The Florida Panthers returned following a four-game road swing and were defeated by the Calgary Flames 4-2 on Friday night at BB&T Center. It was the Panthers fourth loss in their last five games. The Flames extended their winning streak to a season-high six games.
After no scoring in the first period, Florida(18-19-6) scored on the power play 27 seconds into the second. Jonathan Huberdeau had the puck in the left corner and passed it out to Evgenii Dadonov and he sent a snap shot by David Rittich for his eighth goal of the campaign.
Calgary(24-16-8) answered back quickly at the one-minute mark to tie the contest 1-1. Mark Giordano made a pass from the left point ahead to Dougie Hamilton. He connected a pass to the high slot where Sean Monahan scored on a slap shot past James Reimer for his 21st goal of the season.
The Flames broke out to their first lead midway through the second at the 10:38 mark. Matthew Tkachuk dropped the puck back from the low left circle to the high slot. Travis Hamonic fired a slap shot and Tkachuk backhanded in the rebound from the left of the crease.
Calgary made it 3-1 on a power-play goal with 3:45 left in the second. Monahan connected a cross-ice pass from the right circle and Johnny Gaudreau blasted a slap shot from the top left circle for his 15th tally.
The Panthers, who will take their league-mandated five days off following the game, closed the gap to 3-2 with 6:37 remaining in the third period. Aleksander Barkov carried the puck through the slot and put a shot on goal. Dadonov swept in the rebound from the right side of the crease with a forehand shot. Mikael Backlund added an empty-net goal for Calgary with 45.1 seconds to go on a feed from Tkachuk.
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