Ryan Donato won the opening faceoff, then played the puck into the Florida zone. Slaggert — getting his second goal in just his third game of the season — skated past two Panthers defenders, collected the puck and beat Florida goalie Sergei Bobrovsky with a backhander.

Former Notre Dame hockey player Landon Slaggert has the record for fastest goal in Chicago Blackhawks history.

Slaggert scored seven seconds into Chicago’s game at the Panthers Saturday afternoon — the fastest goal to start a game ever for the Blackhawks, according to the NHL record book.

Slaggert made a high-effort play to force a breakaway off the opening face-off and he beat Sergei Bobrovsky five-hole. This is confirmed to be the fastest goal in Chicago Blackhawks history.

Landon Slaggert’s offensive game isn’t all that nuanced. To the Chicago Blackhawks forward, scoring goals is pretty much black-and-white. Or, better yet, blue. “Just getting to the blue paint,” he said hours before he was set to make his NHL season debut Tuesday against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Sam Reinhart got his 30th goal of the season and added two assists, Matthew Tkachuk scored for the third time in the last four games and the Florida Panthers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1.

Landon Slaggert set a new team record for fastest goal, but the Chicago Blackhawks defense caved almost as quickly.

Landon Slaggert got himself a piece of Blackhawks history, scoring seven seconds into Chicago's game at the Panthers on Saturday. It was the fastest goal to start a game ever for the Blackhawks, according to the NHL record book.