The Detroit Red Wings have claimed a stellar 5-3 away win against the Florida Panthers at the BB&T Centre.
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George Richards reported the actor came to the rink in his namesake “Spacey in Space” sweatshirt, with the hood up, and a photo cutout of his mug over his face.
The Panthers had the advantage next period, with two goals. The goal was Bjugstad’s third in four games.
It is another critical game in the stretch drive for the Red Wings, who are just one point into the playoffs in the standings now – albeit with their closest pursuer, the Flyers, having two games in hand. Larkin then got an assist off a goal to Luke Glendening, and Pavel Daytsuk scored from the empty net as Florida made a decision to have one last throw of the dice.
Despite the loss, the Panthers have been on quite a tear since Spacey allegedly came into their lives. I don’t watch “House of Cards” or anything like that, but he’s a great actor.
Florida ended up going on a 12-game winning streak soon afterward and has gone 26-11-5 since. This was no ordinary “celebrity taking in a hockey game” scenario either, as Spacey has basically become an unlikely, unofficial mascot for this year’s Panthers squad.
Earlier Saturday, the Panthers announced a special sale of replicas of the famous sweatshirt that spawned the movement.
Detroit tied it on Tatar’s tip-in on a power play.
The first goal was 7:08 into the period was scored Vincent Trocheck and assisted by Jussi Jokinen and Reilly Smith.
When Teddy Purcell added another goal to the Panthers tally to make it 3-1, it looked like yet another disappointing defeat for the Red Wings coming up. The puck bounced off the Detroit goalie and across the goal line.
The Wings take on Atlantic Division rival Tampa Bay that night, which is why, with two days between games, Sunday was a day off.
The win tonight leaves Detroit at 8 spot on the Eastern Conference Ladder and puts them three points clear of the Philadelphia Flyers with 83 points. Panthers D Jakub Kindl faced his former team for the first time since the Red Wings traded him to the Panthers on February 27….
Sunrise, Fla. – Petr Mrazek was not healthy enough to practice Friday, and Jeff Blashill said he will start Jimmy Howard against the Panthers Saturday.
“To be honest, I don’t know what to expect”.
“It’s going to be hard until the end but we’ve been here and I think that’s good experience to have”, Tatar said.
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Both are thought to have a fractured foot after blocking shots in different games over the past week.
