STAR TRIBUNE'S THREE STARS
Monday's Wild-Florida game recap
The Panthers had seven unsuccessful power plays.
1. Sergei Bobrovsky, Panthers: The goalie was sharp while turning aside 27 shots and three shootout attempts.
2. Filip Gustavsson, Wild: The goaltender was also locked in, picking up 33 saves.
3. Aleksander Barkov, Panthers: The captain had the decisive goal in the shootout.
BY THE NUMBERS
2 Goals or fewer allowed by Gustavsson in 15 of his 21 starts.
7 Unsuccessful power plays for the Panthers.
30 Goals by Kirill Kaprizov, who became only the third player in Wild history to reach that plateau in consecutive seasons.
Boston coach Jim Montgomery, who led the Bruins to the greatest regular season in NHL history but never got them past the second round of the playoffs, was fired Tuesday, a day after the below-.500 team lost to last-place Columbus to extend its losing streak to three games.