Brady Tkachuk has eight goals through 13 games, and the Panthers need every one of them with Aleksander Barkov on the shelf.
Florida rolled into Winnipeg on Tuesday night and left with a 5-1 win, the latest sign this group has found something.
Tkachuk came over in a major trade, and he's wasted no time making it look like a win for Bill Zito.
He has 15 points, nine of them on the power play.
Seth Jones has matched him with 15 points from the blue line.
Working the point, the veteran defenseman has nine power-play assists.
Carter Verhaeghe has five goals in five games, three on the power play
Carter Verhaeghe has five goals over his last five games.
Three of those came on the power play, and he already owns two game-winners this season.
Jones also sits at plus-2, which matters on a blue line where Aaron Ekblad has gone minus-6.
And all of this is happening without two of Florida's biggest names.
Barkov is on injured reserve with a lower-body injury, expected out until at least Nov. 27. Brad Marchand is out until at least Nov. 21 with a leg injury.
Matthew Tkachuk is still leading the way with 20 points, while Sam Reinhart has chipped in five power-play goals.
Putting both Tkachuks on the same roster was the right call, and it's not close.
Losing Barkov and Marchand and still scoring like this is like a band losing its lead singer and the drummer suddenly writing hits.
The crease is the bigger question. Akira Schmid sits at .885, with Jacob Markstrom on injured reserve.
Florida is 7-4-2, third in the Atlantic, and has gone 5-3-2 on the road.
Can this pace hold until the big names return?
Winnipeg gets a rematch Friday in Florida. After Tuesday, the Jets will look at this power play a lot differently.
Can the Panthers keep winning until Aleksander Barkov returns?
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