The Detroit Red Wings rolled by the Florida Panthers 3-1 at Little Caesars Arena on Wednesday night. The Red Wings are celebrating their 100th season in the National Hockey League.
Neither team scored in the first period. Detroit(3-1-0) moved in front 1-0 at the 2:09 mark of the second. Dylan Larkin stole the puck from Jeff Petry in the low right circle. Mason Appleton snapped a shot from the inner right circle past Sergei Bobrovsky for his second goal this season.
The Red Wings expanded it to 2-0 on a 5-on-3 power play at 9:36 of the period. Larkin won the faceoff in the left circle. Mo Seider pushed a square pass from above the left circle and Patrick Kane released a wrist shot from the right-circle dot for his 494th career goal.
Florida(3-2-0) closed the gap to 2-1 with 5:55 left in the second. Anton Lundell drew the left-circle faceoff. Brad Marchand carried puck from the left wing to around the cage. He beat Cam Talbott on a wraparound shot from the right of the crease for his third goal of the season.
The Panthers pulled their goalie for an extra skater several times. Appleton got his second goal of the game for the Red Wings with 1:58 left into an empty net to make it 3-1. Michael Rasmussen increased it to 4-1 with 17.8 seconds remaining on an empty-net tally.
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