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Panthers Double-Up Blackhawks

Aleksander Barkov scored a tiebreaking short-handed goal in the third period, and the Florida Panthers beat the slumping Chicago Blackhawks 6-3 on Monday night.

 

Barkov poked in a loose puck from right in front with 6:34 left. It was the Panthers' first short-handed goal this season. Barkov also had a pair of assists.

 

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots and won his sixth straight start. Down 3-1, the Panthers scored five unanswered goals to win their fourth straight game.

 

Florida defenseman Gustav Forsling scored his first goal of the season and had an assist. Owen Tippett scored his third goal in four games, and Aaron Ekblad also scored. Carter Verhaeghe and Alex Wennberg added empty-netters.

 

But it was Barkov who made the difference. The captain has five goals and 10 assists in his last 10 games.

 

Patrick Kane, Philipp Kurashev and Brandon Hagel scored for the Blackhawks, who lost for the fourth time in five games. Kevin Lankinen made 30 saves.

 

Lankinen lost track of the puck as it bounced in the paint before Barkov got it into the net.

 

Chicago opened a 3-1 lead on goals by Kurashev and Hagel in the second. The Panthers then rallied on goals by Ekblad and Forsling 62 seconds apart. Ekblad scored during a power play, and Forsling's shot through traffic tied it at 3 with four minutes left in the period.

 

The Blackhawks visit Tampa Bay on Thursday.

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