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CHICAGO (AP) — J are paying off for the Florida Panthers.Hawryluk scored his first two NHL goals Michael Hutchinson Jersey Womens , Mike Hoffman and Jared McCann had goals in a 31-second span in the second period and the Panthers defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 6-3 Sunday night.Denis Malgin also scored and Frank Vatrano added an empty-netter as the Panthers won road games on consecutive night and prevailed for the fourth time in five games overall. Hoffman’s goal was his 17th, tying him for the team lead.Hawryluk, a 22-year-old center, skated in his fifth game since being recalled from Springfield of the American Hockey League where led the team with 28 points on seven goals and 21 assists.“He does have a knack for the net,” coach Bob Boughner said. “He had a great start for Springfield, earned the call-up, and now every game he’s getting better.“It’s real contagious, the passion and the energy that he brings. Nice to see him get rewarded.”Hawryluk needed some stitches in his chin after the game, but was in a good mood after scoring the first two goals against Chicago to get the Panthers rolling.“It’s nice to get that first NHL goal, right?” Hawryluk said. “But I’m just trying to help the team win.“I’m always hungry. I’m always looking to score, to make plays.”Dylan Strome had a goal and two assists for the last-place Blackhawks, who had their season-high, three-game winning streak snapped. Connor Murphy scored his first goal of the season and Alex DeBrincat netted his 17th, moving into a tie with Patrick Kane for the team lead.“I think we all felt pretty good coming into the game,” said Strome http://www.officialdevils.com/authentic-adidas-miles-wood-jersey , who recorded his first three-point game in the NHL. “Even after the first period, we were playing pretty good I think.“Once they got a goal, I think we let that take the wind out of our sails and let them get momentum from that.”James Reimer made 26 saves for Florida and Cam Ward stopped 21 shots for Chicago, as No. 1 goalie Corey Crawford missed his fourth game with a concussion.Murphy opened the scoring at 13:32 of the first period, connecting in his ninth game after missing Chicago’s first 30 while recovering a back injury. After taking Strome’s feed from behind the net, his shot from the right circle beat Reimer on the glove side.Hawryluk tied it just under three minutes later with his first goal and point.After hustling past Chicago defenseman Carl Dahlstrom, Hawryluk narrowly beat Ward to a loose puck as the goalie came out. Hawryluk skated to the right and fired into an empty net.Hawryluk put Florida ahead 2-1 at 2:35 of the second. He skated behind Chicago defensemen Duncan Keith and Erik Gustafsson, took a long pass from Mike Matheson and beat Ward on the stick side after breaking in alone.DeBrincat scored a power-play goal off a series of bounces at 4:56 to tie it at 2. DeBrincat’s pass across the crease caromed off Strome, Matheson and the right post before bouncing back to him at the left side of the crease.Hoffman’s power-play goal, on a rising screened shot from the point, put Florida ahead 3-2 with 3:11 left in the second. McCann buried a rebound of a long shot by MacKenzie Weegar, scoring past a diving Ward 31 seconds later to make it 4-2.The quick goals deflated Chicago, coach Jeremy Colliton said.“We didn’t feel like we were playing very well, but we were still in the game,” Colliton said. “Then Nico Hischier Jersey , all of a sudden, it’s an uphill battle.”Malgin was wide open at the right side of the crease and converted a feed from McCann to make it 5-2 just 59 seconds into the third. Strome tipped in a pinpoint backhanded feed from Kane at 9:35 of the third to cut it to 5-3.Vatrano’s empty-netter with 1:01 sealed it.NOTES: Hawryluk was drafted by Florida 32nd overall in 2014. … Blackhawks 25-year-old C Jacob Nilsson, recalled Saturday from Rockford of the AHL, played in his first NHL game. … The Blackhawks beat the Panthers 5-4 in overtime on Nov. 24 at Sunrise, Florida, in the other regular-season meeting. . Chicago C Marcus Kruger sat out his third game (concussion). . Florida was without LW Jamie McGinn (back), C Derek MacKenzie (shoulder), C Vincent Trocheck (ankle) and C Nick Bjugstad (upper body).UP NEXTPanthers:Host Montreal on Friday.Blackhawks:Host Minnesota on Thursday. Defenseman Mike Matheson will be back in the lineup on Saturday night when the Florida Panthers play host to the Detroit Red Wings.Matheson missed the past two games after he was suspended by the NHL for his check on Vancouver Canucks rookie Elias Pettersson, who suffered a concussion on the play.“It was an unfortunate sequence of events,” Matheson said. “The first thing I thought of after the game was if he was OK. That was my main concern, and it still is, but it sounds like he is doing better. That’s great to hear.”Article continues below ...Matheson said he and Pettersson exchanged text messages. Matheson, who had never previously been suspended by the NHL, said he apologized to Pettersson.“As a player, you don’t go around trying to injure guys Dan Hamhuis Jersey Womens ,” Matheson said. “That’s not part of my game.”Matheson will return Saturday to a joyous team as the Panthers (1-2-2) came up with a huge road win on Friday night, beating the reigning Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals 6-5 in a four-round shootout.It was Florida’s first win of the season.Meanwhile, the Red Wings (0-5-2), who have won 11 Stanley Cup titles — more than any other U.S.-based team — are off to a dreadful start. They have been outscored 33-15 in seven games.Wings goalie Jimmy Howard, who stopped 28 of 30 shots against Tampa Bay on Thursday, including all nine on the power play, is the likely starter on Saturday.Howard, a 34-year-old who is in the final year of his contract, was probably Detroit’s best player last season, posting a 2.85 goals-against average and a .910 save percentage.This season, Howard has a 3.57 goals-against average and an .893 save percentage, but the Wings are off to one of the worst starts in franchise history, similar to 0-8-1 in 1985-86.“It’s not fun, that’s for sure,” Howard told NHL.com. “But we’ve got to keep moving along. We’ve had a better effort the past couple of games.”Wings coach Jeff Blashill agreed with Howard that progress is being made.“But I still think we are passing up chances to shoot the puck Youth Pavel Zacha Jersey ,” said Blashill, who is in the final season of a four-year contract. “We have to get that figured out.”The Wings, who last season missed the playoffs for the second year in a row — the first time that has happened to Detroit since 1983 — are short of quality, proven defensemen.Center Dylan Larkin, 22, is the team’s biggest rising star. He is a huge part of Detroit’s future, along with other under-25 forwards (Tyler Bertuzzi, Andreas Athanasiou, Anthony Mantha, Christoffer Ehn and Michael Rasmussen).In addition, three of Detroit’s top six defensemen are rookies: Filip Hronek, Joe Hicketts and Dennis Cholowski.Those rookies will face a high-flying Panthers offense that has averaged exactly four goals for the past four games. That includes a game against the Philadelphia Flyers in which Florida fell behind 5-2 but rallied to force overtime before losing 6-5 in a shootout.