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Florida Skates Past Chicago 5-2 - Recap

Florida skated to a 5-2 victory over Chicago on Sunday in NHL action at United Center.

Florida was favored by -247 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.

Florida got goals from Aaron Ekblad, MacKenzie Weegar, Aleksander Barkov, Brandon Montour, and Anton Lundell in the victory. Ekblad opened the scoring at 16:33 of the first period.

Sergei Bobrovsky turned in a 22-save effort for the Panthers.

Chicago got goals from Caleb Jones, and Patrick Kane in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Chicago got a 20-stop effort from Marc-Andre Fleury in the loss.

Florida scored 0 times on 1 chances on the power play, while Chicago went 0-for-4 with the man advantage.

Chicago lost the shots on goal battle to Florida by a margin of 25-24.

Florida looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Predators. The Blackhawks will aim to get back on the winning track vs. New Jersey.