Panthers Pound Ducks

     The Florida Panthers completed a three-game homestand with a 6-2 rout of the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night at BB&T Center. It was the fourth game of a six-game stretch in which the team will face Western Conference teams.
     In the first period, Florida(24-17-11) jumped on the Ducks with two early power-play goals. Dmitry Kulikov scored his second goal this year at 5:31 on a one-time slapshot from the right point. Brian Campbell fed him a pass from the left point.
     The second Panthers goal was a fine pass play. Jonathan Huberdeau had the puck on the right wing and passed to the low slot where Jimmy Hayes tipped it. Nick Bjudstad put a slapshot from the left circle through the legs of Ilya Bryzgalov at 12:20.
     The Cats extended their margin to three goals at 5:37 of the second period. Campbell found Huberdeau in the neutral zone and he skated the puck into the Ducks zone. His cross-ice pass was blasted in by Aaron Ekblad from the right circle for his ninth goal. Bryzgalov was pulled from net 20 seconds later and replaced by John Gibson.
     Anaheim(34-14-7) broke the shutout at 7:23 on a 5-on-3 power play. Rickard Rakell held the puck to the right of the crease and connected with Kyle Palmieri. He was able to beat Roberto Luongo from the left edge of the crease.
     Florida get two quick goals in a 22-second span to make it 5-1. Brad Boyes threaded a lead pass to Aleksander Barkov in the top slot, he skated along through the slot, faked a forehand and scored on a backhand shot at 12:50.
     Tomas Fleischmann picked up his 300th NHL point on the Panthers next tally at 13:12. He took a shot from the right circle which was saved, but Dave Bolland followed up with a goal on the rebound. Florida had five goals on their first 12 shots of the game.
     Luongo would back embarrassed with 5:06 left in the second when Tim Jackman dumped in a puck from the red line which dribbled past him and into the Panthers cage.
     Steve Kampfer was rewarded with his first point as a Panther on the power play at 12:44 of the third period. His cross-ice pass from the right of the crease was put in by Hayes for his 16th goal this season.