Panthers Wrap-Up: Hurricanes 3, Panthers 2
Trailing 3-0, Huberdeau records two but comeback falls short against Hurricanes.
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 SUNRISE, Fla — Jordan Staal, Alexander Semin, and Justin Faulk scored in Carolina's 3-2 win over Florida on Sunday night, giving the Hurricanes their second victory over the Panthers in as many nights. |
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 - Panthers head coach Kevin Dineen. |
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 2. The Kid Line: Like most of the season, the Kid Line, consisting of Huberdeau, Drew Shore and Peter Mueller continued to buzz around the Carolina zone all game. It started early with scoring opportunities for Huberdeau and Mueller. After Jordan Staal made it 3-0 in the second as he was all alone in front of the crease, Mueller went the physical route in collecting two huge open ice hits. Ward left the game with a lower body injury and the Kid Line got the Cats on the board with a beautiful sauce pass from Mueller to Huberdeau on the rush with 3:55 to play in the second. 3. Close But Not Enough: The effort was certainly there. They put pressure on the Hurricanes all night, outshot them by a 36-24 margin and were facing the back up for half the game. The Panthers put 15 shots on net but Dan Ellis stood strong in relief. Huberdeau made it a game with his second of the night off a great feed (once again) by Mueller with 54 seconds to play but the Panthers couldn't get the equalizer despite flying into the zone on several chances. For a weekend that was deemed the biggest of the season with eight swing points against the Southeast Division leaders, for Florida to come up with zero and fall eight points behind could be seen as a huge blow. The Cats are looking for good vibes and a win against a Division opponent will do that. It just hasn't been enough as they haven't played a full 60 minutes. |
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 Memorable twitter posts from the game.
@LARRIE14: @FlaPanthers if you could play the whole game like you did in the last 5 minutes we'd be ok. |
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 Memorable fan posts from the game.
Ryan Gluck: I don't even live in Florida... I'm a panther fan I don't understand what's happening to them they were amazing last year Paxton Cargo: Grrr... This shits getting old in a hurry. Sam Virtanen: Too bad huberdeau is the only cat who can produce. Good job hubershow! Corey Dumas: This season is not stressing me out as much as other fans because I see a bright future for the cats! Markstrom,petrovic,Howden...and more next season! We will be one of the best teams in the league soon. |
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 1. Playing almost two full games against Carolina this weekend, the Panthers finally got their first power play attempt 5:16 into the third period on Sunday. |
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2 Assists, 2 Points, 7 Shots, 4 Hits, +2, 17:25 TOI
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Author: Glenn Odebralski | FloridaPanthers.com
