Thursday, April 4, 2024

Panthers Dominate Senators

     The Florida Panthers blanked the Ottawa Senators 6-0 at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday night. Florida head coach Paul Maurice passed Lindy Ruff for fourth all-time in NHL coaching victories with his 865th win. 
     The Panthers play their final regular season road game on Saturday at the Boston Bruins. They will try and close the lead for the first place in the Atlantic Division. 
     The Cats got their first regulation win in the last six games. They tied for the third largest road shutout victory in franchise history. 
     Florida(48-24-5)) collected two goals within the first two minutes of the game. Nick Cousins scored his sixth goal at the 1:02 mark and Dmitry Kulikov followed with his first tally of the year 35 seconds later. 
     The Panthers extended their lead to 5-0 during the second period. They got goals from Anton Lundell, Sam Bennett and the 53rd goal of the season by Sam Reinhart.
     Ottawa(33-38-4) surrendered one more goal on the power play in the third period and trailed 6-0. Matthew Tkachuk placed in his 24th goal of the campaign at 3:54

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