Panthers Wrap-Up: Panthers 4, Islanders 1
Panthers allow early goal once again but score four unanswered, including three in second, for third straight victory.
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 Florida's Jose Theodore made 26 saves in his first appearance since Jan. 20 after suffering a knee injury. FULL RECAP |
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 - Head coach Kevin Dineen |
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 2. Answering Back: An early goal against and the Panthers would not be disheartened yet again. The Panthers would tie it off a career first with 5:03 left in the first period. There Marcel Goc won a draw back to Tyson Strachan. The defenseman, playing in the 75th game of his NHL career, beat Evgeni Nabokov far side with a point shot. The Panthers continued their success with a barrage in the second period in scoring three goals to put away the Islanders. Kris Versteeg beautifully set up Tomas Fleischmann 4:17 into the period as Fleischmann redirected Versteeg's pass from just inside the blueline past Nabokov. Versteeg then added to the lead with a power play goal 11:41 in, scoring from the slot with Tomas Kopecky running a screen. The Panthers upped it to a three-goal lead off another face-off late in the period when Jack Skille, playing in his first game back from injury, scored his third of the season. The goal came with 1:27 left on the clock. 3. Going Streaking: With a three goal lead, the Islanders put a lot of pressure on the Panthers in the third period but Theodore and the defense denied the home team of getting any closer. After allowing a goal on the first shot, Theodore stopped the next 26 shots (including 11 in the third) for the victory. The win gives the Panthers a three-game win streak, their third win streak of that length of the season. In a time of playing three games in four nights and back-to-back days, it's huge to see the Panthers come out with all six points. They did it with a sound defense and timely goals as they outscored their opponents 10-3 over that time frame. Where the victory is even sweeter is the fact that Washington dropped a 3-2 decision earlier in the day to the Rangers. Those results have given the Panthers a four-point lead in the Southeast Division. |
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 Memorable twitter posts from the game.
@GrantWishner12: Kevin Dineen for Coach of the Year! #FlaPanthers #NHL |
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 Memorable fan posts from the game.
Carsten Frenz: Division lead by 4!! And a 3 game winning streak. The Cats from the beginning are baaaaaack! :) Seth Lipson: A real nice win- the key to these wins has been the D-and staying out of the penalty box--see you all Wednesday night! Sebastian Lovas: 3 game win streak! Good game overall. Theo had a good comeback today and Guds played really well, nice to see Flash getting back to his former self again! Matthew Jagielski: Great game guys. 3 game win streak!! Believe red. Dara Ross: fabulous hockey weekend for the panthers! get to see jose and skille back in the lineup! Let's make it 4 in a row! see everyone wed night! |
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 1. A pretty loaded stat individually and team wise. Individually, it was the NHL debut of defenseman Colby Robak who took the place of injured blueliner Jason Garrison (lower body). Trailing by a goal in the first, Tyson Strachan knotted the game with his first career NHL goal. Getting their lone power play of the game in the second, Kris Versteeg made it a successful one as he scored 11:41 into the second period. |
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1 Goal, 1 Assist, 2 Points, 3 Shots, 17:00 TOI
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Author: Glenn Odebralski | FloridaPanthers.com
