Florida downs Blackhawks

On Tuesday night in Chicago, Frank Vatrano potted a hat trick and the visiting Florida Panthers defeated the Blackhawks, 4-3.

All four Panthers goals were scored in the middle frame.

Joel Quenneville returned to Chicago and left with a win.

“That (video tribute) felt unbelievable,” Quenneville said. “It was a great feeling. Captured some special moments in the building [with] the enthusiasm and the excitement and the noise. It felt like a different game, had some importance to it. It was special. It was kind of like saying thank you to me and I was thanking them and it was all good. Felt great.”

Sergei Bobrovsky made 32 saves to get the win.

“We’ve achieved our goal before the break,” Bobrovsky said. “We’re right where we want to be. But we have to focus on having a good rest and the most important thing is ahead of us.”

Kirby Dach, Drake Caggiula and Patrick Kane scored for the Hawks.

“We had our chances in our first and early in the second, and then we just weren’t strong enough defensively, probably in the second half of the second period,” the Blackhawks’ Jonathan Toews said. “[We] gave them too much and gave them a 4-1 lead. It’s tough to come back from that.”

Evgenii Dadonov also scored for Florida.

“It’s always nice to be rewarded like that; scoring one goal in this league’s hard enough,” Vatrano said. “[A] hat trick’s a great honor, and obviously [it] couldn’t have been done without the guys out there on the ice.”

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Robin Lehner made 22 saves in the loss.

“Honestly, I thought we played well,” Lehner said. “I kind of let the team down today. I should’ve made a couple more saves. I thought there wasn’t a step back at all; I just needed to find a way to stop the bleeding a little bit and pick myself up. [I] felt better and then they scored a fourth goal off the skate, but I started the bleeding with the first goal and it was unfortunate that we couldn’t stop it early enough.”