Panthers shut out Red Wings for 10th win in 11 games

DETROIT -- Brandon Montour had a goal and two assists to help the Florida Panthers to a 4-0 win against the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday.

"This is the start of a road trip and that's a good team over there," Montour said. "There's a chance we might see them again come playoff time, so we wanted to bring a good effort."

Evan Rodrigues and Aleksander Barkov each had a goal and an assist, and Anton Lundell had two assists for Florida (41-16-4), which has won four straight and 10 of 11.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 21 saves for his second shutout of the season in Detroit. He made 22 saves in a 2-0 win here on Nov. 2.

It was also the 10th straight start he has allowed two goals or fewer.

"[Bobrovsky] is incredible," Rodrigues said. "It's nice because your defense can be aggressive and your forwards can be aggressive. If you make a mistake, you know he's back there to bail you out."

Alex Lyon made 33 saves for Detroit (33-22-6), which has lost two in a row after a six-game winning streak.

"If we want to stay in this (playoff) battle, we have to keep getting points when we are on a roll. We did that with the six-game streak," Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said. "But the biggest thing is to stop these momentum slides. We're in a little hole now going to Colorado (on Wednesday)."

Florida killed two penalties early in the second period before Montour made it 1-0 at 8:50. He knocked in a rebound for his fourth goal in seven games.

"The two kills at the start of the second was probably the most important thing in the game," Panthers coach Paul Maurice said.

Sam Reinhart made it 2-0 at 13:06, scoring from the slot on a power play. It was his 42nd goal of the season, tying Carter Verhaeghe (2022-23) for the third-most in a season in Panthers history.

"I think the special teams were a huge part of the game," Lalonde said. "We had a couple of looks on our power play but didn't score. They scored on the next shift, and then they got one with two seconds left on their power play. Now you are down 2-0 and trying to come back against that team."

Bobrovsky stopped Patrick Kane on a breakaway with 3:49 left in the second period to keep the game 2-0.

"His hands are so quick, and he made a [heck] of a move," Bobrovsky said. "I got lucky to get my pad on it."

Rodrigues increased the lead to 3-0 at 4:39 of the third period, beating Lyon from the top of the right face-off circle.

Barkov made it 4-0 with a power-play goal at 13:02.

The Red Wings were 0-for-5 on the power play. The Panthers were 2-for-5.

"I think we lost our heads a little bit during some of the scrums," Red Wings forward Andrew Copp said. "We got the extra (penalty) almost every time, and you can't do that against a team like the Panthers."

NOTES: The Panthers have earned a point in 12 straight games against the Red Wings (11-0-1) and are 13-2-0 at Little Caesars Arena. … Bobrovsky won his 30th game of the season, the seventh time he has reached the mark. The only other active goalie with at least that many is Marc-Andre Fleury (nine). ... Kane had his 10-game point streak end (six goals, nine assists).