Detroit Red Wings center Dylan Larkin scored twice and tallied an assist during their victory over the Florida Panthers on Thursday evening. Larkin would score his first goal on the power-play in the second period on a tip-in.

TAMPA BAY -- Another Atlantic Division clash in the Sunshine State is up next for the Detroit Red Wings, who will go head-to-head with the Tampa Bay Lightning at AMALIE Arena on Saturday night.

Detroit Red Wings should be in the second period of their game Saturday at the Lightning when they'll be tracking Lions-Commanders playoff game.

The Eastern Conference foes emerged from the first period scoreless, but the Red Wings were outshot by the Flyers, 8-6. Philadelphia broke the ice 5:21 into the second period when Joel Farabee got Sean Couturier’s pass and put it in on his backhand from up close to make it 1-0.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — 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' four-game road swing got off to a strong start, but the momentum hasn't translated to the remainder of the trek as the team heads into Tuesday's trip to face the Philadelphia Flyers.

Larkin managed an assist and three shots on goal in Sunday's 4-1 loss to the Stars.

Seider was arguably the Red Wings' best player last night. In addition to leading the team in ice time and tied for most shots, he threw a whopping eight hits. Marco Kasper and Michael Rasmussen were the next highest with three each. The entire team threw 23 hits, with these three players recording 14 of those hits.

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While the Tampa Bay Lightning continue to move up the Eastern Conference standings, their captain Victor Hedman keeps checking off milestones.

The Tampa Bay Lightning edged the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 Thursday evening when Bolts forward Jake Guentzel scored the lone goal in sudden death. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy turned away shots by Anaheim forward Mason McTavish and Ducks leading scorer Troy Terry in the shootout to allow Tampa Bay to win its 24th game of the season,