Panthers Come Back On Senators

     The Florida Panthers got by the Ottawa Senators 6-5 at BB&T Center on Tuesday night. It was their first game for the Panthers since the All-Star Game break.
     It did not take long before Florida(22-19-10) was able to take the lead. Michael Matheson raced through the right circle, released a wrist shot from the low right circle which went off Chris Wideman's skate and trickled by Mike Condon at 2:24.
     Ottawa(26-16-6) tied it up just several minutes later at 4:58. Kyle Turris skated the puck from the center ice to the Panthers zone. He sent a cross-ice pass to Ryan Dzingel in the left circle and he snapped a shot past Roberto Luongo.
     The tie lasted 25 seconds when the Panthers bounced back at 5:23. Michael Sgarbossa moved the puck from the high slot to Derek MacKenzie in the left circle. He forwarded it across to Mark Pysyk and he tipped it in.
     The Senators added another two goals before the end of the first period. Dzingel put in his second tally of the game at 8:34 and Wideman followed with a goal with 31 seconds left in the first.
      Both teams combined for more goals during the second period. Erik Karlsson made it 4-2 with his eighth goal of the season at 2:19. The Cats responded just 18 seconds later at 2:37 as Colton Sceviour scored his first goal in 39 games.
     Florida tied it at the 9:53 mark when Sgarbossa won a face-off in the left circle and Matheson blasted home a slapshot. It was the first career multi-goal game for Matheson and first career multi-point game for Sgarbossa.
     In the third period, the Cats regained the lead 5-4 with 6:03 remaining. Condon lost the handle of the puck behind the Senators cage. Jonathan Marchessault got to it and placed a backhand shot from the right of the crease area into the empty net. Marchessault extended his point streak to five games.   
     Jason Demers added an empty-net goal for Florida with 34.5 to go in the contest to make it 6-4. Derick Brassard closed the gap when Ottawa had an extra attacker on the ice with 11 seconds left.

Baseball Magazine Predictions

     The annual baseball magazines were available at news stands and book stores on Tuesday. Sporting News, Athlon Sports and Lindy's all picked the Miami Marlins to finish third in the National League East and not make the playoffs in 2017.
      Sporting News and Athlon Sports both had the Chicago Cubs defeating the Boston Red Sox in the World Series. Lindy's selected the Washington Nationals to represent the National League and the Cleveland Indians in the American League for the World Series.

Heat Sweep Nets

     The Miami Heat extended their winning streak to eight games with a 104-96 victory over the Brooklyn Nets at American Airlines Arena on Monday night. The Heat were able to beat the Nets for the second time in the last five days.
     Brooklyn(9-39) pulled out to a 32-28 advantage after one quarter and were ahead 52-39 midway through the second quarter. Miami(19-30) responded with 17 consecutive points and finished the first half up 56-52. The Heat led 84-77 after three quarters and held on the rest of the way. Goran Dragic had a team-high 20 points and eight assists for Miami.

Joe Rose Show On National Poll

     Barrett Sports Media has named the Joe Rose Show 18th in the 2016 major market sports talk radio morning shows in the United States. The program consists of former Miami Dolphins player Joe Rose, on-air sidekick Curtis Stevenson and sports anchor Danny Rabinowitz.
     The Joe Rose Show has been on Miami Sports Radio 560 WQAM-AM since 2007. It originally had Zach Krantz as producer, show sidekick and sports anchor until he moved to the afternoon show with Marc Hochman in April 2014. The Joe Rose Show was previously on 790 The Ticket WAXY-AM from August 2004 until 2007.

West Palm Beach Ratings Holiday 2016

     640 Fox Sports South Florida WMEN-AM was the only local sports format radio station listed in the monthly ratings for the West Palm Beach market. It was the holiday season in which only a couple of weeks of December were used.
     It was a slight increase for 640 Fox Sports as they moved from a 0.6 in December to a 0.7 during the holidays. The station had NFL football games from Westwood One that had an unopposed time window in Palm Beach County for several weeks.

Vincent Trocheck At NHL All-Star Game

     The Atlantic Division lost to the Metropolitan Division 10-6 at the NHL All-Star Game on Sunday at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Metropolitan Division went on to defeat the Pacific Division in the final round 4-3
     Vincent Trocheck was the only representative of the Florida Panthers in the NHL All-Star Game. He had one goal and three assists against the Metropolitan Division in the loss. He tied the team-high of four points in the contest with Tampa Bay Lightning player Nikita Kucherov.

Heat Nail Pistons

     The Miami Heat returned from a short two-game road swing and beat the Detroit Pistons 116-103 at American Airlines Arena on Saturday night. The Heat have now been victorious in their last seven consecutive games.
     The game was close in the first half as Miami(18-30) led 35-33 after one quarter and were up 64-60 at halftime. Detroit(21-26) was able to go ahead 91-90 after three quarters. The Pistons were down 99-98 midway through the fourth quarter and then Miami came out with a 13-2 to put the contest away. Goran Dragic had 23 points for Miami while Reggie Jackson dropped 24 points for Detroit.