Matthew Tkachuk handed out four assists Tuesday night in Winnipeg, and the Panthers left town with a 5-1 win.
His younger brother wasn't far behind. Brady chipped in a goal and two assists, and Winnipeg had no answer for either of them.
Add it up and the brothers now sit at 35 combined points through 13 games. Florida's offense runs straight through that family right now.
Matthew is at 20 points, and 16 of them are assists.
Ten of those helpers came on the power play. Strip him off the first unit and Florida's man advantage looks like a group chat with nobody replying.
Brady, meanwhile, is doing the finishing. His eight goals tie Carter Verhaeghe for the team lead, and three of them have come with the extra man.
Special teams decided this one early. Verhaeghe scored twice on the power play, Sam Reinhart added another, and both brothers picked up a pair of power-play assists.
Jets drag a six-game skid into Friday's rematch in Florida
Winnipeg has now dropped six straight. The Jets sit 4-5-3 and 26th overall, which is a long way from where anyone in that locker room expected to be.
Their only goal Tuesday came shorthanded off the stick of Adam Lowry. Clay Stevenson faced 24 shots and gave up five of them.
And the schedule offers no mercy. Scott Arniel's group plays in Tampa on Thursday, then flies straight into a rematch with Florida on Friday.
Back-to-back, on the road, against the team that just ran you out of your own building? Good luck selling that to the bench.
On the other side, Akira Schmid stopped 24 of 25. He's carrying the crease with Jacob Markstrom on injured reserve until at least Nov 4.
Seth Jones quietly had a monster night of his own. The blue liner logged 25:02 and added three assists, two of them on the power play.
Niko Mikkola scored the winner. Florida is 7-4-2 and has won two straight, sitting third in its division.
But here's the part Paul Maurice can't love. Aleksander Barkov is out until at least Nov 27, and Brad Marchand won't be back before Nov 21.
That leaves the Panthers leaning on two forwards to drive almost everything. It's a bad long-term plan, and everyone in the building knows it.
Anton Lundell is the warning sign. He's gone five games without a point and sits at minus-5 on the season.
Florida has also played 10 of its first 13 games on the road, going 5-3-2 away from home. The homestand finally starts Friday.
Winnipeg walks in on a back-to-back and desperate. The Tkachuks walk in rolling. Somebody's streak breaks first.
Can the Panthers survive until Barkov returns by leaning this hard on the Tkachuk brothers?
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