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SUNRISE Chicago Blackhawks Hats Authentic , Fla. (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings were finally able to feel good about themselves.Gustav Nyquist scored 3:44 into overtime to lift the Red Wings to their first win of the season, 4-3 over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night.Dennis Cholowski and Dylan Larkin each had a goal and an assist, and Thomas Vanek also scored for the Red Wings, who were 0-5-2 in their first seven games. Jimmy Howard stopped 34 shots.The Red Wings were the only winless team coming into the game, as the Panthers recorded their first victory Friday night at Washington.“It’s great to come in here and see smiles after the game. We all needed this,” Howard said.On the winner, Nyquist grabbed a loose puck and his shot from the slot beat goalie Michael Hutchinson on the stick side.“Seven games and you’re looking for your first win, it’s not the position you want to be in, but finally we got that one and it feels nice Custom Chicago Blackhawks Jerseys ,” Nyquist said.Trailing 3-2, Florida’s Mike Hoffman tied the score with 1:16 left in the third as his shot from the left circle went between Howard’s pads.Nick Bjugstad and Keith Yandle each had a goal and an assist, and Aleksander Barkov recorded a pair of assists for the Panthers, who played into overtime for the fourth time in their six games. Hutchinson finished with 27 saves.The Panthers blew a 2-0 lead, allowing three goals in the second period.“Our second periods have to get better,” Panthers coach Bob Boughner said. “It’s hurt us all year. It hurt us again tonight.”Each of the Panthers’ six games have been decided by one goal.“Obviously we wanted to get the full two points here tonight in first back-to-back of the season,” Hoffman said. “One point is better than none.”Detroit took a 3-2 lead on Larkin’s goal in the second. Darren Helm passed to Larkin on the left side of the crease and Larkin poked it into the net at 7:50.Barkov was awarded a penalty shot when he was hooked from behind by Cholowski at 1:49 of the third but he was unsuccessful.Trailing 2-0, the Red Wings scored two power-play goals in 18 seconds in the second period. Cholowski took advantage of a 5-on-3 when he fired the puck from the point past Hutchinson at 5:47 to make the score 2-1.Vanek’s shot from the slot tied it at 6:05.The Panthers took a 1-0 lead after Yandle took a pass from Evgenii Dadonov in the high slot to the left circle and beat Howard glove side at 7:34 of the first.The Red Wings appeared to tie it when Michael Rasmussen tipped in the puck past Hutchinson. The Panthers challenged for goalie interference by Justin Abdelkader and the goal was disallowed.“We were down 2-0 in the first, got the goal called back. For a team that was fragile www.officialavalanche.com , we did a good job digging in,” coach Jeff Blashill said.The Panthers stretched their lead to 2-0 when Bjugstad grabbed the puck off the faceoff from Barkov and fired it past Howard with 3:50 remaining in the opening period.NOTES: Panthers D Mike Matheson returned from a two-game suspension for a hit on Vancouver rookie Elias Pettersson. … Red Wings D Jonathan Ericsson returned from IR and played his first game of the season. D Danny DeKeyser was placed on IR retroactive to Oct. 13.UP NEXTRed Wings: Host Carolina on Monday.Panthers: At the New York Rangers on Tuesday. BOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask returned to practice on Tuesday after taking a three-day leave of absence to attend to a personal matter.“This is a family and we are a family and we take care of each other when times are tough,” Rask said about the team he’s been with since 2006.The Bruins granted Rask the leave of absence on Friday. Rask acknowledged the matter was related to his family, but didn’t share details.“I have a job, my job is to be a hockey goalie for the Boston Bruins,” he said Tuesday. “And I also have another job title, that’s a family man, and this was a time that deep inside my heart I felt like I needed to take time to be with my family and make things right so I could be back here and focus on my job.”When asked if he felt unburdened after the time off, he said “yes” and added “resigning (or) quitting the job wasn’t” something he considered.The 31-year-old Rask is second on the Bruins’ all-time list in games played (457) and wins (242). He’s 12 games and 11 wins from passing Tiny Thompson for the franchise records. This season Colorado Avalanche T-Shirts Authentic , he’s struggled with a 4-4-0 record, .901 save percentage and 3.05 goals-against average.But he didn’t draw a line between his off-ice issues and what’s happened on the ice.“It hasn’t affected my job,” he said. “I’m not going to make excuses that I played good games or bad games because of my personal life. … Those are not easy decisions and things happen in people’s lives that you kind of do some soul searching and try to seek the best answer.”The Bruins won both games over the weekend. Goaltender Jaroslav Halak stopped 77 of 79 shots in a 5-1 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday and a 4-1 win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday. Boston is 10-5-2 and tied for second place in the Atlantic Division.The Bruins won’t rush Rask into game action. Coach Bruce Cassidy said Halak will start the next game on the road against the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday.Rask will start either Friday at the Dallas Stars or Saturday at the Arizona Coyotes.“He’s been here a long time, he’s a big part of the team, so it’s good to see him back,” Cassidy said. “Hopefully, the time away was what he needed to get squared away and he’s ready to get back to work. That’s kind of the approach we’re going to take with him and see how it plays out going forward.”