Panthers Wrap-Up: Panthers 2, Islanders 0
Weiss, Garrison score while Theodore turns aside 27 shots in Dineen's first game behind the bench.
Saturday, 10.08.2011 / 11:39 PM
/ Wrap Up
By Glenn Odebralski
- FloridaPanthers.com
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 Stephen Weiss and Jason Garrison scored and Jose Theodore made 27 saves to lead the Panthers to a 2-0 win over the Islanders on Saturday night. Brian Campbell added two assists as the Panthers won in Kevin Dineen's first game as an NHL head coach. Theodore's shutout was the 31st of his career. FULL RECAP |
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 - Panthers head coach on his first game as head coach of the Panthers (on Fox Sports Florida) |
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 2. Theodore's Strong Start: After a rocky pre-season (12 goals allowed in two games), it was great to see Jose Theodore start the season off right in turning away all 27 shots in pitching the shutout. With Clemmensen down for the forseeable future, the Panthers will rely on Theodore heavily to begin the season and he couldn't have started it off any better. Granted he was helped out by a strong defensive effort that helped limit the Islanders shots to one and done the majority of the time, he looked very comfortable between the pipes. 3. Power Play Looks Improved: While they scored just once on five opportunities, the Panthers power play units looked vastly improved from last season as the Panthers moved the puck with tape-to-tape passes and kept the pressure on the Islanders in the offensive zone. The Panthers goal came off some nice passing along the blue line before Garrison deposited the puck into the back of the net with a blast. |
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 Memorable twitter posts from the game.
@TheRatTrick: Winning makes everything better"@rinkside: Great night for the #FlaPanthers org. Cats win. @sarampage win. @CincyCyclones win."ad coach of the Panthers (on Fox Sports Florida) @hockeyislife60: Shutout in the first game of the season. BOOM. I believe in 60 forever & always. #weseered #FLApanthers @puckmaster35: #FlaPanthers looking good!!!! I highly suggest to all my twitter followers that u go to their games this season!!!! @tonyfigcis: Great win @FlaPanthers nice to see the #flapanthers #winning on the road and starting season on the right foot (paw?). |
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 Memorable fan posts from the game.
Matt Ragovin: our defense looks very good so far and i like how Dineen used everyone on the bench Hockey Puck: This is the beginning!!! Gregory Cordero: they really looked impressive tonight. Great goaltending by Theodore! Paolo Torres: this is a new era for the panthers indeed.. winning will be a constant... they are a solid team all around Alejandro Hernandez: Pantheeeeeeeeeeeeeeers wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin,good job guys!!!! |
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 4. Three different Panthers finished tied for the team lead in shots with four each. Weiss (goal), David Booth and Sean Bergenheim all recorded four shots. Garrison (goal) and Jack Skille were each one shot back with three. 5. Five different skaters recorded point for the Panthers against the Islanders, including Campbell (two assists), Tomas Fleischmann and Kris Versteeg all picking up their first points as Panthers. 30:04. If it looked like Campbell was all over the ice Saturday night, it's because he was as he finished with a game-high 30:04 of ice time. The next closest player? New York's Mark Streit who at 24:58 was 5:06 less than Campbell. Garrison, the Panthers closest player finished with 24:39 of ice time (5:25 less). 80. Weiss finished with an impressive 80% winning percentage on face-offs in the offensive zone as he went 8-10. Overall, Weiss had a great start as he won 13 of 22 face-offs for a 59% winning percentage. |
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0 G, 2 A, 2 PTS, 0 PIM
30:14 TOI, 2 SHOT |
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