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Recap: Florida vs. Pittsburgh

Sports Network | January 3, 2010

Sunrise, FL (Sports Network) - Radek Dvorak recorded a hat trick and Tomas Vokoun made 48 saves, as the Florida Panthers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins, 6-2, at BankAtlantic Center.

Jordan Leopold, Rostislav Olesz and Steven Reinprecht also scored for the Panthers, who snapped a three-game losing streak.

Sidney Crosby and Tyler Kennedy lit the lamp for Pittsburgh, which has dropped five consecutive games and six of seven overall -- all in regulation. Marc- Andre Fleury surrendered five goals on 34 shots in defeat.

Pittsburgh raced out to a 2-0 lead in the first period, but the Panthers got on the board when Leopold's one-timer from the point slid underneath the left pad of Fleury with 1:03 remaining in the opening frame.

Dvorak and Olesz scored 62 seconds apart late in the middle stanza for a 3-2 Florida edge.

Reinprecht gave the Panthers a two-goal edge at the 8:11 mark of the third period, then Dvorak netted his second of the game with 6:52 remaining. He completed the trifecta with an empty-net tally in the waning moments of regulation.

It was Dvorak's third career hat trick...Nathan Horton, Michael Frolik and Gregory Campbell each had two assists in the win for Florida...Penguins left winger Matt Cooke appeared in his 700th NHL game...Florida opens a three-game road trip Tuesday in Toronto...Pittsburgh returns home to welcome the Thrashers on Tuesday.