Dawn, Fla. (AP) — Chicago rookie Connor Bedard was wonderful. Sam Reinhart and the Florida Panthers had been just a small greater.
Reinhart experienced two plans and two assists, Carter Verhaeghe acquired the go-ahead purpose early in the third period of time and the Panthers withstood two highlight-reel scores from Bedard to beat the Blackhawks 4-3 on Sunday.
Oliver Ekman-Larsson had a objective and an assist, while Matthew Tkachuk and Evan Rodrigues each individual had a pair of assists for Florida. The Panthers have won a season-high four straight and are 9-2-1 in their final 12 video games.
“Any time you can get home and pile some points alongside one another, it is critical,” Reinhart said.
Bedard — who has 9 targets in his to start with 13 online games — became the youngest player to score two times in a match from Florida, undertaking so three days after he turned the youngest participant to have a two-aim activity from Tampa Bay.
“It’s good to see him rolling and sensation excellent about it,” Chicago forward Nick Foligno said. “You can see the game’s setting up to sluggish down for him, which is frightening.”
Jason Dickinson also scored for Chicago, which obtained 27 saves from Arvid Soderblom.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 24 photographs for the Panthers, who were being leaving after the match for a 5 1/2-hour flight to San Jose. A three-video game West Coast swing starts off Tuesday.
There have been a few scenarios of a player getting various details in four straight game titles so significantly in this NHL year. Detroit’s Dylan Larkin has one particular — and now, Reinhart has the other two this sort of streaks. He has 10 factors in his final four outings, and his four-place game tied a job finest.
“Happy for him,” Panthers mentor Paul Maurice reported. “He’s labored difficult to get himself to this position.”
The Panthers never ever trailed, with Ekman-Larsson opening the scoring 39 seconds into the contest — Florida’s speediest objective to open up a recreation in just more than a 12 months.
Reinhart’s goals gave Florida prospects of 2-1 and 3-2. Each instances, Bedard would internet the equalizer.
The 18-yr-old scored his first of the afternoon late in the opening period of time, getting the puck off the adhere of Florida’s Kevin Stenlund close to the aim line to the left of Bobrovsky, seeing an opening and flicking one over the left shoulder of the Panthers’ goalie from a limited angle.
Bedard’s second aim, midway through the next, came after choosing up the puck alongside the remaining-wing boards amongst the blue line and centre ice, skating in and beating Bobrovsky lower to the glove aspect.
“He’s an elite participant,” Rodrigues stated, “especially in transition.”
Equally scores have been unassisted. The Blackhawks were Bedard’s helpers in other techniques.
When Florida’s Dmitry Kulikov — an NHL rookie when Bedard was 4 — delivered a tricky-but-cleanse examine on the younger Chicago star late in the second, Foligno instantly took offense. He went at Kulikov and was penalized for hooking and roughing, giving Florida a 4-minute electrical power enjoy.
“I just didn’t like the strike,” Foligno reported. “You can not enable one particular of your finest gamers get strike like that, correct?”
Chicago killed it off, and the teams went to the 3rd tied at 3-3. But Verhaeghe cashed in on Florida’s following ability engage in, getting what grew to become the sport winner just 2:44 into the closing time period.
UP Upcoming
Blackhawks: Host Tampa Bay on Thursday.
Panthers: Check out San Jose on Tuesday.
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