Tonight’s game is what I think of when I think of Panthers hockey. If a person unfamiliar with the team asked me what sort of game Florida plays, I’d tell them to watch the tape. Yes, it was Toronto, and no, they didn’t have the benefit of an official looking everywhere but where the goalie was being tackled, but the Panthers executed their game plan perfectly. No team in the NHL is as strict as the Panthers when it comes to moving north and south up out of the zone and through the neutral zone and the entire game was spent doing just that. The Panthers are one of the best positional teams on defense and when they are on, their defense is excellent in front of the goaltender. They were on tonight. They limited the Leafs to shots from the perimeter and were quick push rebounds to the side walls and up and out of the zone.
Bottom ES Forwards: Christopher Higgins, Marty Reasoner, Radek Dvorak: -1
Top ES Defensemen: Bryan McCabe, Keaton Ellerby, Dmitry Kulikov: +2
Bottom ES Defenseman: Mike Weaver Even
Scoring Chances – Florida vs. Toronto, 11.10.2010
NHL Game Number 20214
Team Totals, Florida in Red
| Period | Totals | EV | PP | 5v3 PP | SH | 5v3 SH | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Panthers took too many penalties and coughed up a number of chances while short-handed. But at even strength they won the battle at even strength once again.
Scoring Chances by Period, Time and Game State
| Team | Period | Time | Note | FLA | Opponent | |||||||||||
| TOR | 1 | 18:45 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 43 | 85 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 32 | 50 | 84 | 5v5 | |
| TOR | 1 | 18:43 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 43 | 85 | 16 | 23 | 32 | 36 | 50 | 84 | 5v5 | |
| FLA | 1 | 17:57 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 67 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 36 | 39 | 50 | 5v5 | |
| FLA | 1 | 12:19 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 67 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 36 | 50 | 84 | 5v5 | |
| TOR | 1 | 6:06 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 32 | 50 | 84 | 4v5 | ||
| FLA | 2 | 18:39 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 85 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 32 | 50 | 84 | 5v5 | |
| TOR | 2 | 17:26 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 67 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 36 | 39 | 50 | 5v5 | |
| FLA | 2 | 15:53 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 67 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 32 | 50 | 84 | 5v5 | |
| TOR | 2 | 15:18 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 67 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 32 | 50 | 84 | 5v5 | |
| TOR | 2 | 13:50 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 32 | 50 | 84 | 4v5 | ||
| FLA | 2 | 12:52 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 43 | 85 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 39 | 50 | 5v5 | |
| FLA | 2 | 7:53 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 43 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 32 | 50 | 84 | 5v5 | |
| FLA | 2 | 4:18 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 67 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 39 | 50 | 5v4 | ||
| FLA | 2 | 4:16 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 67 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 39 | 50 | 5v4 | ||
| FLA | 2 | 2:19 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 29 | 85 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 50 | 84 | 5v5 | |
| TOR | 2 | 0:03 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 29 | 43 | 2 | 23 | 41 | 42 | 50 | 81 | 4v5 | ||
| FLA | 3 | 17:27 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 67 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 39 | 50 | 5v5 | |
| FLA | 3 | 16:41 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 29 | 85 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 28 | 37 | 50 | 5v5 | |
| FLA | 3 | 15:19 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 67 | 85 | 2 | 8 | 42 | 50 | 81 | 5v4 | ||
| TOR | 3 | 12:55 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 29 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 32 | 50 | 84 | 5v5 | |
| TOR | 3 | 11:08 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 43 | 85 | 15 | 23 | 41 | 42 | 50 | 81 | 4v5 | ||
| TOR | 3 | 11:07 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 43 | 85 | 15 | 23 | 41 | 42 | 50 | 81 | 4v5 | ||
| TOR | 3 | 10:52 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 29 | 15 | 23 | 41 | 42 | 50 | 81 | 4v5 | ||
| TOR | 3 | 10:51 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 29 | 15 | 23 | 41 | 42 | 50 | 81 | 4v5 | ||
| TOR | 3 | 10:02 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 29 | 43 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 32 | 50 | 84 | 4v5 | ||
| FLA | 3 | 9:37 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 29 | 43 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 32 | 50 | 84 | 4v5 | ||
| FLA | 3 | 7:17 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 29 | 43 | 67 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 39 | 50 | 5v4 | ||
| TOR | 3 | 6:35 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 85 | 15 | 16 | 32 | 36 | 50 | 84 | 5v5 | |
| FLA | 3 | 3:41 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 29 | 85 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 32 | 50 | 84 | 5v5 | |
If you’re not used to a methodical, low-event first period by now, you’re never going to be. The Panthers once again controlled play in the first period and limited the game to the neutral zone and perimeter.
Lines and Pairings
Matthias – Weiss – Frolik
Booth – Santorelli – Olesz
Higgins- Reasoner – Dvorak
Hordichuk – Reinprecht – Bernier
Allen – Wideman
Weaver – Kulikov
Ellerby – McCabe
Vokoun
Scoring Chances by Player
| # | Player | EV | PP | SH | ||||||
| 4 | K. ELLERBY | 10:19 | 4 | 2 | 0:34 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | B. ALLEN | 17:11 | 2 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 4:44 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | D. WIDEMAN | 12:02 | 3 | 2 | 4:54 | 3 | 0 | 5:34 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | D. KULIKOV | 13:06 | 4 | 2 | 5:05 | 3 | 0 | 1:42 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | S. WEISS | 12:21 | 4 | 2 | 4:18 | 0 | 0 | 3:09 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | D. BOOTH | 12:05 | 6 | 3 | 5:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | M. SANTORELLI | 9:08 | 5 | 3 | 3:27 | 0 | 0 | 3:25 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | R. DVORAK | 12:52 | 0 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 3:33 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | D. HORDICHUK | 2:10 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | S. MATTHIAS | 11:40 | 4 | 2 | 0:21 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | M. REASONER | 12:12 | 0 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 4:08 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | C. HIGGINS | 10:40 | 0 | 1 | 1:26 | 0 | 0 | 2:08 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | B. MCCABE | 13:44 | 5 | 3 | 6:45 | 1 | 0 | 2:57 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | S. BERNIER | 7:49 | 1 | 0 | 3:47 | 3 | 0 | 1:53 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | S. REINPRECHT | 9:03 | 1 | 0 | 1:46 | 3 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | T. VOKOUN | 40:52 | 10 | 6 | 9:08 | 4 | 0 | 10:00 | 1 | 8 |
| 43 | M. WEAVER | 15:45 | 2 | 2 | 0:58 | 1 | 0 | 5:03 | 1 | 4 |
| 67 | M. FROLIK | 11:55 | 4 | 2 | 4:25 | 4 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | R. OLESZ | 10:18 | 5 | 3 | 2:54 | 1 | 0 | 1:44 | 0 | 2 |
The Veteran Line played a strong defensive game – they didn’t generate any chances, but they only gave up one chance in twelve minutes.
Head-to-Head Even Strength Scoring Chances
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Black throughout the matrix is always a good thing and the Santorelli line was excellent throughout.