Bennett’s Power-Play Double Fuels Florida’s 4-1 Road Win

Florida made its chances count in a 4-1 road win Tuesday, scoring four goals on 28 shots while Columbus had 36 shots and one goal. Sam Bennett scored twice, including Florida’s lone power-play goal, and finished with four shots, one hit and a plus-1. Aaron Ekblad set up three goals for three points and a plus-2, despite recording no shots on goal. Sam Reinhart added a goal on three shots with a plus-2, while Lars Eller scored once, put three shots on net and delivered three hits. Jacob Markstrom’s goalie line was 35 saves on 36 shots, a .972 save percentage and one goal against; Cam Talbot stopped 24 of 27, a .889 save percentage, with three goals against. Florida out-hit Columbus 31-26 and scored the game’s only power-play goal, while Columbus finished with 10 takeaways to Florida’s four. The win snapped Florida’s two-game losing streak after the Panthers entered Tuesday 9-7-2 and having already beaten Columbus 7-3 in their season meeting.