Sceviour hat trick leads Panthers over Wings
DETROIT -- Center Colton Sceviour had three goals -- one at even strength, one on the power play and one shorthanded -- and an assist for his first career hat trick to lead the Florida Panthers to a 5-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings Sunday at Joe Louis Arena.
Forward Vincent Trocheck had a goal and an assist and forward Jonathan Marchessault also scored for Florida (4-4-1). Goalie James Reimer made 34 saves.
Forward Dylan Larkin and defenseman Brendan Smith scored for Detroit (6-4-0) and center Frans Nielsen had two assists. Goaltender Peter Mrazek stopped five shots before being replaced by netminder Jimmy Howard in the second period. Howard made 14 saves.
Florida scored three goals in the first period to take a 3-0 lead.
Sceviour scored twice within 23 seconds to make it 2-0.
He scored a power-play goal 6:09 into the game when he tipped in Trocheck's cross-crease pass. Sceviour then put in a loose puck from in front at 6:32. Marchessault made it 3-0, with 2:32 left in the first period, when he tipped in a cross-ice pass from Denis Malgin to complete a 2-on-1 rush. It was Marchessault's sixth goal.
Larkin's power-play goal put the Red Wings on the scoreboard 2:36 into the second period. He beat Reimer with a one-timer from the right circle. It was Larkin's third goal.
But Trocheck restored the three-goal margin 2:26 later on a snap shot from the inside edge of the left circle off the rush. It was Trocheck's fourth goal.
Mrazek was then replaced by Howard.
Sceviour completed his hat trick with a shorthanded goal with 3:35 left in the middle period. He put a loose puck into an empty net. It was his fifth goal this season, with four coming against Detroit.
Smith scored a power-play goal with 9:57 left. It was his first goal.
NOTE: Detroit LW Thomas Vanek, who missed his third game with a lower-body injury, has been downgraded from day-to-day to week-to-week. ... Both teams are playing the second of back-to-back games and were shut out on Saturday. Florida lost 3-0 at Buffalo in the afternoon and the Red Wings dropped a 1-0 decision to the Boston Bruins at Joe Louis Arena Saturday night. ... Panthers coach Gerard Gallant spent most of his NHL playing career with Detroit. ... Red Wings D Xavier Ouellet replaced D Ryan Sproul in the lineup. ... This is the second game between the teams this season. Florida won 4-1 at home on Oct. 15.