The Florida Panthers defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-0 on Saturday night to begin a home-and-home series, and Spencer Knight recorded 34 saves for his second shutout of the season.
Gustav Forsling, Anton Lundell, and Jesper Boqvist all scored. Boqvist scored his career-high 11th goal of the season halfway through the second period to take the lead. Forsling added an empty-netter, and Lundell scored in the third.
The Ducks ended their six-game journey 1-4-1 after dropping their third straight game. Forty-two shots were stopped by John Gibson.
Sam Reinhart, the leading scorer for Florida, was given a game misconduct for kneeing Isaac Lundestrom in the first.
Takeaways
Ducks: Started the trip with an NHL-worst average of 2.42 goals per game and were shut out three times.
Panthers: Knight only recorded his fifth shutout in his career. On November 30, he defeated Carolina 6-0 and recorded his most recent shutout. After Sergei Bobrovsky was withdrawn during Thursday’s loss to Detroit, Knight entered the game.
Key moment
With 4:34 remaining in the first, Reinhart was given a major penalty and game misconduct for kneeing Lundestrom, who needed assistance getting off the ice and into the dressing room.
Key stat
Both teams struggled, going 0 for 2 on the power play.
Up next
The teams will play one other again in Anaheim on Tuesday night.