Aaron Ekblad scored twice on the power play and Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves in one of his best performances of the season to lead the Florida Panthers to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena.
The Red Wings opened the scoring at 1:04 when Filip Hronek crossed to former Panther Ben Chairot he snapped a wrist shot from long range that Jonatan Berggren deflected by Bobrovksy.
Florida struck back quickly, tying things up 1:19 later thanks to a hardworking shift from its fourth line. After Givani Smith backhanded the puck on goal, Ville Husso bladed it to Eric Staal behind the net.