The Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-3 on Monday at Amerant Bank Arena, scoring three goals in the third period to pull away after the teams traded leads through two. Justin Faulk finished with two points, and Michael Brandsegg-Nygård scored the go-ahead goal in a span that saw Detroit net two goals in 45 seconds.
The Red Wings trailed 2-2 entering the third before Faulk snapped a slap shot past Jacob Markstrom at 2:08 to make it 3-2. Brandsegg-Nygård followed just 45 seconds later, converting a wrist shot off assists from Lucas Raymond and Andrew Copp to put Detroit up 4-2. Sam Bennett answered for Florida with a tip-in at 16:40, but Emmitt Finnie sealed it with an empty-side wrist shot at 19:57 off a Moritz Seider assist. Markstrom finished with 24 saves on 28 shots for the Panthers, while Daniil Tarasov stopped 23 of 26 for Detroit.
Key Moments: How The Red Wings Pulled Away
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård opened the scoring 5:26 into the first period on a wrist shot assisted by Seider, but Sam Reinhart tied it for Florida at 14:19 off feeds from Carter Verhaeghe and Sandis Vilmanis. Alex DeBrincat restored Detroit’s lead 1:26 into the second period, scoring off passes from Viktor Arvidsson and Justin Faulk, before Aaron Ekblad knotted it again at 15:25 on a backhand set up by Garnet Hathaway and Lars Eller.
That set the stage for the decisive third period, when Faulk and Brandsegg-Nygård scored twice in under a minute to flip the game in Detroit’s favor for good.
Top Performers From Red Wings Panthers 5-3
Faulk led Detroit with a goal and two assists, while Copp added two assists. Seider logged 27:28 of ice time and assisted on Finnie’s empty-net goal, the Red Wings’ fifth of the night.
For Florida, Ekblad finished with a goal. The Panthers out-hit Detroit 41-19 and won 54% of faceoffs, but went 0-for-2 on the power play while Detroit scored once on three chances.
What It Means
Detroit improved to 7-5-3, while Florida fell to 8-5-2. The Red Wings (17 points) and Panthers (18 points) remain in the Atlantic Division playoff hunt. Detroit also took a 1-0 lead in the season series between the two teams.
What’s Next
The official data does not list the next scheduled game for either team. Detroit will look to build on a roster that has gotten scoring from multiple lines this season, including contributions similar to those in its 4-1 win over the Blackhawks, where Arvidsson scored three goals.
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