A six-game point streak with five victories takes the Florida Panthers (4h in Atlantic Division) to Detroit, where the local Red Wings (7th in Atlantic) will try to register their third victory in the past 12 matchups.
The Florida Panthers (35-27-7) banked their second consecutive victory after extending their ongoing point run to six outings (5-0-1) following a 4-2 triumph against the New Jersey Devils at FLA Live Arena on Saturday. The Cats gave up two snipes in the second period to go 2-0 down before burying four unanswered markers in the final frame, including three in a span of 2:30 to take a 3-2 lead ahead of an empty-netter 21 seconds from time. Sam Reinhart (26 goals, 51 points this year) tallied twice for Florida, which now trails the Pittsburgh Penguins for the 2nd Wild Card spot of the Eastern Conference by a single point.
Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 33 shots on Saturday to register a 23-17-3 total for the ongoing campaign with a 3.00 GAA and a .904 save percentage. He has picked up a 23-6-1 past record versus Detroit with a 1.87 G AA and a .937 save percentage, while Alex Lyon (3-2-1 on the season with a 3.89 GAA and a .892 save percentage) is 0-0-1 against the Red Wings historically with a 1.73 GAA and a .917 save percentage. The Panthers, meanwhile, are 4th in most goals scored per game this year (3.48), 10th in most goals conceded on average (3.36), 13th in power play (22.2%) and 27th in penalty kill (74.2%).
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