Florida Panthers stay hot with 3-1 win over San Jose Sharks

Matthew Tkachuk scored twice for his fourth consecutive multi-point game, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots in his return to the lineup and the Florida Panthers beat the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on Saturday night.
It’s the fourth time Tkachuk has had multiple points in four straight games, his second such streak since joining the Panthers.
Aleksander Barkov also scored for Florida, which is 5-0-1 in its last six games. Bobrovsky was back after missing the Panthers’ two-game trip earlier in the week while he and his wife await the birth of a child.
The win was No. 408 of Bobrovsky’s career, breaking a tie with Glenn Hall for 11th-most in NHL history.
Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 50 shots for the Sharks, the third time in his career that he’s made that many saves. Tyler Toffoli scored with 1:26 left for San Jose to break up the shutout.
San Jose’s Luke Kunin went in alone, short-handed, with about eight minutes left. Bobrovsky made the save on the glove side with no problem, protecting a 3-0 lead.
Tkachuk had five goals in October and November combined. He has five in the first week of December alone.
San Jose’s six-game road trip continues at Carolina on Tuesday. The Panthers start a five-game road trip Tuesday in Seattle; they will visit Edmonton in a Stanley Cup Final rematch as part of the trip on Dec. 16.