The Florida Panthers did a lot right, but couldn’t overcome a disastrous first period that saw the defense fold like a cheap tent and Sergei Bobrovsky get beaten four times, eventually dropping a 6-4 decision to the Dallas Stars at FLA Live Arena.
Florida tested Scott Wedgewood 13 times in the opening frame and he stopped all of them while on the other end of the ice Roope Hintz, Nils Lundkvist, Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin were given plenty of room to light the lamp. Seguin’s 2-on-1 goal trickled through the goaltender’s pads with nine seconds left in the period and was assisted by former Panther Mason Marchment.