With the Panthers getting into penalty trouble in the second period, the Red Wings made them pay a second time when Dylan Larkin went to the crease and re-directed a tape-to-tape centering feed from Patrick Kane through traffic into the cage to make it 2-1 at 7:52.

A sizzling power play and a sagging defending Stanley Cup champion put the Detroit Red Wings back ... didn't even last a minute, as the Wings got caught watching instead of defending on the next shift and allowed Evan Rodrigues to score.

A familiar problem plagued the Florida Panthers once again on Thursday night, and it cost them dearly. Florida once again struggled to stay out of the penalty box, this time doing it against a Detroit Red Wings team that has been on fire when given a man advantage.

Detroit's power play keeps dazzling, the Red Wings absorb a championship quality punch, and other observations from a 5–2 win over the Florida Panthers

The Red Wings (21-19-4) bounced back strong from Tuesday’s 6-3 loss to San Jose, which snapped their seven-game winning streak, in the first stop of a challenging four-game trip. Florida (26-17-3) was 12-0-1 in its past 13 games against the Red Wings.

Meanwhile, Anton Lundell and Evan Rodrigues replied for the Florida Panthers. So, here’s a look at the three most impressive Detroit Red Wings players from their win over the Florida Panthers ...

Anton Lundell and Evan Rodrigues scored for Florida ... getting relieved by Spencer Knight. Red Wings: Detroit's power play has been stellar over the last 10 games, coinciding with Todd McLellan ...

Rodrigues scored a goal on three shots and added four PIM in Thursday's 5-2 loss to the Red Wings. Rodrigues has two goals and an assist over his last four outings. Despite that production, he's been sliding down the lineup,

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. Anton Lundell and Evan Rodrigues scored for ...

A generation ago, it felt like the best hope a short guy had of thriving in the NHL was in the crease. Today, the dynamic has largely flipped. Ryan Dixon takes a look at each team's undersized players in this week's Power Rankings.

Cam Talbot stopped 28 shots for his second shutout of the season as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0.

Talbot makes 28 saves, gets second shutout of season as Detroit improves to 7-1-0 at Little Caesars Arena since Dec. 29