Mason Marchment posted his first NHL trick by scoring twice in the first period to answer Kirill Kaprizov’s game-opening power-play goal, and then put the finishing touches on the Florida Panthers 6-2 win over the Minnesota Wild with an empty net goal with 4:27 left in regulation.
Kaprizov got things started at 7:37 by jamming in a perfect shot-pass from Jared Spurgeon from a sharp angle thirty seconds after he was tripped by Radko Gudas. The second assist on the power-play marker went to Mats Zuccarello.
Marchment replied 2:55 later when Anton Lundell forced Jon Merrill into a turnover behind the Minnesota net.