The Florida Panthers capped off 2021 with a dominating 9-3 rout over the ailing Tampa Bay Lightning, who were missing their top two goaltenders.
Florida took full advantage of the situation, much to the delight of fans at FLA Live Arena.
Jonathan Huberdeau scored a power-play goal and racked up four assists; Anthony Duclair scored twice and added an assist; and Aleksander Barkov notched a shorthanded goal and drew a helper to power the Cats to the easy win, which saw them score three times in each period to trounce the Bolts.
Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen and Frank Vatrano also added multi-point performances with each of the trio of forwards producing a goal and an assist.