The Florida Panthers (47-24-5) bring the 2024 Spring Implosion Tour to the Canadian Tire Centre where they will face the Ottawa Senators (33-37-4) in their next to last regular season road game. After losses in Toronto and Montreal to open the trek north, the reeling Cats are 2-7-1 in their last ten games. First period goals from Anton Lundell and Aleksander Barkov gave the Panthers a 2-1 lead after one, but they promptly melted down and allowed the Canadiens to run off four-straight goals before Sam Bennett tacked on a meaningless tally to complete the scoring in the 5-3 defeat.
The Senators aren’t going to the playoffs, but they are playing much better hockey as of late, winning a season-high, five-straight games before they were beaten 3-2 by the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday. They’ll be looking to post their first win over the vulnerable Cats this season after a 5-0 loss in November and 3-2 overtime defeat in February. He won’t reach 90 points like he did last season, however, the dangerous Tim Stutzle is still the team’s leading scorer with 70 points.
- WHEN: 7:00 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Canadian Tire Center – Kanata, ON
- ON THE TUBE: Bally Sports Florida
- ON THE DIAL: Radio Libre 790 (D/B), 1230 The Gambler (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #GoSensGo, #FLAvsOTT, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: For Sens Fans
- FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 3 of 4 (3-0)
- LAST MEETING: @FLA 3, OTT 2 (OT) (Recap) – 2/20/2024
- NEXT MEETING: April 9, 2024
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Bobrovsky (33-17-3 .912 / 2.46 4SO) Ottawa: Korpisalo (19-22-4 .890 / 3.27 0SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / Ottawa
Thursday in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances)
- BOSTON (44-17-15 103P) at Carolina (47-21-7 101P) 7 p.m.
- TAMPA BAY (42-26-7 91P) at MONTREAL (29-33-12 70P) 7 p.m.
Idle: TOR (95P), DET (82P), BUF (77P)