The Detroit Red Wings opened their four-game road trip with a 5-2 win over the defending Stanley Cup champs, thanks to three power play goals Thursday.

The Detroit Red Wings began one of their most important stretches of the season with a huge victory over the Florida Panthers. Starting a four-game road trip wh

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Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper.

With the Panthers getting into penalty trouble in the second period, the Red Wings made them pay a second time when Dylan Larkin went to the crease and re-directed a tape-to-tape centering feed from Patrick Kane through traffic into the cage to make it 2-1 at 7:52.

A sizzling power play and a sagging defending Stanley Cup champion put the Detroit Red Wings ... with the Wings handing the Florida Panthers a third straight loss, 5-2. The outing marked the ...

The Florida Panthers are fighting for the top spot in the Atlantic Division with less than a month left until the 4 Nations Face-Off break. The defending Stanley Cup Champions trail the Toronto Maple Leafs by three points with a 28-18-3 record and 59 points.

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