The Florida Panthers made their first trip to Ottawa this season and smashed the Senators 7-2 at Canadian Tire Centre on Tuesday night. The Cats, who have been victorious in three of their last five games, are now 18-5-1 in their last 24 games.
It all began quickly for Florida(37-27-7) in the first period as they scored at the 2:36 mark. Derek MacKenzie won a right circle face-off draw and Micheal Haley pushed it back to Mark Pysyk at the right point. His wrist shot grazed off the body of Colton Sceviour in the low slot and went by Craig Anderson.
Patrick Sieloff got his first goal of the year for Ottawa(26-35-11) past James Reimer at 12:48. Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Tom Pyatt were credited with assists on the play.
The Panthers took the lead again with 4:04 left in the period. Keith Yandle scored his seventh goal of the campaign on an assist from Jonathan Huberdeau.
In the second period, Florida expanded their gap to 3-1 at 2:15. Evgenii Dadonov chalked up his 23rd tally this season from the low right circle. Aleksander Barkov picked up his 46th assist while Nick Bjugstad got his 28th assist.
The Cats stretched it to a three-goal margin with 12:41 remaining in the frame. Jamie McGinn lifted a pass out of the Panthers zone to center ice. Jared McCann controlled the bouncing puck at the red line, went on a breakaway and buried a snap shot from the low slot. Mike Condon replaced Anderson in net for the Sens following the goal. The Senators would get an unassisted goal by Marian Gaborik just over six minutes later.
Florida would add two goals in a 51-second span to make it 6-2. Frank Vatrano got his second goal as a Panthers on a forehand shot from the high slot with 3:47 left in the second. Dadonov made a cross-ice feed across the slot to the left circle and Bjugstad scored his XX goal on a wrist shot with 2:56 to go.
Another tally by the Panthers increased their lead to 7-2 at the 12:08 mark of the final period. McGinn collected his 11th goal of the year on assists from Vatrano and McCann.
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