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SUNRISE http://www.officialsharks.com/authentic-adidas-brent-burns-jersey , Fla. (AP) — After a night when they produced very little, the Florida Panthers‘ top line clicked to spark a winning rally in the third period Saturday night.Jonathan Huberdeau scored with 1:06 left and Florida came back in the final period for a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.Florida mounted the winning rush when Keith Yandle sent a long stretch-pass to Evgenii Dadonov along the boards near the Florida offensive zone. Dadonov slid a pass back to Aleksander Barkov, who found Huberdeau skating in cross-ice on the back door for his 10th goal.“Me and Barky were talking to each other and we were like, there’s no way nothing is going to happen,” Huberdeau said. “We had so many chances. Finally it happened at the end. We just stuck with it and it worked out for us.”The play wouldn’t have started without a heads-up pass by Yandle, who saw Dadonov alone halfway down the ice.“It was a great play by (Dadonov) stretching the zone and getting open. Those guys did their magic. It’s what they do. They play big for us every night and find ways to win us games,” Yandle said.Flyers interim head coach Scott Gordon said it was a risky play by Florida, who improved to 5-0-3 in the second game of back-to-back contests.“It started off, they got possession and went into a set breakout. When that happens, you have to get into your position. They just took off. And as soon as they took off, they fired it up the boards. … It’s a bit of a hope play by them,” Gordon said.Down 1-0 Julien Gauthier Jersey Womens , Florida’s second-ranked power play finally put the Panthers on the board in the third period. Huberdeau slid a pass through the slot to Mike Hoffman, who buried his team-leading 18th goal at 13:16 to tie it at 1.In Florida’s 5-3 home loss on Friday to Montreal, the Panthers top line produced just one assist.“I loved Barkov’s line all game,” Florida coach Bob Boughner said. “I think Dadonov had six or seven chances. But we didn’t stop coming. We just kept bringing our game and putting pucks behind them. It was a big difference from last night’s game and today’s game.”Shayne Gostisbehere scored for the Flyers, who lost their second straight.Barkov had two assists, and James Reimer stopped 34 shots. Carter Hart had 34 saves for the Flyers.Just like the night before in a 5-3 home loss to Montreal, the Panthers fell behind in the opening minutes. Gostisbehere sent in his fifth goal after a pass from Jordan Weal on 3-on-2 rush at 1:45 of the first period.Philadelphia killed 40 seconds of a 5-on-3 power play and the remaining 1:20 with the Panthers on the man advantage in the middle portion of the period.Hart stood strong in the second period as the Panthers put nine shots on goal, with a few being good scoring chances. He stuffed Denis Malgin in the first minute after a slick drop-pass by defenseman Mike Matheson as he went behind the Flyers’ goal.The 20-year-old goalie denied Dadonov twice in a minute — once point-blank from the middle of the slot at 14:03, the other when the Russian forward circled behind Hart’s goal and lifted a high shot from in close that Hart held.NOTES: With Flyers third-line center Nolan Patrick (upper body) expected to be out the next four to five days, Weal centered a line between Scott Laughton and Michael Raffl after being out most of December. Weal, 26, had only played in two of the last 12 games. … Scott Gordon is 3-2-1 since being named Philadelphia’s interim coach on Dec. 17. … Florida traded goaltender Michael Hutchinson to Toronto for a 2020 fifth-round draft pick. A free-agent acquisition Womens Evander Kane Jersey , Hutchinson appeared in four games, logging a 1-1-2 record with a 4.18 goals against average and an .839 save percentage. … Matheson played in his 200th NHL game.UP NEXTFlyers: Visit the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday.Panthers: Visit the Detroit Red Wings on Monday. SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers bounced back from a crushing loss in a big way.Aleksander Barkov set a franchise record with five assists, and defensemen MacKenzie Weegar and Mike Matheson each scored twice as the Panthers beat the Minnesota Wild 6-2 on Friday night to snap a six-game losing streak.The Panthers lost 4-3 in Boston on Thursday night when the Bruins scored twice in the final 37 seconds.“It was probably the toughest loss we ever had, 30 seconds away from a perfect 60-minute game against a really good team,” Barkov said. “Coming here, we had two choices — either forget about the last game and play as hard as we could this game, or just feel sorry about ourselves. I think we really played our butts off and deserved the win.”Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and three assists, Mike Hoffman also scored and Evgenii Dadonov added three assists. Sam Montembeault made 26 saves in his second career start for his first NHL win.“It’s great,” Montembeault said. “It’s obviously good to put it behind me. Now next game I can just go out there and play my game and not even think about anything.”Barkov appeared to have scored a goal as well, but it came a split second after the second period ended. He expressed appreciation to his teammates for helping him break the assists mark.“Of course, it’s a nice milestone Authentic Joe Pavelski Jersey ,” Barkov said. “I just gave the puck to my own players and they scored. I’m thankful for them.”The line of Barkov, Huberdeau and Dadonov combined for 12 points.“We needed that today,” Panthers coach Bob Boughner said. “We needed someone to put us on their back and carry us a little bit early and that was Barky’s line, for sure.”Weegar and Matheson’s two goals apiece marked the first time in Panthers history two defensemen scored two or more in the same game.Marcus Foligno and J.T. Brown scored for the Wild, who had their eight-game point streak stopped. Devan Dubnyk allowed three goals on seven shots before he was replaced by Alex Stalock to start the second period. Stalock stopped 19 shots.The Wild had beaten Tampa Bay 3-0 on Thursday night.“Obviously, we didn’t have the same kind of jump that we had against Tampa,” coach Bruce Boudreau said. “Those are the things that make coaches go nuts because we needed it and we didn’t show up.”Florida stretched its lead to 5-1 when Matheson scored with a wrist shot from the right circle at 17:40 of the second period. The Wild answered 15 seconds later on Foligno’s tap-in.Matheson’s second goal came on a wraparound at 10:23 of the third and made it 6-2.Hoffman’s one-timer from the right circle during a 5-on-3 power play gave the Panthers a 4-0 lead at 3:34 of the second.Brown deflected a shot by Jonas Brodin into the net to make it 4-1 at 9:02 of the second.The Panthers took a 3-0 lead on seven shots in the first period. They went up 1-0 on Huberdeau’s goal 61 seconds in. Barkov passed from behind the net to Huberdeau in front and he skipped the puck into the net.Weegar, who had one goal in 49 games this season, scored two in a span of 1:40.His first goal gave the Panthers a 2-0 lead when his wrist shot from the point bounced off the back of Minnesota’s Ryan Suter and across the goal line at 16:51.Weegar stretched it to 3-0 on his second goal, a shot from the top of the right circle that got past Dubnyk at 18:31.A potential goal by Aaron Ekblad midway through the first period was disallowed after Minnesota successfully challenged for offside. Barkov would have had another assist if the goal had counted.NOTES: Panthers G James Reimer returned after missing five games with a lower-body injury and backed up Montembeault, who is now a regular recall. The Panthers will go with three goalies the rest of the season. … Wild C Luke Kunin was scratched with an upper-body injury sustained in Thursday’s game at Tampa Bay.UP NEXTWild: Host the San Jose Sharks on Monday.Panthers: Host the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday.

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