Patric Hornqvist scored two goals and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 47 shots as the Florida Panthers posted a convincing 6-2 over the Calgary Flames at FLA Live Arena, the fourth straight win for the surging club.
Hornqvist opened the scoring at 5:58 after the took a pass down low from Jonathan Huberdeau, had his centering feed blocked, and then deposited the loose puck behind former Panther goaltender Jacob Markstrom. Aaron Ekblad picked up the secondary assist on the power-play goal.
A breakaway goal by Johnny Gaudreau, who split his way between Ekblad and MacKenzie Weegar, at 7:03 and another from in tight by Blake Coleman 3:01 later would put the sizzling Flames on top.