Sam Reinhart's hat trick helps Panthers sail by Avalanche

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Sam Reinhart scored three goals to notch his seventh career hat trick, Carter Verhaeghe had two goals, and the Florida Panthers beat the Colorado Avalanche 8-4 in Denver on Saturday for their seventh straight win.

Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and two assists and Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Kevin Stenlund also scored goals for the Panthers. Aleksander Barkov had four assists i