Sam Reinhart snapped a three-game goal drought and the Florida Panthers beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Tuesday night.
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.
Things got away from the Florida Panthers on Sunday night against the Vegas Golden Knights, but they didn’t play that bad of a game. At least not until things got away from them. Florida will return home from their four-game road trip with a split after falling 4-1 to the Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena.
Mackie Samoskevich and Tomas Nosek each had two assists, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves for the Panthers (28-17-3), who have won two in a row for the first time since a four-game winning streak from Dec. 16-22.
Call it a mixed bag for the Florida Panthers on their West Coast trip. The Panthers went 2-2-0 in their four games out west, beating the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Tuesday, falling to the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Wednesday, winning against the San Jose Sharks 7-2 on Saturday and losing to the Vegas Golden Knights 4-1 on Sunday.
Verhaeghe notched an assist and went plus-2 in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Sharks.
The final NHL game on Wednesday's schedule will pit the defending champion Panthers against the Kings out on the West Coast.
Some things just complement each other. For the Florida Panthers, it’s been the line of Anton Lundell, Carter Verhaeghe and Jesper Boqvist. “They draw something out of each other,” said head coach Paul Maurice after Tuesday's 2-1 shootout win over the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center.
Verhaeghe scored a goal on five shots, added an assist and went plus-2 in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Ducks. Verhaeghe snapped a six-game goal drought in this contest. It was also his first multi-point effort since Dec.
The Florida Panthers did not seem to be any worse for wear in the second half of a back-to-back Sunday against the Vegas Golden Knights. In the end, they just could not find a way to rally against Adin Hill.
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. Frank Vatrano and Mason McTavish score for the Ducks.
The Florida Panthers sure bounced back from their blown lead in Los Angeles in a big way on Saturday. Skating against the struggling San Jose Sharks, Florida was dominant for much of the night, eventually earning an impressive 7-2 victory.