The Florida Panthers played an important four-point swing game and defeated the Ottawa Senators 2-1 in a shootout on Tuesday night at BB&T Center. The Panthers have won five straight games, six of their last seven and 11 of their last 14. The Cats lead the Senators by two points for third place in the Atlantic Division.
There was no scoring until the second period of the contest when Corban Knight scored his first goal of the season at 9:14 to give Florida(19-12-4) a 1-0 lead. Jaromir Jagr handed the puck to Quinton Howden on the left point. He put a pass ahead to Knight who skated through the slot and got the goal on a snap shot.
In the third period, the Panthers were given a too many men on the ice penalty and Ottawa(17-12-6) connected with a goal on the power play at 1:31. Erik Karlsson fired a slapshot from the top of the zone which was deflected in by Mark Stone in the low slot area past Roberto Luongo for his eighth goal of the season.
The game went to a shootout and Florida converted on two of their three attempts. Brandon Pirri shot the puck between the legs of Craig Anderson on the Panthers first attempt. Aleksander Barkov wrapped up another victory with a goal on the forehand shot during the third attempt. The Sens missed on their two attempts of the shootout. The Panthers have the most shootout victories in the NHL this season and improved their record to 5-l.
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