NHL: Sergei Bobrovsky, Panthers smother Red Wings, 4-0

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Sergei Bobrovsky made 21 saves to lead the Florida Panthers to a resounding 4-0 road win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.

It was the fourth shutout of the season for Bobrovsky.

Brandon Montour, Sam Reinhart, Evan Rodrigues and Carter Verhaeghe each scored for the Panthers, who have won four straight and 10 of their last 11 games.

Florida went 2-for-5 on the power play and outshot Detroit 36-21.

Detroit has lost two straight games after winning its previous six.

After a scoreless first 28 minutes, Florida opened the scoring with 11:10 remaining in the second period. Montour pounced on a rebound left by Detroit goalie Alex Lyon and put the puck into a half-open goal to make it 1-0 Panthers.

Florida struck again on the power play less than five minutes later, taking a 2-0 lead on a goal by Reinhart with 6:54 left in the second period.

From the right faceoff circle, Aleksander Barkov sent a pass into the middle of the ice to Reinhart, who fired a shot that deflected off the stick of Red Wings defenseman Jeff Petry and went underneath the crossbar just before the power play ended.

Florida added two more goals in the third period to seal the win.

First, Rodrigues scored with 15:21 remaining to make it 3-0 Panthers, slapping in a one-timer from the top of the right faceoff circle past Lyon.

With 6:58 left, Verhaeghe made it 4-0 Florida when he scored on another power play, snapping a shot from above the faceoff circles that got through traffic and past Lyon.

The best chance Detroit had to score came late in the second period when Patrick Kane went in on a breakaway, but Bobrovsky stopped him as Kane tried to beat him with his backhand.

–Field Level Media

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