Florida captain Aleksander Barkov scored a goal and three assists in his hometown return, Sam Reinhart scored two goals and the Panthers defeated the Dallas Stars 6-4 on Friday night.

The Finnish players put on a show. Barkov had four points, Anton Lundell had a goal and Niko Mikkola had an assist for Florida, while Esa Lindell had a goal and an assist for the Stars. All seven Finns in the squad started the game.

Aaron Ekblad had three assists for Florida, which earned its fourth straight victory. Evan Rodrigues and Mackie Samoskevich also scored for the Panthers, who got 32 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky.

Tyler Seguin, Mavrik Bourque and Jamie Benn scored for the Stars. Matt Duchene and Ilya Lyubushkin each had two assists and Jake Oettinger stopped 22 shots.

Panthers: Florida’s players arrived in robes and sandals, a nod to Finland’s love of the sauna. The personalized robes were a gift from Bill Zito, the Panthers’ president of hockey operations and general manager.

Stars: Dallas conceded a goal to Rodrigues 28 seconds into the game and the defense never calmed down. The six goals allowed tied the NHL record for a game outside North America; Columbus gave six players to Colorado on November 4, 2022 in Tampere.

Barkov became the sixth European player to score in his hometown during a regular season game outside North America, joining Patrik Laine (Tampere), Tomas Hertl (Prague), Niklas Kronwall (Stockholm), Fredrik Claesson (Stockholm) and Johnny Oduya. Stockholm).

Reinhart – now with nine goals this season – scored his third shorthanded goal; This season, 11 teams played Friday without one. Since the start of last season, Reinhart is the NHL’s all-time leader in power play goals (29) and shorthanded goals (eight).

The teams will meet again in Tampere on Saturday. It will be considered a home game in Florida.