Matthew Tkachuk scored two goals in his fourth straight multi-point game, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots in his return to the lineup and the Florida Panthers defeated the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on Saturday night.

It’s the fourth time Tkachuk has scored multiple points in four straight games, his second such streak since joining the Panthers.

Aleksander Barkov also scored for Florida, which is 5-0-1 in its last six games. Bobrovsky was back after missing the Panthers’ two-game trip earlier in the week as he and his wife await the birth of a child.

The win was No. 408 of Bobrovsky’s career, breaking a tie with Glenn Hall for 11th in NHL history.

Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 50 shots for the Sharks, the third time in his career he made that many saves. Tyler Toffoli scored with 1:26 left for San Jose to end the shutout.

Sharks: San Jose probably couldn’t wait to get out of Florida. This visit to the Sunshine State – which began with an 8-1 loss at Tampa Bay on Thursday – marked the fifth time in team history that the Sharks had gone 0-2-0 in state.

Panthers: It was by far Florida’s highest shooting performance of the season. The Panthers finished the game with 53 shots; Their previous season high was 38 on Oct. 15 in Columbus.

San Jose’s Luke Kunin entered the game alone, shorthanded, with about eight minutes left. Bobrovsky easily parried on the glove side and defended the 3-0 lead.

Tkachuk scored five goals in October and November combined. In the first week of December alone he has five.

San Jose’s six-game road trip continues Tuesday at Carolina. The Panthers begin a five-game road trip Tuesday in Seattle; As part of the trip on December 16th, they will visit Edmonton in a rematch in the Stanley Cup Final.