CHICAGO, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Lyle Odelein, Phil Housley and Kyle Calder scored second-period goals Thursday night, leading the Chicago Blackhawks to 4-1 victory over the Florida Panthers.
Roberto Luongo kept Florida in the game in the first period, during which when the Panthers were outshot, 17-4, and killed six power plays.
But the Blackhawks finally broke through on Odelein's goal 3:41 into the second and continued to dominate thereafter. Chicago has won both of its games at the United Center this season after tying Detroit for the best home record in the NHL last season.
The Blackhawks posted their sixth straight victory over Florida, dating to the 1998-99 season.
Florida grabbed the lead when Kristian Huselius, making his season debut, scored the prettiest goal of the night 54 seconds into the second. He cut in from the left side, faked a shot, spun around a defender and slid the puck inside the left goalpost.
But Odelein beat Luongo with a wrist shot through traffic that tucked inside the left post just under three minutes later.
Housley put the Blackhawks ahead when he scored on a wraparound with 8:24 left in the period and Calder made it 3-1 on the power play when he batted the puck into the net with 3:11 remaining.
Mark Bell completed the scoring 84 seconds into the third period.
Luongo finished with 38 saves as the Blackhawks outshot the Panthers, 42-16. Jocelyn Thibault stopped 15 shots for Chicago.
