SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Spencer Knight made 34 saves for his second shutout of the season and the Florida Panthers beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-0 on Saturday night to open a home-and-home set.

Jesper Boqvist, Anton Lundell and Gustav Forsling scored. Boqvist opened the scoring midway through the second period with his career-high 11th of the season. Lundell scored in the third, and Forsling added an empty-netter.

The Ducks dropped their third straight to finish 1-4-1 on their six-game trip. John Gibson stopped 42 shots.

Florida scoring leader Sam Reinhart received a game misconduct for a kneeing major against Isac Lundestrom in the first.

Takeaways

Spencer Knight makes 34 saves, Panthers beat Ducks 3-0 to open home-and-home set | iNFOnews.ca — Florida Panthers center Anton Lundell (15) celebrates with teammates after scoring a clutch third-period goal against the Anaheim Ducks during an NHL hockey game Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)

Ducks: Entered averaging am NHL-worst 2.42 goals per game and were shut out three times during their trip.

Panthers: It was just the fifth shutout of Knight’s career. His last shutout was a 6-0 win over Carolina on Nov. 30. Knight came in Thursday in a loss to Detroit after Sergei Bobrovsky was pulled.

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Reinhart was assessed a major penalty and game misconduct with 4:34 left in the first for kneeing Lundestrom, who had to be helped off the ice and to the dressing room.

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