Panthers Wrap-Up: Panthers 3, Hurricanes 1
Theodore stops 26, Matthias nets two as Panthers finish out November with second most points in franchise history.
Tuesday, 11.29.2011 / 10:31 PM
/ Wrap Up
By Glenn Odebralski
- FloridaPanthers.com
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 Tomas Fleischmann also scored and Matthias added an empty-netter for the Southeast Division-leading Panthers. Jose Theodore made 26 saves. FULL RECAP |
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 - Head coach Kevin Dineen |
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 2. Special Teams Sparkles: Both Panthers specialty units were on par Tuesday night in Carolina. The penalty kill unit had to be counted on more as the Panthers took five minors. Despite those opportunities, Florida's four-man units killed off all 8:58 of man advantage time as they played a smoldering system. They limited Carolina to just four shots on their opportunities. Not to be outdone, the Panthers power play unit found success on their first power play chance as Tomas Fleischmann scored on a rip of a shot 13 seconds into a Patrick Dwyer boarding penalty. Florida finished with just two power play chances for 1:21 (penalty wiped out their other chance early). The only downside was that Jack Skille, held on a breakaway, was denied on his penalty shot in the third period. 3. Role Players Chip In: The Panthers top line got the team's first goal of the game but it was the role players that were the most effective. The line of Tomas Kopecky, Shawn Matthias and Sean Bergenheim might have had the team's best chances on the night and capitalized on two of them as Matthias netted the game-winner from just outside the blue paint and then hustled to create a turnover and race down the ice to score the empty netter. Kopecky had his chances, including a great chance on a shorthanded mini-breakaway and Bergenheim has a nice chance on a rush as well. Skille and Mike Santorelli also had their chances and the bottom nine played a great defensive game against a team that was looking to impress their new bench boss, former Panther Kirk Muller. |
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 Memorable twitter posts from the game.
@34inXXIII: Love that the @FlaPanthers hold the largest division lead in the NHL right now thanks to great play on the road. #WeSeeRed |
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 Memorable fan posts from the game.
Dave G.: Awesome win!! That's what happens when we get secondary scoring!! Marco Astro: Panthers wiiiiiiiiin... finally some secondary production. What an important victory puts us 5 up in the division. I see RED all the way from germany ;) Jeff Main: I still think Matthias should be on the 2nd line, he came to us highly touted from Detroit and I personally think Florida is not using him to his full potential Carol Campbell: Matthias is my hero tonight....Theodore was awesome. Mått Nicolaïdis: Wow. Theodore is playing like he did his first couple of years in Montreal. Glad the man's finally found his zen in Miami. |
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 2. It seemed like Florida had a lot of chances in the opening period but the statistic showed otherwise as they had just two shots on net. Florida had another two missed shots while Carolina blocked three more attempted shots. 3. Shawn Matthias scored the final two goals of the game, the game-winner and the insurance empty netter. Matthias has scored three of the last four goals for the Panthers going back to Saturday's game in Tampa Bay. 13. Getting their first power play of the night, the Panthers made good on it and they did it quickly as Tomas Fleischmann ripped a shot top shelf that beat Cam Ward just 13 seconds into the man advantage. 17. With the win, Florida earned their second highest point total for the month of November in franchise history. The Panthers 17 points (7-3-3) trails the November from the 1995-96 season (10-2-1; 21 points) and one more than the November from 1996-97 (7-3-2; 16 points). 64. The Panthers first lead of the night was shortlived as Carolina's Jeff Skinner followed up on his own rebound 64 seconds after Fleischmann's rip in the second period. 100. Carolina had their chances thanks to five Panthers penalties, but the penalty kill unit came up big in keeping them off the scoreboard, despite the 8:58 of man advantage time. |
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27 Shots, 26 Saves, .963 SV%
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Author: Glenn Odebralski | FloridaPanthers.com
