Bedard scores in 3rd straight game, Blackhawks defeat Panthers

Ekman-Larsson cut it to 4-1 on a power play at 6:33 of the third period, scoring on a wrist shot from just inside the blue line.

Tkachuk brought Florida to within 4-2 at 12:29, poking in the rebound of a shot by Carter Verhaeghe. It was Tkachuk's 500th NHL point (194 goals, 306 assists).

“It doesn’t mean much today, to be quite honest,” he said. “I’ve played with a lot of great players, so I’m lucky. They took it to us right away. When you give up three goals and then a fourth, it’s too hard to come back from. But we were close and had some chances. When you’re behind 3- or 4-0, you’re putting yourself in a terrible spot.”

Kurashev scored into an empty net at 19:50 for the 5-2 final.

“Definitely our first period was great,” Kurashev said. “Second, they kind of took the momentum, but Petr played an amazing game, and he kept us in it. We tried our best to weather the storm and we did a good job.”

NOTES: Bedard (18 years, 110 days) became the youngest player in Blackhawks history with a three-game goal streak, breaking the record held by Jeremy Roenick (19 years, 31 days on Feb. 17, 1989). … Defenseman Jarred Tinordi had nine of Chicago's 29 blocked shots. …The Panthers had a four-game point streak end (3-0-1).