With the Panthers getting into penalty trouble in the second period, the Red Wings made them pay a second time when Dylan Larkin went to the crease and re-directed a tape-to-tape centering feed from Patrick Kane through traffic into the cage to make it 2-1 at 7:52.

The Red Wings (21-19-4) bounced back strong from Tuesday’s 6-3 loss to San Jose, which snapped their seven-game winning streak, in the first stop of a challenging four-game trip. Florida (26-17-3) was 12-0-1 in its past 13 games against the Red Wings.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Thursday night. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper. Cam Talbot stopped 40 shots for the Red Wings, who have won eight of their last nine games.

Red Wings coach Todd McLellan Detroit was much closer to opportunistic ... Jonatan Berggren beat Sergei Bobrovsky on a chance that didn't appear all that dangerous. It must be said that one ...

Sergei Bobrovsky was chased in the second period ... Florida was 12-0-1 in its previous 13 games against Detroit. Red Wings: Detroit’s power play has been stellar over the last 10 games ...

Detroit's power play keeps dazzling, the Red Wings absorb a championship quality punch, and other observations from a 5–2 win over the Florida Panthers

Bobrovsky is expected to start at home against the Kings on Wednesday, Jameson Olive of the Panthers' official site reports. Bobrovsky has a 20-11-2 record, 2.80 GAA and .898 save percentage in 33 appearances in 2024-25.