Panthers Wrap-Up: Panthers 3, Canadiens 2 (SO)
Wolski, Clemmensen come up big as Panthers kick off road trip with shootout victory.
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 Wolski scored in regulation and added the only goal of the shootout to help the Florida Panthers boost their playoff hopes with a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night. FULL RECAP |
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 - Head coach Kevin Dineen. |
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 2. Continuing To Fight Back: With the way Price was playing, it looked like two goals would be enough for the Habs as he constantly denied the Panthers the equalizer. He had several beautiful saves on the night, especially in the third. The Panthers kept throwing pucks at the net and were finally rewarded with 7:12 left on the clock. The play started with a nice rush up the ice by defenseman Erik Gudbranson. Then Mikael Samuelsson received the puck and fired a shot from just inside the blueline. A screened Price couldn't see the top shelf shot and the Panthers had tied the game. Both teams had a power play chance in the final 11 minutes of play but couldn't find the go-ahead goal. 3. Taking Care Of Business: Deadlocked after sixty, the teams played through a scoreless overtime, taking the game to the shootout. Jose Theodore had a long chat with Wolski prior to the one-on-one session and the planning paid off. After David Desharnais missed his attempt wide off from in close, Wolski skated in and made a beautiful move to beat Price for the goal. Clemmensen stopped Tomas Plekanec on the Habs second shot and Leblanc missed on his opportunity and the Panthers pulled off a come-from-behind victory. That, coupled with a Capitals regulation defeat to the Sabres moved the Panthers five points up in the division race. The Capitals have just five games remaining on the schedule while the Panthers have six. |
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 Memorable twitter posts from the game.
@DRokSH: Simplest way for #FlaPanthers to wrap up playoff spot is to win three of last six games, there are other ways that it can happen though |
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 Memorable fan posts from the game.
David Kessler: Sweeping the season series from Montreal & Toronto-priceless! Mitch Phillips: The Wolski storyline last night was epic. Loved the collaboration with Jose to help formulate the winning shoot out goal! Joanne Ruimy: Just watched the recap again i love it!!!!!! Jim Janoff: They still need goal scoring, but this is a big win. Matt Cacciola: Big win boys!!! Keep it up |
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 4. There's a first time for everything. Winning at the Bell Centre, the Panthers completed a four-game season series sweep of the Canadiesns. It was the first time in franchise history that Florida swept Montreal in a season series. |
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1 Goal, +1, 3 Shots, 19:15 TOI
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Author: Glenn Odebralski | FloridaPanthers.com
