Chicago(3-8-0) motored out to a 1-0 lead at the 2:34 mark of the first period. Kevin Korchinski shot the puck from the left point and it was wide left of the cage. Andrew Mangiapane batted a backhand pass from the right goal line and Ryan Greene placed in a wrist shot from the top of the crease past Akira Schmid for his first tally this year.
Florida(6-4-2) tied it up 1-1 at 6:49 of the first. Verhaeghe tapped a pass from the inner right circle and a shot by Sam Reinhart from the slot area was saved by former Panthers goalie Spencer Knight. Sandis Vilmanis scored his first goal in 2026-27 on a backhand shot from crease area.
The Panthers pulled ahead 2-1 on the power play with 5:39 left in the opening period. Brady Tkachuk drew the puck back after winning the faceoff in the left circle. Seth Jones skated from the left point to above the high slot area and shot it. Matthew Tkachuk made the second deflection on the play from the right side of the crease for his fourth goal of the season.
In the second period, the Blackhawks evened it up 2-2 with 8:45 to go. Connor Bedard made a square pass from the top of the zone. Roman Kantserov passed it down from above the right circle. Patrick Kane returned it back from the right goal line and Kantserov snapped a shot from the inner right circle for his fourth goal of the campaign.
The Cats regained the lead 3-2 with 2:23 remaining in the third period. Aaron Ekblad sent a long diagonal lead pass from the middle of his own zone. Lars Eller carried it in from the Blackhawks blue line and released a forehand shot from the right-circle dot for his first goal in a Panthers uniform.
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