In Detroit, Sergei Bobrovsky made 22 saves to backstop the Florida Panthers to a 2-0 win over the Red Wings on Thursday night.
“I’m obviously not thinking about my personal achievements or my career achievements out there,” Bobrovsky said. “That’s a good team that is ahead of us in the standings, and we have to work hard to catch them.”
It was nearly two full periods before the Panthers got on the board.
“The engagement is there; emotionally, we are in these games,” Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin said. “We just have to execute. We bobbled pucks at key times, and we forced it at key times.”
Steven Lorentz hit for the game-winner with 52 seconds left in the middle frame.
“It’s huge to get a goal in the first or last minute of a period; that can be a real backbreaker for a team,” Lorentz said. “So, I was trying to shoot hard on net and I got a bounce.”
Detroit dropped to 6-4-1.
“We have to grind a little bit to score right now, but that’s fine,” Panthers coach Paul Maurice said. “We’re learning how to battle and grind, and we’re a pretty good defensive team even with a lot of new faces in our lineup.”
Anton Lundell hit an empty net at 18:48 for the 2-0 final.
James Reimer made 25 saves in the loss.
“His first period was huge,” Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said. “They had some really good looks, but he kept us in the game. It’s unfortunate we couldn’t get some goals for him.”
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