(Photo: Lynne Sladky, Associated Press)
Sunrise, Florida — This one wasn't much better for the Red Wings.
An evening after being clobbered in Carolina, the Wings had no easier time on Saturday in Florida, where the Panthers rolled over the Wings 4-0.
Jonathan Huberdeau scored two goals, and Brett Connolly and Aleksander Barkov (power play) had single goals for the Panthers, while goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, Florida’s big and expensive free-agent signing last summer, made 22 saves for his first shutout as a Panther.
It was a methodical, decisive knockout for the Panthers (7-3-4), who outshot the Wings (4-10-1) 41-22 and controlled the game from nearly the start.