Blackhawks Hustle Panthers

     The Florida Panthers lost to the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 at United Center on Tuesday night. The Panthers began a stretch of six of their next seven games on the road. The Blackhawks extended their winning streak to four games. 

     Chicago(4-2-0) ripped out to a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal at the 2:57 mark. Patrick Kane carried the puck out of his zone into the neutral zone and angled a pass to his right which grazed off Tyler Johnson. Taylor Raddysh advanced it down the right side and fired a slap shot from the top right circle past Sergei Bobrovsky for his second goal of the year. 

     The Blackhawks expanded it to 2-0 with 22.4 seconds left in the first. Max Domi pushed the puck at the blue line and Andreas Athanasiou skated the puck from the right wing to behind the Panthers cage. He passed it to the low right circle and Kane scored his first goal of the season on a wrist shot. 

     It became 3-0 for the Hawks with 4:03 remaining in the second period. Mackenzie Entwhitle centered the puck from the right wing. Philipp Kurashev skated around Gustav Forsling in the right circle and lifted a backhand shot for his second tally of the campaign. 

     In the third period, Florida(4-2-1) broke the shutout with 8:28 left to make it 3-1. Anton Lundell took a shot from the left circle that was saved by Alex Stalock. Colin White poked the puck out of the blue paint and Eetu Luostarinen steered it in from the top of the crease for his third goal of the season. 

     The Panthers cut it to 3-2 with 7:13 to go in the period. Carter Verhaeghe connected a pass from the right circle and Brandon Montour released a snap shot from the top of the crease. Matthew Tkachuk redirected it from the slot area for his fourth goal in seven games with his new club. 

     Florida pulled their goalie for an extra skater with 1:30 remaining. Chicago scored an empty-net goal when Jonathan Toews put in a wraparound shot with 22.7 seconds left in the third.