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Saturday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum
The Florida Panthers are idle tonight as they continue preparations for Sunday’s matinee affair with the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center. After dropping the first two games of its road trip the Panthers are 5-4-2 and in sixth place in the Atlantic Division. Checkers Gracyn Shawcyn scored the game-winning goal 9:50 into the third period to give the Charlotte Checkers a 3-2 victory over the Springfield Thunderbirds. It was Sawchyn’s first marker of the season. Matvei Shuravin score...
Panthers give Black no support in 4-0 loss to Penguins
The Florida Panthers followed up a disppointing effort in Ottawa by laying another egg and not finding the back of the net in a 4-0 loss to Artūrs Šilovs and the Pittsbugh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena Pittsburgh opened the scoring at 15:19 of the first, courtesy of Nick Robertson who joined the rush after the Cats failed to gain the Penguins zone and took a pass from Connor Dewar and pulled off a nice curl and drag move on Uvis Balkinskis before beating Cooper Black. The secondary assist ...
Gameday 11: Florida Panthers at Pittsburgh Penguins
The Florida Panthers (5-3-2) will get right back at it when they face the Pittsburgh Penguins (3-6-1) in the second game of a four-game road tonight at PPG Paints Arena. Florida returned to the road yesterday and were soundly beaten 5-1 by the Ottawa Senators in Brady Tkachuk’s return to Canadian Tire Center. Tkachuk did open the scoring, and dish out a game-high six hits, but it was all downhill from there as the Senators put five pucks past Akira Schmid on 29 shots while limiting the Ca...
Senators unwelcome hosts in 5-1 win over Panthers
Tim Stützle and Stephen Halliday each had a goal and an assist and Jake Sanderson collected a pair of helpers as the Ottawa Senators emphatically ended the Florida Panthers three-game winning streak in Brady Tkachuk’s return to Canadian Tire Centre. Much to the disgust of the raucous crowd, Tkachuk opened the scoring midway through the first period, notching his seventh goal in the last four games, from Matthew Tkachuk and Seth Jones nine seconds after Artem Zub took a hooking penalt...
Gameday 10: Florida Panthers at Ottawa Senators
The Florida Panthers (5-2-2) will open up a four-game road trip when they face the Ottawa Senators (6-3-0) at Canadian Tire Centre tonight in the first of four meetings between the Atlantc Division rivals. Florida became the first franchise to ever have one of its players score a natural hat trick in three straight games, thanks to Carter Verhaeghe, who tallied the Panthers’ second, third and fourth goals in a 8-3 rout of the Seattle Kraken on Saturday. In addition to Verhaeghe, Sam Benne...
Tuesday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum
Florida Panthers wing Brady Tkachuk was named the NHL’s First Star of the Week. Tkachuk, buoyed by back-to-back natural hat tricks, led the league with six goals and ten points in four contests to propel the Panthers to three victories. He collected an assist, his first point with Florida, in a 5-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on October 12. Tkachuk then became just the third player to record a natural hat trick in consecutive games, scoring three goals and adding an assist in a 7-3 triumph...
Monday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum
After making history in its 8-3 rout of the Seattle Kraken on Saturday night, the Florida Panthers will get a couple more days off to enjoy the fruits of its labor – a three-game winning streak – before opening a four-game road trip on Wednesday night against the Ottawa Senators. Following that divisional match-up, the Cats, who are 3-1-2 away from Sunrise, will visit the Pittsburgh Penguins, Chicago Blackhawks and Winnipeg Jets before returning home to complete the season-series against the J...
Tricks keep coming in Panthers 8-3 rout of Kraken
The Florida Panthers blew the Seattle Kraken out of the water in an 8-3 rout at Amerant Bank Arena, making some NHL hat history along the way. Florida became the first franchise to ever have one of its players score a natural hat trick in three games in a row, thanks to Carter Verhaeghe, who tallied the Panthers’ second, third and fourth goals of the night. Verhaeghe dented the twine thrice in a torrid 8:06 span starting at 17:56 of the first period when he stepped into Sam Reinhart’s cen...
Gameday 9: Florida Panthers vs Seattle Kraken
The Florida Panthers (4-2-2) will finish off a brief homestand when they welcome the Seattle Kraken (5-2-1) to Amerant Bank Arena this evening. Brady Tkachuk second consecutive hat trick rescued the Panthers from a late two-goal deficit in Thursday’s dramatic 3-2 victory over the lowly Vancouver Canucks. Tkachuk got his first at 11:11 of the final frame; he tied it up with 13 seconds remaining in regulation; and then won it 2:33 into overtime. Tkachuk became the first player to record bac...
Brady’s bunch gives Panthers 3-2 overtime win over Canucks
Brady Tkachuk’s second consecutive hat trick lifted the Florida Panthers to a 3-2 overtime decision over the struggling Vancouver Canucks, giving the Cardiac Cats their first victory of the season on home ice. The Panthers dominated the vast majority of the first period, testing a locked-in Leevi Meriläinen with 15 shots, but they couldn’t solve the Finnish goaler and found themselves down by two after twenty minutes due to a couple defensive breakdowns. On the first goal, Florida lo...
Brady’s bunch lifts Panthers to 3-2 overtime win over Canucks
Brady Tkachuk’s second consecutive hat trick lifted the Florida Panthers to a 3-2 overtime win over the struggling Vancouver Canucks to give the Cardiac Cats their first victory of the season on home ice. The Panthers dominated the vast majority of the first period, testing a locked-in Leevi Meriläinen with 15 shots, but they couldn’t solve the Finnish goaler and found themselves down by two after twenty minutes thanks to a couple defensive breakdowns. On the first goal, Florida look...
Gameday 8: Florida Panthers vs Vancouver Canucks
The Florida Panthers (3-2-2) will play on home ice for just the second time this season when they host the road weary Vancouver Canucks (2-6-0) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena in suburban Sunrise. Florida snapped a two-game losing streak with an emphatic 7-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday that saw newcomer Akira Schmid record his first win with the team. Brady Tkachuk finally found the back of the net, notching a natural hat trick and adding an assist. Big brother Matthew...
Tkachuks erupt in Panthers 7-3 rout of Blue Jackets
Now, that’s what we’ve been waiting what for! Brady Tkachuk notched a natural hat trick and added an assist and Matthew Tkachuk dished out five helpers in the Florida Panthers 7-3 rout of the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena. The first period gave no indication of what was to come with the only goal going to Columbus when Kent Johnson turned a defensive zone turnover into an unassisted tally with 5:49 left in the frame. Brady’s first goal as a Panther came 2:27 into the seco...
Tkachuks erupt in Panthers 7-3 rout of Blue Jackets
Now, that’s what we’ve been waiting what for! Brady Tkachuk notched a natural hat trick and added an assist and Matthew Tkachuk dished out five helpers in the Florida Panthers 7-3 rout of the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena. The first period gave no indication of what was to come with the only goal going to Columbus when Kent Johnson turned a defensive zone turnover into an unassisted tally with 5:49 left in the frame. Brady’s first goal as a Panther came 2:27 into the seco...
Gameday 7: Florida Panthers at Columbus Blue Jackets
The Florida Panthers (2-2-2) will look to snap a two-game losing streak when they do battle with the Columbus Blue Jackets (2-2-0) tonight as part of the NHL’s Frozen Frenzy at Nationwide Arena. Florida returned to the road yesterday and couldn’t quite keep pace with the Buffalo Sabres, falling 5-3 to their divison rival. Anton Lundell scored his first of the season (barely) and Sam Reinhart got his first two, both on the power play as the Panthers tied the score three times before the Sa...
Panthers can’t keep up in 5-3 loss to Sabres
The Florida Panthers dropped a 5-3 decision to the Buffalo Sabres in an odd holiday matinee game at KeyBank Center that saw both starting goalies depart for different reasons. After applying early pressure, the Sabres opened the scoring at 5:53 when Josh Doan picked off a Gustav Forsling pass and worked a well-executed give-and-go with Peyton Krebs before ripping a wrister past Jacob Markström. The Panthers countered at the 11-minute mark to knot the score. After coming up with a tak...
Gameday 6: Florida Panthers at Buffalo Sabres
The Florida Panthers (2-1-2) are back on the road again for an early afternoon, holiday tilt against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center in the first of four meetings between the Atlantc Division rivals. Thanks to three goals from sniper Kirill Kaprizov, the Minnesota Wild handed the Panthers a 4-1 loss in their home-opener on Saturday. Matthew Tkachuk, who leads the team with three goals and four points, was the only Cat able to solve Jesper Wallstadt. Florida has had a hard time scorin...
Kaprizov goes wild in Minnesota’s 4-1 win over Panthers
Kirill Kaprizov notched a hat trick and added an assist to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 4-1 victory over the Florida Panthers in the Cats home-opener at Amerant Bank Arena. The Wild took advantage of a ill-timed line change to forge ahead just 53 seconds into the game. Kaprizov moved the puck to Jared Spurgeon, who head-manned to Matt Boldy. Boldy had plenty of open space to skate into as he crossed the blue line before wiring a wrister past Jacob Markström for his first goal of the seaso...
Gameday 5: Florida Panthers vs Minnesota Wild
The Florida Panthers (2-0-2) will finally play a home game when they host the Minnesota Wild (2-1-1) this evening at Amerant Bank Arena in suburban Sunrise. Florida finished off its season-opening four-game road trip with a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday. Seth Jones and Matthew Tkachuk scored the goals and Lars Eller and Sam Bennett collected assists. The trio of Tkachuk, Eller and Bennett are all on three-game points streaks and are tied for the club lead in scoring. J...
Friday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum
The Florida Panthers are idle tonight and will continue preparations for Saturday’s homer-opener against the Minnesota Wild, who lost 3-2 to the Tampa Bay Lightning last night. We’ll get an official take on Brad Marchand’s injury from head coach Paul Maurice after today’s practice, but the interweb scuttlebutt is that it wasn’t as bad as it looked and he’ll only be out for a few weeks. Crossing fingers… Defenseman Alex Petrovic was returned to the Charlotte Checkers, so expect Aaron Ekblad to ...
Friday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum
The Florida Panthers are idle tonight and will continue preparations for Saturday’s homer-opener against the Minnesota Wild, who lost 3-2 to the Tampa Bay Lightning last night. We’ll get an official take on Brad Marchand’s injury from head coach Paul Maurice after today’s practice, but the interweb scuttlebutt is that it wasn’t as bad as it looked and he’ll only be out for a few weeks. Crossing fingers… Defenseman Alex Petrovic was returned to the Charlotte Checkers, so expect Aaron Ekblad to ...
Thursday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum
The Florida Panthers are back in Broward after a successful four-game road trip (2-0-2) that has them atop the Atlantic Division, although its early days yet. Florida beat the Carolina Hurricanes and Los Angeles Kings and earned points against the rising San Jose Sharks and Anaheim Ducks by getting to overtime. Unfortunately, key cogs Aleksander Barkov and Brad Marchand suffered disturbing lower-body injuries in California. Another area of concern is the team’s sputtering power play, which wen...
Panthers finish costly trip with 2-1 win over Kings
The Florida Panthers continued their stingy ways to defeat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 and finish its season-opening four-game road trip with a 2-0-2 record. Florida fell behind for a third-straight game with a minute left in the first period when former Panther Erik Haula came out of a scrum below the goal line with puck and crossed to Alex Laferriere, who sent the puck into the yawning net with Jacob Markström guarding the opposite post. The Cats tied the tilt early in the second, fo...
Gameday 4: Florida Panthers at Los Angeles Kings
The Florida Panthers (1-0-2) will finish off its three-game California trip when they serve as the opponent to Los Angeles Kings (0-1-1) in their home-opener at Crypto.com Arena. Brad Marchand earned the Panthers a point with a late third goal in Sunday’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center. Carter Verhaeghe scored Florida’s other goal, his first of the season, and Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Bennett and Lars Eller each collected an assist. Jacob Markström stopped 18 shots in ...
Ducks power past Panthers for 3-2 overtime win
Brad Marchand’s late tally earned the Florida Panthers a point, but the Cats fell 3-2 to Anaheim when Mikael Grandlund scored the Ducks third power-play goal of the night. Cutter Gauthier starred for the home side, scoring twice by ripping shots past Jacob Markström at 16:18 of the first period, from Jackson LaCombe and Leo Carlsson, and 47 seconds into the middle frame, with the assists going to Beckett Sennecke and Carlsson. Gauthier and Carlsson combined to set up Granlund game-wi...
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