TAMPERE, Finland — The Florida Panthers and Dallas Stars didn’t keep Finnish fans waiting long to see their country’s players take the ice on Friday.

They all started.

Florida had its four Finns (Tampere native Aleksander Barkov, Eetu Luostarinen, Niko Mikkola and Anton Lundell) all on the ice together to start the game. Dallas did the same, sending its three Finnish players: Miro Heiskanen, Roope Hintz and Esa Lindell for the first shift.

And Barkov got the scoring party started early, with an assist on Evan Rodrigues’ opening goal 28 seconds into the game, and then a goal of his own later in the first period. It was Barkov’s first NHL goal in Finland; He played two more games there with the Panthers in 2018.

Lundell scored later in the first period for Florida.

The Panthers have the most Finnish players in the NHL this season. Dallas’ three are tied for second in the league.

The teams will play again on Saturday in Tampere. Friday was a “home” game for Dallas, and Florida will count as the home team on Saturday.