Detroit 5, Florida 4
When: 7:30 PM ET, Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Where: BB&T Center, Sunrise, Florida
Referees:
Dan O'Halloran, Steve Kozari
Linesmen:
Steve Barton, Pierre Racicot
Attendance:
12190
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Red Wings 5, Panthers 4: Luke Glendening recorded a pair of goals while Stephen Weiss netted one tally and set up two others against his former team as visiting Detroit held on for its season-high sixth straight victory.
Drew Miller and captain Henrik Zetterberg also scored while Ryan Sheahan added two assists for the Red Wings, who have scored 20 times in the last four contests. Petr Mrazek turned aside 37 shots to win his fifth consecutive decision as Detroit held off a rally by the Panthers to extend their winless streak to five (0-4-1).
Aleksander Barkov collected a goal and two assists while Nick Bjugstad recorded one of each for Florida. Brandon Pirri and Brad Boyes also tallied, rookie defenseman Aaron Ekblad notched two assists and fellow All-Star Roberto Luongo allowed five goals on 17 shots before being replaced by Al Montoya, who made 10 saves.
Miller scored on a short-handed breakaway 8:06 into the contest, but Barkov answered from the bottom of the right faceoff circle during a 5-on-3 power play 62 seconds later. Pirri beat Mrazek from the right circle at 10:16 for another man-advantage goal before Zetterberg was left alone in front to tie the game 32 seconds into the middle session.
Glendening flipped in a rebound at 7:07 for a 3-2 lead and beat Luongo from in front at 11:19 after Sheahan set up Weiss at the left post less than three minutes earlier. Bjugstad converted a power-play opportunity with 4 1/2 minutes left in the second and Barkov set up Boyes' tally with 9:06 remaining to cut Florida's deficit to one.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Glendening’s only other career multi-point performance was against Chicago on Nov. 14, when he notched a goal and an assist. … Florida went 3-for-5 on the power play after converting only once in 23 attempts over the previous eight games. … Former Florida RW Radek Dvorak announced his retirement on Tuesday after playing 1,260 games – 613 with the Panthers. … Detroit has allowed eight power-play goals in its last five contests but had a big penalty kill with 2:32 left in the game.
Top Game Performances
| Detroit |
|
Florida |
|
Stephen Weiss 3 |
Points |
Aleksander Barkov 3 |
|
Luke Glendening 2 |
Goals |
Aleksander Barkov 1 |
|
Stephen Weiss 2 |
Assists |
Aleksander Barkov 2 |
|
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
Aleksander Barkov 1 |
|
Drew Miller 1 |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Petr Mrazek .902 |
Save Percentage |
Al Montoya 1.000 |
|
Petr Mrazek 37 |
Saves |
Roberto Luongo 12 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Detroit
|
27 |
5 |
0-1 |
2-5 |
10 |
43 |
| Florida
|
41 |
4 |
3-5 |
1-1 |
2 |
33 |
Upcoming Games
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Florida will play their next game at home against Columbus. The Panthers have a W/L % of .300 after a win and .560 after a loss.
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Detroit will play their next game on the road against Tampa Bay. The Red Wings have a W/L % of .571 after a win and .600 after a loss.
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