In Sunrise, Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves to backstop the Florida Panthers to a 5-2 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.
Noel Acciari struck for two goals in the win and now has 12 goals in 12 games.
“It’s a good streak going right now, but you don’t want to think about it too much and just kind of keep playing the game and just getting in the right areas,” Acciari said. “Again, I’ve got to give a lot of credit to my linemates. They’ve been awesome through this whole thing and making it a lot easier for me.”
Brock Boeser scored for the Canucks and Tyler Motte added a late goal for the final, 5-2.
“Obviously, we wanted to bounce back (from the 9-2 loss against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday), but our start didn’t necessarily represent that,” Motte said. “I don’t think we were bad in all areas, but coming off a loss like we had in Tampa, we needed a better all-around effort tonight.”
Mark Pysyk, Evgenii Dadonov and Mike Hoffman also scored for the Panthers.
“It goes pretty fast, I don’t know,” Jonathan Huberdeau said of his move. “I guess it’s working right now. I kind of tried to make a move and passed it to [Hoffman] and obviously a great shot by him. I’m just trying to play well and play good offensively.”
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Thatcher Demko made 44 saves in the loss.
“It’s just a matter of dialing in our little details,” Demko said. “Our team can play a winning style. We have that (mentality) in our dressing room and we just have to get back to it.”
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