Panthers Wrap-Up: Panthers 3, Kings 1
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 Matt Bradley also scored for the Panthers and Scott Clemmensen stopped 22 shots. Florida beat the Kings for the first time in eight tries, snapping a seven-game losing streak to them that dated to Nov. 27, 2002. FULL RECAP |
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 - Panthers forward Sean Bergenheim |
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 2. Picking Their Spots: Looking like the Panthers and Kings would struggle to get their first goal of the game, Sean Bergenheim changed that 4:52 into the middle period. Taking the drop pass bouncing puck through defenders legs after Marcel Goc made a nice play around a Kings defender on the rush, Bergenheim fired a shot past Jonathan Quick off the post and top shelf. The goal was scored on the Panthers' seventh shot of the game. Holding onto a 1-0 lead with time running down in the second, Mike Santorelli scored his seventh of the season as he fired a shot from the slot past Quick with 2:46 left on the clock after being set up nicely by Tomas Fleischmann. That goal came on the Panthers 11th shot of the contest. 3. Drought Stopper Leads To Flip Flop: The Panthers had found limited success against the team from Los Angeles in recently history. In fact, Florida had last beaten the Kings on November 27, 2002, resulting in a string of seven straight defeats (0-6-1). While Scott Clemmensen's bid for a shutout came to an end with 2:28 to play in the game as Drew Doughty beat him with a quick shot, Matt Bradley gave the Cats their first victory over Los Angeles at home since October 26, 2001 as he scored an empty net goal with 49 seconds to play. That victory helped Florida leapfrog Washington and back into the third place in the conference. Both teams are currently at 61 points on the season after the Capitals fell to the Jets in a shootout Thursday but the Panthers have one less game played. |
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 Memorable twitter posts from the game.
@LilMissRatTrick: Nice to end the day with a win. Loved seeing lots of rats on the ice tonight! #FlaPanthers #BelieveRed |
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 Memorable fan posts from the game.
Amy Riley: Awesome game. So glad I was there. Gotta love Bergy Herman Nadal: Two words: Florida Panthers Joseph Willig: awesome game! i was right behind the bench!! Leonard Albritton: Congradulations to our Panthers this year...they are putting something special together. Jay Brandt: Awesome win and a Capitals shoot out loss make for a good night. Gotta go get em in Jersey Saturday ---- keep it up ----- GO CATS!!!!!!! John Cruz: uh-oh.... not another 'year of the rat' x-p |
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 2. Center Shawn Matthias knotched two assists on the night, the only player to do so. It was his fifth multi-point game of the season. One of those assists came on Mike Santorelli's eventual game-winner in the second period. For Santorelli, it was his first game-winner of the season, second of his career. |
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23 Shots, 22 Saves, .957 SV%
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Author: Glenn Odebralski | FloridaPanthers.com
