Frank Vatrano delivered his best performance of the season thus far, scoring twice and adding an assist as the Florida Panthers remained perfect at home with a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Wild.
Vatrano drew the seconday assist, Arron Ekblad had the well-earned primary, on Owen Tippett’s game-opening goal with 2:15 left in the first period, and then The Tank struck twice in the second period to give the Panthers leads of 2-0 at 8:23, from Joe Thornton and Radko Gudas, and 3-1 at 14:50, from Gustav Forsling.
Sandwiched in-between Vatrano’s fifth and sixth goals was Joel Erikkson Ek’s power-play marker.