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Recap - Panthers Defeat Minnesota 6-2

Mason Marchment sniped 3 goals in leading Florida to a 6-2 win over Minnesota on Friday at Xcel Energy Center.

Florida was favored by -127 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 7.0.

Mason Marchment(3), Carter Verhaeghe, Anthony Duclair, and Aaron Ekblad each scored for the Panthers in the victory. Marchment opened the scoring for Florida.

Sergei Bobrovsky turned in a 24-save effort for the Panthers.

Minnesota got goals from Mats Zuccarello, and Kirill Kaprizov in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Minnesota got a 28-stop effort from Cam Talbot in the loss.

On the power play, Florida went 1-for-3, while the Wild were 2-for-5 with the man advantage.

Florida outshot Minnesota 34-26 in the game.

Next game, Florida takes its act on the road to face Chicago looking for another win. For Minnesota, they head on the road to face Edmonton.