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Gameday 11: Florida Panthers vs Anaheim Ducks

The Florida Panthers (5-5-0) continue its four-game homestand when they play host to their expansion cousins, the Anaheim Ducks (4-3-1) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena. Florida delivered a strong performance in Saturday night’s suffocating 3-0 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 17 shots to post his 50th career shutout and make Sam Reinhart’s breakaway goal late in the first period stand as the game-winner. Cole Schwindt, who made his first appearance of the seas...

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5 months ago | 11 reads

Monday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum

The Charlotte Checkers had a rough go off of it on home ice this weekend as they were swept by the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at Bojangles Coliseum. Charlotte got blanked 4-0 on Friday, with Sergei Murashov posting a 25-save shutout. Former NHLer Danton Heinen scored a goal and added two assists and Alex Alexeyev, Ville Koivunen and Joona Koppanen also lit the lamp for the Penguins. Cooper Black took the loss, finishing with 18 saves on 22 shots. Jack Devine, Ben Steeves, Nolan Foote ...

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5 months ago | 6 reads

Bob bounces back as Panthers blank Golden Knights 3-0

Sergei Bobrovsky posted his first shutout of the season in the Florida Panthers suffocating 3-0 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights at Amerant Bank Arena. The Cats limited the Golden Knights to just 17 shots on goal to get back to .500 at 5-5. As a low event first period was coming to end, Carter Verhaeghe took an outlet pass from Evan Rodrigues and then sent a perfect feed to Sam Reinhart on the left side. Reinhart burst by Kaedan Korczak on his way to the net before beating Akira...

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5 months ago | 6 reads

Gameday 10: Florida Panthers vs Vegas Golden Knights

The two combatants in the 2023 Stanley Cup Final meet this evening in Sunrise when the struggling Florida Panthers (4-5-0) host the Pacific Division-leading Vegas Golden Knights (5-0-2) at Amerant Bank Arena. Despite outshooting them 37-16, the Panthers couldn’t fully dig themselves out of a two-goal hole and dropped a 5-3 decision to Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday. Brad Marchand continued his hot start, scoring a power-play goal and at even-strength to try to bring...

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5 months ago | 5 reads

Panthers can’t catch efficient Penguins, fall 5-3 in return home

Try as they might, the Florida Panthers couldn’t quite catch up to the Pittsburgh Penguins last night in a frustrating 5-3 loss, their first of the season at Amerant Bank Arena. Sidney Crosby opened the scoring and closed the door on the Cats with a pair of power-play goals. The legendary Penguin also had an assist to earn First Star honors. A tripping penalty on Jeff Petry led to Crosby’s first marker 6:24 into the tilt. After Erik Karlsson ripped a shot towards the net that struck ...

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5 months ago | 6 reads

Gameday 9: Florida Panthers vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Fresh off a rough five-game road trip, the Florida Panthers (4-4) will open a three-game homestand stand when they host the surprising Pittsburgh Penguins (5-2) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena. Carter Verhaeghe’s crazy goal with 25 seconds remaining in regulation allowed the Panthers to escape TD Garden with a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. Mackie Samoskevich, A.J. Greer and Eetu Luostarinen also lit the lamp for the offensively-challenged Cats, who ended a four-game losing ...

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5 months ago | 13 reads

Crazy goal gives Panthers much-needed 4-3 win over Bruins

Carter Verhaeghe put a shot off the post that bounced in off of defenseman Andrew Peeke with 25 seconds remaining in regulation to give the Florida Panthers a much-needed 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins. Verhaeghe’s crazy goal came 1:05 after the Bruins tied it with Jeremy Swayman off for an extra attacker. The Panthers were awarded a quick advantage when Brad Marchand, playing his first game as a visitor at TD Garden, drew a tripping penalty on Tanner Jeannot 33-seconds after ini...

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5 months ago | 9 reads

Gameday 8: Florida Panthers at Boston Bruins

The Florida Panthers (3-4) limp into Beantown looking to end a four-game losing streak when they face the Boston Bruins (3-4) at TD Garden in the finale of what has been a completely dreadful road trip. Things went from bad to worse for the goal-starved Panthers on Saturday, as they were shut out for the first time this season by former goaltender Alex Lyon and the Buffalo Sabres. Mackie Samoskevich did his best to crack the goose egg with a game-high seven shots on goal. Leading scorer B...

NHL Panthers Bruins Sabres

5 months ago | 7 reads

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