The Florida Panthers regarded proper at house whereas on the highway in Finland.
Florida prolonged their highway profitable streak to 6 video games, taking down the Dallas Stars 6-4 within the first of two NHL World Sequence video games in Tampere, Finland.
There are 4 Finnish gamers on the Panthers roster: Sasha Barkov, Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen and Niko Mikkola.
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Barkov performed an enormous half in Florida’s quick begin, selecting up an help on Evan Rodrigues’ purpose simply 28 seconds into the sport.
Rodrigues returned the favor about seven minutes later, sending a cross-ice go to Barkov that the Finnish star wired previous the glove of Jake Oettinger to present the Cats a 2-0 lead.
Tyler Seguin obtained the Stars on the scoreboard halfway via the primary, and he did it from a spot few individuals can rating from.
Seguin fired a shot from under the purpose line, contained in the trapezoid the place goalies aren’t allowed to the touch the puck, and it went straight off the within skate of Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky and into the web.
A late-period Panthers energy play led to the Cats’ third purpose of the sport, and it got here off the stick of one other one among Florida’s Finns.
This time it was Hensinki native Anton Lundell. He deflected one other Ekblad level shot previous Oettinger to place the Panthers up 3-1.
Esa Lindell, one of many Stars’ Finnish gamers, introduced Dallas again inside one of many Panthers after scoring 92 seconds into the second interval. A Stars energy play a couple of minutes later threatened to place momentum squarely in Dallas’ favor, however Sam Reinhart took care of that by cashing in with a shorthanded purpose.
Rookie Mackie Samoskevich scored for the second time in three video games early within the third to place Florida up 5-2, one-timing a puck that had been dumped into the Stars zone and catching Oettinger abruptly.
Dallas scored a pair of purpose within the last minutes, which can doubtless stick within the Cats’ craw between this recreation and Saturday’s matchup.
On to recreation two of the NHL World Sequence.
QUICK THOUGHTS
Rodrigues completed with a purpose and an help, his first factors because the third recreation of the season.
There have been 12 video games this season and Reinhart has logged multi-point outings in half of them. He’s as much as 9 targets and 19 factors this yr.
Reinhart additionally now has three shorthanded targets this season. Once more, in 12 video games.
Barkov has picked up six factors within the two video games he’s performed since getting back from an eight-game absence. He had a purpose and three assists towards Dallas.
Aaron Ekblad matched his season whole with three assists on Friday.
Bennett has factors in six straight video games after selecting up an help, however noticed his goal-scoring streak finish at 5 video games.
Lundell additionally stayed sizzling, scoring his sixth purpose of the season. He’s now obtained factors in 4 straight and has accrued 13 on the yr.
Florida improved to 5-0 when main after the primary interval and 6-0 when main after two.
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