SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jesper Boqvist scored twice in the third period and the Florida Panthers beat the Utah Hockey Club 4-1 on Wednesday night. Sam Reinhart and Eetu Luostarinen each had a goal for the reigning Stanley Cup champions. Matthew Tkachuk finished with two assists, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Jesper Boqvist scored twice for the Florida Panthers in a 4-1 win against the Utah Hockey Club at Delta Center on Wednesday. “Really complete effort there to close up the road trip, we played a full [60 minutes],” Boqvist said. “They had a lot of [power-play] chances, but we stuck with it, stayed with it, and got two points here."

Utah Hockey Club defenseman Mikhail Sergachev (98) and defenseman Juuso Valimaki (4) goes fight for the puck against Florida Panthers center Jesper Boqvist (70) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)

The Utah Hockey Club host the Florida Panthers on Wednesday after Matias Maccelli's two-goal game against the Dallas Stars in the Utah Hockey Club's 3-2 overtime loss.

“Everything,” the Florida Panthers captain said. Closing out their two-game trip by pocketing a pair of important points, the Panthers steadily built up their game in a 4-1 win over the Utah Hockey Club at Delta Center on Wednesday.

Empty-net goals by Boqvist and Eetu Luostarinen ended the Hockey Club’s comeback attempt and sent the Panthers back to South Florida with two points in the bank. On to the Bruins. Reinhart’s goal was his first in seven games. Boqvist now has five goals and eight points over his past eight games.

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Utah Hockey Club fans will get a treat when the defending Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers come to town for the first time in their organization’s history. It has been a challenging couple of weeks for the league’s newest team,

With the reigning champs coming to Salt Lake City for the first time, Utah's offensive opportunities were severely limited. Time was winding down and Utah faced a 2-1 deficit. Utah opted to pull its goalie with 2:15 left on the game clock,

Jesper Boqvist scored two goals and Sergei Bobrovsky made 27 saves in the Florida Panthers' 4-1 win over the Utah Hockey Club on Wednesday in Salt Lake City.

Jesper Boqvist scored two goals and Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves in the Florida Panthers' 4-1 win over the Utah Hockey Club on Wednesday in Salt Lake City.