A familiar problem plagued the Florida Panthers once again on Thursday night, and it cost them dearly. Florida once again struggled to stay out of the penalty box, this time doing it against a Detroit Red Wings team that has been on fire when given a man advantage.

With the Panthers getting into penalty trouble in the second period, the Red Wings made them pay a second time when Dylan Larkin went to the crease and re-directed a tape-to-tape centering feed from Patrick Kane through traffic into the cage to make it 2-1 at 7:52.

The Red Wings (21-19-4) bounced back strong from Tuesday’s 6-3 loss to San Jose, which snapped their seven-game winning streak, in the first stop of a challenging four-game trip. Florida (26-17-3) was 12-0-1 in its past 13 games against the Red Wings.

Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper.

Anton Lundell and Evan Rodrigues scored for Florida ... Florida was 12-0-1 in its previous 13 games against Detroit. Red Wings: Detroit's power play has been stellar over the last 10 games ...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Thursday night. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper. Cam Talbot stopped 40 shots for the Red Wings, who have won eight of their last nine games.

Detroit's power play keeps dazzling, the Red Wings absorb a championship quality punch, and other observations from a 5–2 win over the Florida Panthers

A sizzling power play and a sagging defending Stanley Cup champion put the Detroit ... as the Wings got caught watching instead of defending on the next shift and allowed Evan Rodrigues to score.

Anton Lundell and Evan Rodrigues scored for Florida ... Florida was 12-0-1 in its previous 13 games against Detroit. Red Wings: Detroit's power play has been stellar over the last 10 games ...

Anton Lundell and Evan Rodrigues scored for Florida ... getting relieved by Spencer Knight. Red Wings: Detroit's power play has been stellar over the last 10 games, coinciding with Todd McLellan ...

Anton Lundell and Evan Rodrigues scored for Florida ... Florida was 12-0-1 in its previous 13 games against Detroit. Red Wings: Detroit's power play has been stellar over the last 10 games ...

Johansson has averaged 17:10 and posted an even plus-minus rating in 10 games under McLellan and assistant Trent Yawney, who coaches the defense. Prior to that, he averaged 13:02 and posted a minus-6 rating in 17 games while being shuffled in and out of the lineup.