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After logging a rather pedestrian 22:56 vs Carolina on Sunday, Panthers defenseman Brian Campbell (1 assist) remained atop the league with 877:27 total Time On Ice after 33 games (almost 25 minutes more than current runner-up Jay Bouwmeester in an equal number of appearances). "Soup" is averaging 26:35 TOI (3rd overall) with 28.6 shifts per game (25th).
With apologies to Theodore's remarkable heroics and Bergenheim's goal to open the scoring (his third in two games; beginning of video above) ignore everything until the 2:30 mark and let it ride from there; good things await. Versteeg was incredible, but I challenge anyone to debate Shawn Matthias having been anything but the best all-around player for Florida on Sunday.
Not to be outdone: the Rampage are pretty hot right now as well.
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The Eastern Front
|
Rank |
Team |
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
PTS |
GF |
GA |
Home |
Away |
L/10 |
Streak |
|
1 |
Philadelphia |
31 |
20 |
8 |
3 |
43 |
110 |
91 |
8-5-2 |
12-3-1 |
8-2-0 |
Lost 1 |
|
2 |
Boston |
31 |
21 |
9 |
1 |
43 |
108 |
61 |
11-6-1 |
10-3-0 |
8-2-0 |
Won 4 |
|
3 |
Florida |
33 |
18 |
9 |
6 |
42 |
90 |
84 |
8-2-5 |
10-7-1 |
6-2-2 |
Won 2 |
|
4 |
NY Rangers |
30 |
18 |
8 |
4 |
40 |
87 |
67 |
8-3-2 |
10-5-2 |
6-3-1 |
Won 1 |
|
5 |
Pittsburgh |
33 |
18 |
11 |
4 |
40 |
107 |
88 |
9-3-2 |
9-8-2 |
5-5-0 |
Won 1 |
|
6 |
New Jersey |
32 |
18 |
13 |
1 |
37 |
90 |
92 |
7-5-1 |
11-8-0 |
6-4-0 |
Won 4 |
|
7 |
Buffalo |
32 |
16 |
13 |
3 |
35 |
89 |
94 |
8-9-3 |
8-4-0 |
4-4-2 |
Lost 1 |
|
8 |
Toronto |
32 |
16 |
13 |
3 |
35 |
100 |
105 |
7-5-3 |
9-8-0 |
4-5-1 |
Lost 2 |
|
|
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|
9 |
Winnipeg |
32 |
15 |
13 |
4 |
34 |
89 |
97 |
11-5-0 |
4-8-4 |
6-4-0 |
Won 1 |
|
10 |
Ottawa |
33 |
15 |
14 |
4 |
34 |
102 |
116 |
8-7-1 |
7-7-3 |
4-4-2 |
Won 1 |
|
11 |
Washington |
31 |
16 |
14 |
1 |
33 |
91 |
96 |
10-5-1 |
6-9-0 |
4-6-0 |
Lost 1 |
|
12 |
Montreal |
33 |
13 |
13 |
7 |
33 |
85 |
89 |
5-7-6 |
8-6-1 |
3-3-4 |
Lost 2 |
|
13 |
Tampa Bay |
32 |
14 |
16 |
2 |
30 |
87 |
107 |
8-5-0 |
6-11-2 |
3-7-0 |
Won 2 |
|
14 |
NY Islanders |
30 |
10 |
14 |
6 |
26 |
69 |
97 |
6-8-3 |
4-6-3 |
5-3-2 |
Won 1 |
|
15 |
Carolina |
34 |
10 |
18 |
6 |
26 |
86 |
116 |
6-9-2 |
4-9-4 |
2-6-2 |
OT 1 |
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Why last night rocked:
- Dineen getting his troops smoothed out with (just enough) time remaining
Why last night jonesed:
- Carolina gained a point in the standings; now trail FLA by razor-thin 16
Why tonight is a Big Deal:
Nothing in the Southeast, but a few conference games to keep watch over...
- Montreal at Boston, 7 p.m.
- Los Angeles at Toronto, 7
-
HBOPhiladelphia at Colorado, 9
Next up for the Cats:
- Hosting Phoenix (16-13-3) on Tuesday; Game Thread fires up at 7.
Did you know:
- In nine games within the month of December, Florida has scored 21 goals in regulation while allowing 22. The club has gone 5-2-1-1 over that stretch.