SUNRISE, Fla.—Matthew Tkachuk scored twice for his fourth consecutive multi-point game, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots in his return to the lineup and the Florida Panthers beat the San Jose Sharks 3–1 on Saturday night.
It’s the fourth time Tkachuk has had multiple points in four straight games, his second such streak since joining the Panthers.
Aleksander Barkov also scored for Florida, which is 5–0–1 in its last six games. Bobrovsky was back after missing the Panthers’ two-game trip earlier in the week while he and his wife await the birth of a child.
The win was No. 408 of Bobrovsky’s career, breaking a tie with Glenn Hall for 11th-most in NHL history.
Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 50 shots for the Sharks, the third time in his career that he’s made that many saves. Tyler Toffoli scored with 1:26 left for San Jose to break up the shutout.
Takeaways
Sharks: San Jose probably couldn’t wait to get out of Florida. This visit to the Sunshine State — which started with an 8–1 loss at Tampa Bay on Thursday — was the fifth time in team history that the Sharks went 0–2–0 in the state.Panthers: It was, by far, Florida’s highest shot output of the season. The Panthers finished with 53 shots; their previous season-high was 38 at Columbus on Oct. 15.
