The Florida Panthers scored four times in the third period to swim away with an impressive 6-2 win over the San Jose Sharks.
Revitalized Florida heads into its ten-day break winners of three in a row, against three of the league’s better teams, and are now all of sudden back at NHL .500 with a 20-20-8 record.
Frank Vatrano had a career-night with a goal and three assists and captain Aleksander Barkov also dished out three helpers to snap a four-game pointless streak.
The Cats opened the scoring 17:21 into the first period after a Vatrano interception led to Barkov hitting Aaron Ekblad with a cross-ice pass and the defenseman beating Martin Jones with a hard, rising wrister from the high slot.