Panthers point streak ends with 4-1 loss to Red Wings

Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty ImagesRookie Givani Smith scored a goal an added an assist and Thomas Greiss stopped 36 shots as the Detroit Red Wings ended the Florida Panthers eight-game point streak with a 4-1 victory at the BB&T Center on Sunday afternoon.

After a scoreless first period that saw the teams combine for 27 shots on goal, Marc Staal and Smith each lit the lamp for the first time this season in the second period to put the Red Wings on top. It was the first time the Cats have trailed after the second period this season.

Staal backhanded the puck into the net after Sam Gagner deflected Troy Stecher’s pass off Staal’s knee, putting him in a better position to beat…