Mason Appleton scored a pair of goals and the host Detroit Red Wings won their third straight by downing the Florida Panthers 4-1 on Wednesday.

Patrick Kane and Michael Rasmussen had the other Red Wings goals, while Dylan Larkin and Alex DeBrincat added two assists apiece. Cam Talbot made 20 saves.

Brad Marchand scored for Florida and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 21 of 23 shots. Florida is 0-2-0 on its five-game road trip.

Lucas Raymond, who led the Red Wings in points last season and scored two goals against Toronto on Saturday, missed the contest due to an upper-body injury.

The Panthers announced on Wednesday that defenseman Dmitry Kulikov will miss five months after undergoing surgery following an upper-body injury.

The teams had an equal number of shots on goal in the first period --

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