SUNRISE, Fla. — Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and two assists, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots for his second shutout of the season, and the Florida Panthers beat the Kings 3-0 on Wednesday night.
The Florida Panthers got a little measure of revenge against the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night thanks to Sergei Bobrovsky and some timely goals. Bobrovsky made 30 saves for his second shutout of the season in leading the Panthers to a 3-0 win.
With the Panthers earning nine seconds of a 5-on-3 power play early in the third period, Aleksander Barkov made the most out of that limited time by winning a faceoff draw in the offensive zone, going to the net and scoring to make it 2-0 at 4:43.
“I’m playing with my food here a little bit,” the Florida Panthers’ veteran coach said.
Detroit scored four goals — including three times on the power play — before Bobrovsky was pulled late in the second period of the Panthers’ 5-2 loss to the Red Wings on Thursday to begin a quick two-game homestand at Amerant Bank Arena.
Jared Spurgeon and Marat Khusnutdinov scored in the first period, Filip Gustavsson stopped 31 shots, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Wednesday night. Marcus Foligno added an empty-netter in the final minute as Minnesota won its second straight to improve to 3-5-0 in their last eight games.
Anton Lundell and Evan Rodrigues scored for Florida, which is 4-6-1 in its last 11. Sergei Bobrovsky was chased in the second period after allowing four goals on 15 shots, getting relieved by Spencer Knight. Larkin’s empty-netter with 1:22 left sealed ...
Sergei Bobrovsky doesn't get pulled very often, but he received the hook late in the second period on Thursday
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Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and two assists, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots for his second shutout of the season, and the Florida Panthers beat the Los
Kuemper stopped 36 of 38 shots in Wednesday's 3-0 loss to the Panthers, with Florida's final goal getting scored into an empty net. The veteran netminder had no chance on either puck that got past him,