Panthers defenseman Brady Keeper made his NHL debut as Florida defeated the Ottawa Senators 5-2 on Thursday night at Canadian Tire Centre. It was the first contest for the Panthers since they were eliminated from playoff contention.
Florida(34-32-12) wasted no time and got up 1-0 just 30 seconds into the first period. Keith Yandle found Aleksander Barkov in the high slot. His shot was deflected in by Evgenii Dadonov in the crease past Anders Nilsson for his 26th goal of the season. Yandle accounted for his 50th assist of the year.
Ottawa(27-44-6) was able to even it up with 7:01 left in the first. Colin White carried the puck from his own defensive zone, through the neutral zone and to the Panthers blue line. He evaded a check of Aaron Ekblad and took a snap shot from the bottom left circle that beat Roberto Luongo for his 14th goal.
In the second period, the Cats regained the lead 2-1 at the 2:35 mark. Troy Brouwer scored his 10th goal with assists by Riley Sheahan and Dryden Hunt. They made it a two-goal margin at 6:31 as Jonathan Huberdeau chalked up his 26th goal. Barkov and Dadonov were credited with assists on the play and Barkov marked down his 90th point this campaign.
The Sens closed the gap to 3-2 at the 3:01 mark. Brady Tkachuk compiled his 20th goal of the season on a feed from Brian Gibbons.
The Senators pulled their goalie for an extra attacker in the final two minutes. It failed as Hunt put the puck into an empty net with 1:28 remaining. Huberdeau added an empty-net goal from the slot area on a pass from Dadonov behind the Ottawa cage with 13.8 seconds left.
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