HOMETOWN HERO SCORES

Tampere, Finland native Aleksander Barkov scored in front of his hometown fans as the Panthers defeated the Dallas Stars, 6-4, in the NHL Global Series. Barkov was the fourth player in NHL history to have a four-point game outside of North America. “For me to be able to come home to Finland and play here, especially in my hometown, bring my teammates here, drag my teammates here and then play and then, obviously, scoring the goal was an amazing, amazing feeling,” Barkov said. “So, I’m really happy.” The good times continued as Barkov collected an assist in a 4-2 win for the Cats over the Stars the next night.