Chicago Blackhawks at Florida Panthers

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Chicago Blackhawks

16-31-5

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Florida Panthers

31-19-3

Reinhart scores 30th, Maurice wins 900th as Panthers top Blackhawks after Slaggert's 7-second goal

Ref gives Ryan Donato a boost after his skate blade falls off

Carter Verhaeghe, Evan Rodrigues and Jonah Gadjovich also scored for Florida, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 24 shots. Aleksander Barkov had two assists for the Panthers, who ensured they would remain atop the Atlantic Division.

The win was the 900th regular-season victory as a coach for Florida's Paul Maurice, who is the fourth to hit that milestone. The others: Scotty Bowman (1,244), Joel Quenneville (969) and Barry Trotz (914).

Chicago got the fastest goal in franchise history for a quick 1-0 lead, with Landon Slaggert scoring just seven seconds into the contest. Petr Mrazek stopped 39 shots for the Blackhawks, who are 2-6-3 in their last 11 games.

Takeaways Blackhawks: Chicago fell to 0-23-2 this season when allowing at least four goals, 0-27-3 in its last 30 such games dating to last season. But Mrazek was, at times, sensational on Saturday — especially in a first-period barrage.

Panthers: Reinhart is the second player to have four 30-goal seasons for Florida, with Olli Jokinen being the other. Reinhart is the first to do it in four consecutive seasons with the Panthers.

Key moment Rodrigues scored 10 seconds into the third period for a 4-1 lead, pretty much ending any Chicago comeback hopes.

Key stat After Chicago's goal at the :07 mark of the first period, Florida took 20 of the game's next 21 shots on net.

Up next Chicago is off until a home game with Edmonton on Wednesday. Florida plays the second half of a home back-to-back against the New York Islanders on Sunday.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 0:07	Landon Slaggert Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Ryan Donato (15)
Goal	1st Period 5:28	Jonah Gadjovich Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: A.J. Greer (8), Niko Mikkola (13)
Goal	1st Period 10:19	Sam Reinhart Goal (30) Wrist Shot, assists: Aleksander Barkov (31), Aaron Ekblad (21)
Goal	2nd Period 16:29	Matthew Tkachuk Goal (17) Tip-In, assists: Sam Reinhart (26), Carter Verhaeghe (25)
Goal	3rd Period 0:10	Evan Rodrigues Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: Anton Lundell (22)
Goal	3rd Period 9:37	Carter Verhaeghe Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Sam Reinhart (27), Aleksander Barkov (32)

Statistics

CHI		FLA
19	Blocked Shots	6
15	Hits	31
5	Takeaways	3
25	Shots	44
0	Power Play Goals	1
3	Power Play Opportunities	6
0.0	Power Play Percentage	16.7
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
35	Faceoffs Won	36
49.3	Faceoff Win Percent	50.7
10	Giveaways	7
5	Total Penalties	4
12	Penalty Minutes	8

Florida Panthers Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Anton Lundell, C	Day-To-Day	Mar 21
Mackie Samoskevich, RW	Day-To-Day	Mar 21
Uvis Balinskis, D	Day-To-Day	Mar 21
Sam Reinhart, C	Day-To-Day	Mar 21
Niko Mikkola, D	Out	Mar 20