The Florida Panthers had their seven-game (6-0-1) point streak come to an unceremonious end in a disappointing 6-3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center that saw backup goaltender Alex Lyon surrender five goals on 23 shots.
It was the third time this season the Cats had a chance to build a four-game winning streak and the third time they failed to do so.
Florida got off to a good start when Matthew Tkachuk opened the scoring 75 seconds into the action. Eetu Luostarinen gained the line and crossed to Carter Verhaeghe and he slap-passed into the low slot where Tkachuk deflected the puck past a helpless Carter Hart for his 34th goal of the season.