The Detroit Red Wings began one of their most important stretches of the season with a huge victory over the Florida Panthers. Starting a four-game road trip wh

Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Thursday night. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper. Cam Talbot stopped 40 shots for the Red Wings, who have won eight of their last nine games.

The Detroit Red Wings, in their brief time under coach Todd McLellan, have shown the ability to rebound from bad performances, not that they’ve had many. The Red Wings scored three power-play goals Thursday and defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers 5-2 at Amerant Bank Arena as Cam Talbot made 41 saves.

Larkin lights the lamp twice and picks up an assist for Detroit, which has scored multiple power-play goals in six of its last eight games