A chance to bounce back. Falling to the red-hot Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Thursday at Amerant Bank Arena, the Florida Panthers will have a chance to get two points at home on Saturday against the Anaheim Ducks.

The Anaheim Ducks and the host Florida Panthers, who are set to meet on Saturday in Sunrise, Fla., both lost on Thursday. The Ducks seemed kind of happy with the loss.

Even though the Florida Panthers only had one shot on goal through the first 13 minutes of Tuesday’s game against the New Jersey Devils, coach Paul Maurice “loved” the way his team was playing. The Panthers looked a lot like they are supposed to: Hard forecheck,

So, look at the Florida Panthers and say it ... A hot Detroit power play. It happens. Coach Paul Maurice’s stated hope for now isn’t more offense or some specialty team’s improvement. It’s for some close games. Heart-thumpers.

Sergei Bobrovsky doesn't get pulled very often, but he received the hook late in the second period on Thursday

The Panthers acquired Tarasenko from the Ottawa Senators at the trade deadline last season to add depth to their forward group as well as a veteran presence who had already been where the Panthers were trying to go. Tarasenko already had one Stanley Cup win under his belt, winning it all with the St. Louis Blues in 2019.

“It means the world to me, to be honest,” Barkov said. “It’s Athlete of the Year in Finland, the country where I was born, where I was raised and grew up watching national teams play and cheering for them. To get that honor, it’s huge for me. I’m really, really happy and really thankful to be able to get that award.”

Florida Panthers star Matthew Tkachuk found himself in the middle of a fracas — surprise! — during the third period of Tuesday’s game against the Devils.

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.

Each of the Panthers’ past seven games has either been decided by one goal or was a one-goal game until the winning team scored on an empty net.

The line of Anton Lundell centering Carter Verhaeghe and Jesper Boqvist has been a breath of fresh air for Florida

“I was really happy with that game tonight, I don’t know if you could tell,” said the Florida Panthers head coach, several minutes into a postgame press conference after a 2-1 shootout win over the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center on Tuesday night. As he should have been.