MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – Panthers’ Noel Acciari completed his second straight hat trick Friday night.
Florida’s five-goal second period helped to top the Dallas Stars on Friday night by the score of 7-4.
Acciari had the natural hat trick in a Florida-record 3:59 span, pushing his season goals total to a career-high 11.
The 28-year-old former Providence player began the run at 7:26 of the second, struck again at 7:58, and slipped his first career penalty shot through goalie Anton Khudobin’s pads with 8:35 left in the period to make it 7-1. Acciari got the short-handed penalty shot after he was hooked by John Klingberg on a breakaway.