In Sunrise, four different skaters struck for the Florida Panthers in a 4-1 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.
Jonathan Huberdeau, Denis Malgin, Noel Acciari, and Frank Vatrano scored for the Panthers.
“Obviously the points are coming, but I thought tonight was a little bit better,” Huberdeau said. “I think lately I’ve been struggling a little bit, but I just want to help our team. I want to be a leader out there. Every time I’m on the ice I want to be good in the offensive zone as much as possible.”
Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves in the win as the Panthers improved to 4-2-3.
“They’re a really good team and they came out hard, but I thought we played our game,” Huberdeau said. “Everybody stepped up. [Bobrovsky] was really good in the net. Thought overall we had some chances and we played an overall good game.”
Teddy Blueger and Patric Hornqvist scored for the Pens who dropped to 6-4-0.
“It was a pretty tight game,” Penguins center Sidney Crosby said. “It could have gone either way. Unfortunately, we were on the wrong side tonight.”
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Matt Murray made 18 saves in the loss.
“The chances were even on both teams, based on our calculations. We had some quality chances. I think both teams defended really hard,” Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan said. “There wasn’t a lot of ice out there, but we had some opportunities. We hit a few more posts. I love how our team is competing. I think we’re competing hard. We’re in a one-goal hockey game. That game could go either way. It didn’t go our way tonight, but we’re playing hard.”
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