Panthers Wrap-Up: Senators 4, Panthers 3 (OT)
Down another forward, Panthers claw back on three separate occasions to garner a point in Ottawa.
Thursday, 12.22.2011 / 10:50 PM
/ Wrap Up
By Glenn Odebralski
- FloridaPanthers.com
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 Daniel Alfredsson scored his 399th goal and had two assists for Ottawa, which gave up leads of 1-0, 2-1, and 3-2. FULL RECAP |
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 - Head coach Kevin Dineen to the Miami Herald |
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 2. Scoring On The Man Advantage: In what was a closely contested affair, it was the team's power play units that did most of the damage. Ottawa didn't take long to get on the board on their first power play chance. Chris Neil deflected home a Erik Karlsson point shot just 14 seconds into a Shawn Matthias tripping penaly. After two missed opportunities earlier in the game, the Panthers used the five-minute charging call on Foligno (off the hit on Ellerby) to knot the game at one. Called up Wednesday, Michal Repik put home the double deflection off his skate for his first of the season with 1:24 left on the major penalty. It went to video review to determine if Repik had kicked the puck into the net but the goal was upheld. In the third, Ottawa used their second power play chance to regain the lead as Daniel Alfredsson scored off a miscomunication behind the Scott Clemmensen and the Panthers defense. Florida answered with their second power play goal of the game 1:27 later as Shawn Matthias beat Craig Anderson with a nice shot from the face-off circle. Florida finished 2-for-5 on the power play while Ottawa was a perfect 2-for-2. 3. Comeback Nets A Point: Ottawa didn't waste any time after Matthias' goal to retake the lead as Karlsson scored on a point shot the very next shift. With the Panthers running out of time and pressing for the equalizer, head coach Kevin Dineen decided to pull Clemmensen for the extra attacker. The moved paid off as Kris Versteeg got the puck on his stick near the goal line and found a crashing Tomas Kopecky. The Panthers forward outwaited Anderson for an opening and then slammed the puck to the back of the net with 1:12 remaining on the clock. It was the second game of the season against Ottawa that Florida tied the game in the last 90 seconds. This time, they netted a point as the score remained tied at three after 60 minutes of play. The Cats had a chance to win it in overtime but an attempted pass by Bobby Butler went in off of Brian Campbell just 2:02 into overtime. Three different times the Panthers were down and three different times they came back to tie it. It was a well deserved point for the visitors. |
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 Memorable twitter posts from the game.
@reillymoore: I would say the #FlaPanthers can't keep settling for 1 point, but they're in first place, so I won't. But I'm thinking it. And I'm right. |
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 Memorable fan posts from the game.
Phillip Diorio: Well happy to get a point, guys fought back hard. Can't blame clemmer for the gwg, thats a tough one. Lynnette Porterfield Violette: As always I'm proud to be a Panthers fan and I'm glad we kept playing hard. And I hope our injured guys get well soon. ;) Gregory Cordero: Great effort overall.. a bad deflection goes in.. Bret Carpenter: I'll say this panthers teams of the past would not have gotten a point 2nite..im very happy we at least did that =) |
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 2. Both Florida and Ottawa found success on the power play. Each team recorded two power play goals on the night. The game's first four goals in fact came via the man advantage. 3. Three different times the Panthers trailed by a goal to the Ottawa Senators and three different times they came back to tie it. The last goal by Tomas Kopecky garnered the Panthers a point. 4. Florida outshot Ottawa by a 35-26 margin. It was a team effort as all but four skaters (including Stephen Weiss) failed to record a shot. Leading the way with four shots each were Tim Kennedy, Shawn Matthias and Kris Versteeg. 14. Ottawa scored early on their first power play of the game, recording the game's first goal just 14 seconds into the penalty. 125. It was a hectic 2:05 in the third period as the two teams combined for three goals almost midway through the third period. Daniel Alfredsson scored a power play goal 7:38 in. Shawn Matthias responded with a power play goal at the 9:05 mark. Erik Karlsson answered the Panthers tally 38 seconds later. |
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1 Goal, 1 Assist, 2 Shots, +2
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Author: Glenn Odebralski | FloridaPanthers.com
