Rookie Anton Lundell scored twice and Aleksander Barkov assisted on three goals for the Florida Panthers in a 6-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings at FLA Live Arena.
After the losing the first three games, the Cats finished its five-game homestand with impressive back-to-back wins over the Ottawa Senators and the Red WIngs.
After Mason Marchment, off a rebound, and Robby Fabbri, on a deflection, traded early goals, the Panthers power play clicked twice to give the hungry Cats a two-goal lead after twenty minutes.
Anthony Duclair drilled Sam Reinhart’s cross-ice pass by Thomas Greiss and under the cross bar at the 11-minute with Barkov picking up his second secondary assist, and Lundell notched his first with 1:58 left in the frame when he took a pass down lown from Sam Bennet and tried to find Marchment in front.