Barkov had four shots, nine hits, two takeaways and eight faceoff wins on 11 chances to go with his 4 points on Wednesday.
SUNRISE, Fla. — got the puck by the Florida Panthers ’ bench with about 20 seconds left in the second period. Many NHL ers would have chipped it deep and been content to take a one-goal lead into the third period. But Barkov decided to make something out of nothing. Sensing the were tired, he sped down the left-wing boards, wiggled by defenders, wrapped himself around the net and set up two Grade A chances for reunited linemate that left with no choice but to freeze the puck with 11 seconds left.
At one point, after the second massive scrum that was triggered by and and nearly led to Pastrnak and Reinhart coming to blows, Maurice called the refs over to sarcastically ask if they could kick out some forwards because Barkov, who was sitting on the blue-line side of the bench, was itching for a blue-line shift. “I would love to be out there with him,” Forsling said. “He’d be a great D partner. It would be awesome, but I’m happy with Ekky .
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