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It was the third consecutive road win for the
Panthers (34-14-5, 73 points), who play their final three games
of the regular season at home.
Chicago (22-23-6, 50 points) was desperate for two points in an
attempt to keep pace with Dallas and Nashville in the race for
the final playoff spot in the Central Division.
Florida won six of eight against the Blackhawks this season and
has already clinched a postseason spot.
Anthony Duclair scored twice for the Panthers and added an
assist. His first came when he came out of the penalty box to
give the Panthers a 1-0 lead at 7:54 of the first period.
Nikita Gusev, cut loose by New Jersey last month, got his first
goal with the Panthers as he made it 2-0 at 2:30 of the second.
Chicago then came right back, scoring twice within a span of 52
seconds to tie the score at 2. At 15:19 of the second, Connor
Murphy scored his third goal of the season on a power play. At
16:11, Alex DeBrincat scored off an Adam Gaudette pass to tie
the game.
Florida took a 3-2 lead into the second intermission, however,
as Aleksander Barkov scored with 6.8 seconds left.
The Panthers came out flying to open the third as Duclair scored
28 seconds in before Owen Tippett made it 5-2 just 31 seconds
later.
With 7:32 left, Kirby Dach gave the Blackhawks hope with a
power-play goal. Chicago cut the Florida lead to a goal when
Dominik Kubalik scored with 18 seconds left but could come no
closer.
The Panthers had Sergei Bobrovsky in net for the first time
since he was pulled after two periods in Nashville on Tuesday.
Bobrovsky ended up with 31 saves as he picked up his fourth win
of the season against Chicago.
Chicago goalie Kevin Lankinen made 37 saves in the loss.
--Field Level Media
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