A familiar problem plagued the Florida Panthers once again on Thursday night, and it cost them dearly. Florida once again struggled to stay out of the penalty box, this time doing it against a Detroit Red Wings team that has been on fire when given a man advantage.

Rodrigues scored a goal on three shots and added four PIM in Thursday's 5-2 loss to the Red Wings. Rodrigues has two goals and an assist over his last four outings. Despite that production, he's been sliding down the lineup,

With the Panthers getting into penalty trouble in the second period, the Red Wings made them pay a second time when Dylan Larkin went to the crease and re-directed a tape-to-tape centering feed from Patrick Kane through traffic into the cage to make it 2-1 at 7:52.

The Detroit Red Wings opened their four-game road trip with a 5-2 win over the defending Stanley Cup champs, thanks to three power play goals Thursday.

The Red Wings (21-19-4) bounced back strong from Tuesday’s 6-3 loss to San Jose, which snapped their seven-game winning streak, in the first stop of a challenging four-game trip. Florida (26-17-3) was 12-0-1 in its past 13 games against the Red Wings.

Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper.

Anton Lundell and Evan Rodrigues scored for Florida ... Florida was 12-0-1 in its previous 13 games against Detroit. Red Wings: Detroit's power play has been stellar over the last 10 games ...

Detroit's power play keeps dazzling, the Red Wings absorb a championship quality punch, and other observations from a 5–2 win over the Florida Panthers

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Thursday night. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper. Cam Talbot stopped 40 shots for the Red Wings, who have won eight of their last nine games.

SUNRISE — On Thursday night, the Detroit ... 2-1, Evan Rodrigues tied it. Florida went into the third down 4-2 and did not tie the score again. Cam Talbot ended with 41 saves for the Wings.

Anton Lundell and Evan Rodrigues scored for Florida ... Florida was 12-0-1 in its previous 13 games against Detroit. Red Wings: Detroit's power play has been stellar over the last 10 games ...

Cam Talbot made 41 saves and the Detroit Red Wings scored three power-play goals in a 5-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night in Sunrise, Fla.