By Canadian Press

Ekman-Larsson scores again as Panthers beat Ducks 2-1 to keep up strong November

Nov 17, 2023 | 10:54 PM

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored his second goal in the last four games, Anton Lundell had two assists and the Florida Panthers continued their hot November with a 2-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night.

Eetu Luostarinen also scored for the Panthers, who have won seven of their nine games in November. Anthony Stolarz stopped 33 shots for the Panthers.

Frank Vatrano put in his team-leading 12th goal for Anaheim. John Gibson, who was in net for his 441st game with the Ducks and tied Guy Herbet for second-most in franchise history, made 31 saves.

JETS 3, SABRES 2

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Mason Appleton and Nikolaj Ehlers also scored for the Sabres, and Nino Niederreiter and Vladislav Namestnikov each had two assists. Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves.

Alex Tuch and JJ Peterka scored for the Sabres, who have lost three straight. Eric Comrie, making his first return to action since suffering a lower-body injury on Oct. 27, stopped 15 shots.

MAPLE LEAFS 3, RED WINGS 2

STOCKHOLM (AP) — John Tavares scored the go-ahead goal and Toronto rallied from two goals down to beat Detroit as the NHL’s Global Series continued in the Swedish capital.

William Nylander scored the tying goal and Tyler Bertuzzi also scored for the Maple Leafs, who trailed 2-0 after two periods. Ilya Samsonov stopped 27 shots as Toronto, playing outside North America fr the first time, won its third straight.

Nylander also had two assists and extended his franchise-record season-opening point streak to 16 games.

Daniel Sprong scored on a penalty shot midway through the second period and Lucas Raymond of Sweden scored less than two minutes later for the Red Wings, who fell to 1-2-2 in their last five.

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