Sam Bennett finally ended his goal drought Tuesday night and he helped the Florida Panthers beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 late Tuesday night in southern California. Florida scored three goals in the opening period,

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Verhaeghe stole the puck from Anaheim defenseman Jacob Trouba behind the Ducks' goal before putting it into the upper right corner of the net to extend the Panthers' lead to 3-1 with 1:11 remaining in the first period. Florida has scored three times in the first period four times this season which trails only Tampa Bay and Ottawa (both five).

Zegras returns to the lineup after missing 22 games with a knee injury, but Florida beats the Ducks for the second time in four days, 5-3, handing them their seventh loss in eight games.

Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist to lead the Florida Panthers to a road win against the Anaheim Ducks, beating them for the second time in four days.

Sam Reinhart leads the Panthers in goals (27) and points (51), while Matthew Tkachuk is second in both points (40) and assists (26). Recently named the “Athlete of the Year” in his native Finland, captain Aleksander Barkov ranks third in points (38) and first in assists (27).

ANAHEIM – The Florida Panthers spread the offensive wealth around en route to a 5-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks in the first stop of their West Coast road trip at Honda Center on Tuesday. Improving to 28-17-3, Florida swept its home-and-home series with Anaheim.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP ... who picked up a point in their 10th straight game against the Ducks. Evan Rodrigues, Sam Bennett and Uvis Balinskis added goals. Mackie Samoskevich and Tomas Nosek ...

Sam Bennett finally ended his goal drought Tuesday night and he helped the Florida Panthers beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 late Tuesday night in southern California. Florida scored three goals in the ...

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Meanwhile, goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky posted his second shutout of the season, 46th of his career, and first ever against the Kings by stopping all 29 shots he faced from Los Angeles (26-16-6). This included six high-danger saves, according to Natural Stat Trick.

DETROIT (AP) — Cam Talbot stopped 28 shots for his second shutout of the season as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 on Saturday night. Marco Kasper redirected J.T. Compher’s shot at 9:55 of the second period, and Michael Rasmussen scored an empty-netter in the final minute to clinch Detroit’s victory.