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Chicago stymied six Florida power plays to
remain perfect to start a six-game homestand. The Panthers fell
to 0-3 on a five-game road trip while losing for the fourth time
in five games overall.
Lankinen stopped 17 shots in the second period, including a save
on Jonathan Huberdeau as the Panthers were unable to capitalize
on a 3-on-0 rush with just under three minutes remaining in the
period. The Blackhawks exhaled midway through the period when
Anthony Duclair hit the crossbar on a short-handed breakaway
opportunity for the Panthers.
The Blackhawks earned their third shutout of the season, with
Lankinen contributing his second. He previously blanked Detroit
2-0 on Feb. 17.
Chicago managed a meager 20 shots against Florida goaltender
Sergei Bobrovsky, but a flurry early in the second period stood
up as the only offense the club would need.
Kane opened the scoring on a power-play goal at 1:05 of the
period, sliding in amid heavy traffic in front of the net and
flipping a loose puck over a sprawling Bobrovsky. Pius Suter
made it 2-0 just 2:29 later, kicking a rebound of an Alex
DeBrincat shot to himself before gathering the puck and shooting
it into an open net.
Hagel added an empty net goal at 18:36 of the third period.
Florida was blanked for the second time this season and first
since falling 3-0 to the visiting Dallas Stars on Feb. 24.
Panthers leading scorer Aleksander Barkov missed his second
straight game with a lower-body injury. Florida coach Joel
Quenneville said before the game that Barkov is "feeling way
better" after being a late scratch Tuesday, and the team will
assess whether Barkov might play during the team's back-to-back
series in Dallas on Saturday and Sunday.
--Field Level Media
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