Wednesday Caterwaul: Panthers Open Forum
Rookie blueliner Erik Gudbranson paced all players with 5 hits Tuesday. A career-high 20:08 TOI (in 25 shifts) against the Flyers smashed his average of 14:37 in the month of January, a by-product of long-term injuries recently sustained by Ed Jovanovski and Dmitry Kulikov.
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The Eastern Front
Rank | Team | GP | W | L | OT | PTS | GF | GA | Home | Away | L/10 | Streak |
1 | NY Rangers | 47 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 66 | 132 | 96 | 15-5-2 | 16-7-2 | 7-3-0 | Won 2 |
2 | Boston | 47 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 64 | 171 | 102 | 16-7-2 | 15-7-0 | 5-4-1 | Lost 1 |
3 | Washington | 48 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 55 | 136 | 137 | 18-6-1 | 8-13-2 | 5-4-1 | Won 1 |
4 | Philadelphia | 48 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 63 | 162 | 142 | 11-7-3 | 18-7-2 | 6-3-1 | Won 1 |
5 | Pittsburgh | 49 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 60 | 152 | 127 | 14-7-2 | 14-10-2 | 7-3-0 | Won 7 |
6 | Ottawa | 52 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 60 | 157 | 160 | 14-9-1 | 13-10-5 | 6-4-0 | Lost 3 |
7 | Florida | 48 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 55 | 122 | 136 | 11-5-7 | 11-10-4 | 3-3-4 | OT 1 |
8 | New Jersey | 48 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 55 | 129 | 136 | 12-9-2 | 14-10-1 | 5-4-1 | OT 1 |
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9 | Toronto | 49 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 55 | 151 | 147 | 14-8-4 | 11-11-1 | 6-4-0 | Won 2 |
10 | Winnipeg | 50 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 50 | 124 | 143 | 15-8-2 | 7-14-4 | 3-6-1 | Lost 2 |
11 | Tampa Bay | 48 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 46 | 136 | 165 | 13-7-1 | 8-16-3 | 4-5-1 | Won 4 |
12 | Montreal | 48 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 45 | 123 | 132 | 8-9-7 | 10-12-2 | 4-4-2 | Won 1 |
13 | NY Islanders | 48 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 45 | 115 | 143 | 11-11-4 | 8-11-3 | 5-4-1 | OT 1 |
14 | Buffalo | 49 | 20 | 24 | 5 | 45 | 119 | 149 | 11-9-5 | 9-15-0 | 2-7-1 | Won 1 |
15 | Carolina | 51 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 45 | 130 | 159 | 13-11-3 | 5-13-6 | 5-3-2 | Won 1 |
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Why last night rocked:
- NYR over WPG, 3-0; Callahan's goal/assist duo enough to halt Jets as Henrik stops 22
- BUF over NJ, 2-1 (SO); Brodeur continues polishing legacy with 13 saves
- PHX over OTW, 3-2 (REG); Turris: no points, 1 SOG in return to Glendale/
Why last night jonesed:
- WSH over BOS, 5-3; In absence of Ovi and Backstrom, someone named Mathieu Perrault nailed hat trick for Caps
- PIT over STL, 3-2 (SO); Pens win seventh straight as Blues' Elliott stops 37
- TOR over NYI, 4-3 (OT); MacArthur scores twice in comeback victory/
Why tonight is a (very semi-) Big Deal in SoFla:
- DET at MTL, 7:30 p.m.; Wings have outscored Habs 35-19 since 1995-96, going 7-3 in ten games from Montreal/
Panthers Playoff Update:
- FLA lost to PHI 2-3 (SO); playoff odds down 0.6 to 74.6% per Sports Club Stats/
Next up for the Cats:
- Hosting Washington on Wednesday, February 1st, 7:30 p.m./
Next LBC Live Thread:
- Tomorrow night for the NHL ALL-Star Fantasy Draft (NBC-SN); we'll be live at 7:30/
Did you know:
- Heading into last season's All-Star Break the Panthers were 22-22-5 (49P); closed out the year out with an 8-18-7 (23P) record, prompted in large part by a monumental dumping of contracts at the trade deadline./
Tuesday’s Organizational Transactions:
- None/
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