Anthony Stolarz set up Anton Lundell’s game-opening power-play goal and then made it stand up as the winner by posting his second shutout of the season in the Florida Panthers feisty 2-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators at Amerant Bank Arena.
With Artem Zub serving time in the sin bin, Stolarz caught the Senators changing and sent a long stretch pass to Lundell, who broke in on Joonas Korpisalo and finished along the ice at the 12:02 mark.
Nick Cousins completed the scoring with 5:12 left in the penalty-filled first period by collecting a loose puck and snapping home a shot from the high slot after Niko Mikkola took a nice drop pass from Sam Bennett and was poke-checked by Zub.
After stopping nine shots in opening frame, Stolarz made five saves in the second and 11 in the third as the Panthers blanked the Senators for the third time this season.
Florida put 30 shots on Korpisalo and killed off all three Ottawa power-play chances to reach 104 points points, which is the second-most in the history of the franchise. The Cats will resume the homestand on Thursday when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Law & Order
- The Panthers swept the Senators, outscoring them 16-2 and going a perfect1 7-for-17 on the penalty kill over the four-game season series.
- First Star Anthony Stolarz hit 15 wins for the first time and collected his second assist of the season. Stolarz lowered his league-best goals against average to 2.03.
- Anton Lundell scored for the third time in the last four games. He registered three shots on goal and matched Ottawa’s Ridly Greig with a game-high three takeaways.
- Brady was the better of the two Tkachuks, finishing with four shots, a block, and two hits. The Senators limited Matthew to a single shot on goal. He was also credited with one hit.
- Sam Bennett, Valdimir Tarasenko, Sam Reinhart and Eetu Luostarinen each had four shots on goal for the Cats.
- Jonah Gadjovich vs. Zack MacEwen and Niko Mikkola vs. Greig were on the first period fight card.