of the season, got here on a blast from the excessive slot with 1:07 left to offer the Panthers a 2-1 lead. Then, Marchment’s shot deflected off a defender and into the web with 21 seconds left to make it 3-1.
Up subsequent, the Panthers host Toronto on Saturday.
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