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Wednesday Caterwaul: Panthers GameDay Open Forum

From the Nothing To Do With The Above Photo department: Having spent better than six seasons in the Western Conference, Panthers winger Mikael Samuelsson‘s 16 previous trips to the Pepsi Center have been statistically profitable, collecting 14 points (5G), a plus-6, and 4 assists on the man-advantage at the home of the Avalanche.

The Eastern Front

Rank

Team

GP

W

L

OT

PTS

GF

GA

Home

Away

L/10

Streak

1

NY Rangers

44

29

11

4

62

125

90

14-4-2

15-7-2

7-3-0

Won 1

2

Boston

43

29

13

1

59

156

88

16-7-1

13-6-0

6-4-0

Lost 1

3

Florida

44

21

14

9

51

112

123

11-5-6

10-9-3

3-4-3

OT 1

4

Philadelphia

44

27

13

4

58

149

129

11-6-2

16-7-2

6-4-0

Won 1

5

Ottawa

48

26

16

6

58

149

150

14-9-1

12-7-5

8-1-1

Won 1

6

New Jersey

45

26

17

2

54

126

126

12-7-1

14-10-1

7-2-1

Won 3

7

Pittsburgh

45

24

17

4

52

136

117

12-7-2

12-10-2

4-6-0

Won 3

8

Washington

44

24

18

2

50

125

127

17-6-1

7-12-1

7-3-0

Lost 1

9

Toronto

45

22

18

5

49

139

140

12-7-4

10-11-1

4-5-1

Lost 3

10

Winnipeg

46

21

20

5

47

116

133

14-8-1

7-12-4

4-6-0

Lost 1

11

Buffalo

45

19

21

5

43

112

134

11-9-5

8-12-0

2-6-2

Lost 2

12

Montreal

45

17

20

8

42

116

123

8-8-7

9-12-1

4-5-1

Won 1

13

NY Islanders

44

17

21

6

40

106

134

10-11-3

7-10-3

6-4-0

Won 1

14

Tampa Bay

45

18

23

4

40

126

159

12-7-1

6-16-3

3-6-1

Won 1

15

Carolina

48

16

24

8

40

124

156

11-11-3

5-13-5

4-4-2

OT 1

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Why last night rocked:

  • NYI over WSH, 3-0; 2 goals for Parenteau as Isles stuff Caps in D.C.
  • NJ over WPG, 5-1; Sykora, Clarkson, Elias, Foster all plus-3
  • OTW over TOR, 3-2 (REG); Turris, Alfredsson with 1G/1A
  • TB over BOS, 5-3; pair by Bolts Overlord Horts not enough to salvage state sweep/

Why last night jonesed:

  • PIT over CAR, 2-1 (SO); Neal with the Skillz Komp winner
  • NYR over NSH, 3-0; plus-3s for Girardi and McDonagh
  • PHI over MIN, 5-1; Jagr, Read each 2A as Wild continue slide to 8th spot in West/

Panthers Playoff Update:

Why tonight is a Big Deal in SoFla (beyond the obvious):

  • WSH at MTL, 7:30 p.m.; Caps are winners of last two at Bell Centre (and a shutout loser at home vs the Isles last night)/

Next up for the Cats:

  • Tonight from Colorado; the LBC Game Thread learned a very important lesson today: never shop east of Beverly Hills…before 9./

Did you know:

  • Panthers have never lost to Avs on a Wednesday in Denver (2 ties & 1 regulation win, that lone victory coming on November 17, 1999…the last such meeting)./

Tuesday’s Organizational Transactions:

Tuesday’s NHL Waiver Wire

  • None/

OT: Please help us stop SOPA before it’s too late…

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