SUNRISE — Brad Marchand broke a tie at 2:19 of the third interval and the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers beat Philadelphia 2-1 on Thursday evening to spoil Rick Tocchet’s Flyers teaching debut.
Marchand fired a wrist shot from the left boards previous goalie Dan Vladar and into the highest proper nook to assist the Panthers win their second straight at residence to open the season. Marchand missed an opportunity to pad the lead with 6 1/2 minutes left, sending a wrister over the crossbar on a breakaway.
Tocchet rejoined the Flyers through the offseason. The previous Philadelphia participant received Stanley Cups as an assistant in Pittsburgh and was a head coach in Tampa Bay, Arizona and, most just lately, Vancouver.
Anton Lundell additionally scored for injury-depleted Florida, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 19 photographs. Florida captain Aleksander Barkov is anticipated to overlook all the common season due to two torn knee ligaments, and Matthew Tkachuk might be out till December at the least whereas he recovers from a groin harm.
Noah Cates scored for Philadelphia. Vladar made 32 saves.
Lundell opened the scoring on an influence play at 5:29 of the second interval, beating Vladar with a wrist shot off a break. Cates tied it with 2:12 left within the interval, chipping a unfastened puck over Bobrovsky.
Florida opened Tuesday evening with a 3-2 victory over Chicago.
Up subsequent
Flyers: At Carolina on Saturday evening.
Panthers: Host Ottawa on Saturday evening.
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