The Detroit Red Wings held on to defeat the Florida Panthers 4-2 at Little Caesars Arena on Friday night. The Panthers did a rare thing by flying to Detroit the day of the game and playing that night. Former Dallas Stars head coach Lindy Ruff had done it with his club for preseason games in 2014 and 2015 by flying to South Florida the day of the game.
Detroit(17-16-7) struck quickly 42 seconds into the contest. Andreas Athanasiou scored his ninth goal of the year on an assist from Mike Green. Tomas Tatar made it a two-goal margin at 7:08 of the second period.
Florida(17-18-5) was able to score by the end of the period with 1.5 seconds remaining. Michael Matheson pulled off a great play and put in his fourth tally with an assist from Jared McCann.
The Panthers tied the game 2-2 at 3:19 of the third period. Aleksander Barkov scored his 12th goal of the season on assists from Jonathan Huberdeau and Evgenii Dadonov.
The Red Wings regained the lead on a shot by Martin Frk that was deflected in by Anthony Mantha during a power play at 8:03. They go insurance with 4:38 left as Gustav Nyquist compiled his 13th goal of the campaign to make it 4-2.
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