Aleksander Barkov had a purpose and an help whereas Sam Bennett, Gustav Forsling and Anton Lundell additionally scored for the Panthers, who bought 26 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky to win for the fifth time of their final six video games.
Brady Tkachuk scored for Ottawa, which bought 43 saves from Linus Ullmark. It was the third time the Tkachuk brothers — quickly to be USA Hockey teammates within the 4 Nations Face-Off match — had objectives in the identical sport.
Senators: Ottawa has dropped three straight — and gave up at the very least 4 objectives in all three of these losses. It is solely the second time this season Ottawa has yielded at the very least 4 objectives in three straight video games. The opposite stretch was in mid-November.
Panthers: Florida had a four-goal interval for the fourth time this season, additionally doing it on Oct. 8 in opposition to Boston (first), Nov. 30 in opposition to Carolina (third) and Jan. 25 at San Jose (second).
Sam Reinhart assisted on Matthew Tkachuk’s go-ahead power-play purpose within the second interval for his 600th NHL level. He is the third present Panthers participant to achieve 600. Barkov and Tkachuk are the others.
It was the fifth time Matthew Tkachuk had three factors in a sport in opposition to his brother. There have been 11 multi-point video games in Tkachuk versus Tkachuk matchups; Matthew has 9 of them.
With the 4 Nations break, each groups are off till Feb. 22. The Senators play host to the Montreal Canadiens that evening, and the Panthers play host to the Seattle Kraken.
