Road-warrior Wild set to visit champion Panthers

The NHL schedule-makers have given the Minnesota Wild a tough challenge. After going 1-0-1 at home to start the season, the Wild embarked on a seven-game road trip that will continue Tuesday night with a game against the reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers in Sunrise, Fla. So far, the Wild are 2-0-1 on the

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Gustav Forsling’s OT goal lifts Panthers over Golden Knights

Gustav Forsling scored with 17 seconds left in overtime as the host Florida Panthers defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Saturday night in Sunrise. Sam Bennett had the primary assist as Forsling shot the puck into the open right side of the net. This was a matchup between the NHL’s two most-recent Stanley Cup

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Forsling scores in overtime, Panthers top Golden Knights 4-3

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Gustav Forsling got the winning goal with 16.2 seconds remaining in overtime, and the Florida Panthers defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Saturday night. Sam Reinhart scored a goal and added two assists for the Panthers, who won a matchup of the last two Stanley Cup champions. Sam Bennett and

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Panthers’ Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk nearing return

The reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers could have stars Aleksander Barkov (lower-body injury) and Matthew Tkachuk (illness) back in the lineup next week. Barkov, 29, was expected to miss two to three weeks after being injured on Oct. 10, but he skated for the first time since the injury on Thursday and again on

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Knights look for elusive road victory vs. Panthers

In real estate, it’s all about location, location, location. In hockey, the Vegas Golden Knights can relate so far this season, winning all three of their home games and dropping both of their road tests. On Saturday night, Vegas will visit the reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers at Sunrise, Fla. Most recently, the Golden

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J.T. Miller, Canucks sink Panthers in overtime

Vancouver’s Quinn Hughes set up J.T. Miller for the game-winner 2:09 into overtime as the Canucks recorded their first win this season, edging the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Thursday in Sunrise, Fla. Following a scoreless third period, Hughes slipped a pass back to Miller, who skated in from the right and zipped in his second

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Miller scores winner in OT, Vancouver tops Florida 3-2

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — J.T. Miller scored 2:09 into overtime and the Vancouver Canucks got their first win of the season, beating the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Thursday night. Teddy Blueger and Quinn Hughes had goals for Vancouver (1-1-2), with Kevin Lankinen stopping 26 shots. Anton Lundell got his fourth goal in the last three

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Sam Reinhart leads Panthers’ solid start vs. winless Canucks

The Florida Panthers, led by red-hot center Sam Reinhart, are set to return home for Thursday night’s game in Sunrise against the Vancouver Canucks. Florida was 2-2-0 on its four-game road trip, and the Panthers will enter Thursday looking for a third straight win. Reinhart, who finished second in the NHL last season with 57

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NHL roundup: Panthers prevail as Jackets honor Johnny Gaudreau

Sam Reinhart scored one goal and had two assists as the Florida Panthers defeated the Blue Jackets 4-3 in an emotional home opener for Columbus on Tuesday night. Florida also got goals from Anton Lundell, Dmitry Kulikov and Eetu Luostarinen and 35 saves from Spencer Knight, who recorded his first NHL victory since Jan. 3,

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