Florida(31-29-3) got out to a 1-0 lead with 8:54 left in the first period. Carter Verhaeghe centered the puck from the end wall and Tkachuk snapped a shot from the low slot by John Gibson for his sixth goal of the year.
In the second period, Detroit(35-21-7) evened it up 1-1 at 10:56 with the man advantage. Dylan Larkin won the faceoff in the right circle. Patrick Kane released a shot from the high slot which bounced off the back wall. Alex DeBrincat batted the puck in from the left side of the crease past Sergei Bobrovsky for his 33rd goal of the campaign.
It became 2-1 for the Panthers on the power play at the 35-second mark of the third period. Brad Marchand blocked a clearing pass in the middle of the ice. Sam Reinhart ripped a forehand shot from the left-circle dot and Tkachuk tipped it in from the left side of the crease for his second goal of the game.
Tkachuk completed the hat trick with his third tally of the contest and eighth goal in 2025-26 with 1:52 remaining in the third to make it 3-1. He fired a shot from in front of the Panthers goal crease down the ice into an empty net.
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