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During a scoreless first period, Vitek Vanecek came up with two big stops for the Panthers. After gobbling up a dangerous re-direct from Patrick Kane at 12:14, the veteran goaltender denied Lucas Raymond on a point-blank shot from the doorstep on the penalty kill later on.

The Panthers were without Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Reinhart and Sam Bennett — arguably their best four forwards — and defensemen Aaron Ekblad (suspension) and Gustav Forsling.

The Red Wings are starting to build some momentum at the right time of the season. Following a hard-fought 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins last weekend, Detroit suffered a loss to

The Detroit Red Wings completed an important sweep of their final multi-game homestand of the 2024-25 regular season with a 2-1 victory over the Florida Panthers at Little Caesars Arena on Sunday night and have now pointed in four consecutive contests as they continue to keep pace in the race for the Eastern Conference’s second Wild-Card spot.