Liners: Visiting Panthers dump on limping Stars 6-3

 Who's got two victories back-to-back?  The Andy Man.  Is a third on the way?

"Dallas had the momentum basically for the first half of the game, but we slowly took it over. When you string a couple together, it takes the wind out of the other team's sails."

- Florida's Craig Anderson

• Gotta hand it to Dallas' Mike Ribeiro: his between-the-legs goal was one for the ages; Andy had no chance...could have called that?
• Cory Stillman finished the night with may have been his strongest game yet as a Panther: 1g (#250 of his career), 2a, and a +1. More importantly, he was visible all night and his effort finally paid off in an extremely important game.
• Goaltender Craig Anderson looked mighty strong on most of the 32 shots he stopped; considering 14 were fired in the first period alone, this could have been very ugly very early.
• How about Nathan Horton (5 shots) and Stephen Weiss trading goals in the waning moments of the second? Nathan's was Textbook Horts: just to the left of the crease, aiming high.
• Marty Turco looked awfully human giving up five on 32 shots, though with a defense crumbling before him, the loss wasn't entirely of his doing.
• Flu-stricken Panthers forward Richard Zednik sat out the match.
• Jay Bouwmeester suddenly came to life with a power play goal in the third; has he "returned"? 'Cuz this run ain't happening without him.
• Does Jay scoring a goal trump Karlis Skrastins and his unlikely +3? Um, yeah. But kudos are in order.
• Speaking of plus/minus, what's the collective opinion on Jonesin' Jassen Cullimore's -3? Anyone else hear a call being placed to Steve Eminger (scratched)? 
• The Beach (1a, even) made a horrendous error, turning over the puck, creating a two-on-none deal for the Stars. Don't remember seeing much of Boynton following that one (13:24 total TOI, lowest of the FLA defense).
• Looking confident, Kamil Kreps scored on a beatiful semi-breakaway.

 The Box congratulates Cory Stillman on his 250th NHL goal!

 LITTER BOX LINERS

• Sun-Sentinel
• Miami Herald
• Palm Beach Post
• Dallas Morning News
• Star-Telegram
• AP via NHL.com: game recap/stats
• Sports Club Stats: Panthers' Playoff Picture
• Panthers website
• Stars website

 THE FAR REACHES OF THE BLOGOSPHERE

• Panthers Message Board - best on the 'net
• Cat Scratch (FLA)
• Panthers on the Prowl (FLA)
• Defending Big "D" (DAL) an SBNation blog
• Razor with an Edge (DAL)
• Andrew's Dallas Stars Page (DAL) 

Thanks to all who joined in the LIVE BLOG last evening! We'll do it again Tuesday as the Cats host Ottawa's surging Senators.