Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Stars Outshine Panthers

     The Florida Panthers finished a quick two-game road trip with a 6-1 defeat to the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center on Tuesday night. The Panthers, who have fallen in six of their last eight games, have a home game versus the Washington Capitals on Thursday prior to the NHL All-Star Game break.
     Dallas(28-17-4) scored on a a power-play goal with 4:15 left in the first period to go up 1-0. John Klingberg snapped a shot from the right point which was redirected in by Devin Shore past Harri Sateri.
     The Stars made it a two-goal margin at the 6:43 mark of the second period. Jamie Benn compiled his 20th goal of the season on a backhand shot from the low slot on a feed by Alexander Radulov from the right wing. Radulov added his 19th goal of the campaign on the power play at 9:53 for a 3-0 lead.
     Florida(19-21-6) broke the shutout by getting the puck by Ben Bishop with 4:13 left in the frame. Aaron Ekblad scored on the power play with assists from Nick Bjugstad and Denis Malgin.
     In the third period, Dallas extended their lead at 5:16. Mattias Janmark put in a tally from the right of the crease area on an assist from Klingberg, his 42nd of the season. Radulov got his second goal of the contest, which was unassisted, at 12:06 and Tyler Pitlick scored 20 seconds later to make it 6-1.

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