Detroit Red Wings defeat Florida Panthers after Faulk, Brandsegg-Nygård score early in 3rd

Justin Faulk and Michael Brandsegg-Nyg rd scored 45 seconds apart early in the third period, goalie Daniil Tarasov defeated his former team and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-3 on Monday night.Faulk had a power-play tally to put Detroit up 3-2 at 2:08 of the third, and Brandsegg-Nyg rd lifted one over the glove of Florida goalie Jacob Markstrom from deep in the slot to give the Red Wings a two-goal edge.Carter Mazur got his first NHL goal for Detroit to open the scoring, Alex DeBrincat got his seventh of the season for the Red Wings and Emmitt Finnie sealed it on an empty-netter for three seconds left. Tarasov, who spent last season backing up Sergei Bobrovsky with the Panthers, stopped 23 shots for Detroit.Aaron Ekblad scored his first goal of the season and the third short-handed goal of his 13-year career for Florida, while Sam Reinhart scored his eighth of the year for the Panthers. Markstrom made 24 saves in his first game since Oct. 17.Florida saw i