Florida Panthers Ups & Downs: Week 22

Ups & Downs is a feature that looks at the individual performances of your Florida Panthers over the past week.

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2011-12 Florida Panthers
33-23-13 (79 points), 1st in Southeast Division, 3rd in Eastern Conference
Goals For: 171 (26th of 30), Goals Against: 193 (14th of 30)

Biggest Gain: Jose Theodore

After allowing five goals to the Flyers, Theodore bounced back with three straight quality starts, winning his last two games and holding the red hot Penguins to one goal in regulation. Theodore allowed eight goals off 131 shots (.939 Sv%) and had his third shutout of the season (33rd career) against Carolina.

Biggest Loss: Shawn Matthias

Matthias has been struggling lately, he hasn't scored a goal since February 15th, and has only two points in his last ten games He played 55 minutes this week (11 against Toronto where he had a career high 17 PIMs) and went minus-one.

Goaltenders	Trend	Notes
Scott Clemmensen		No ice time for Clemmer this week.
Jose Theodore		See "Biggest gain"
Defensemen
Brian Campbell		Soup scored zero points and went minus-one in 103 minutes.
Keaton Ellerby		Ellerby snapped a six-game pointless streak (Panthers are 5-0 when Ellerby scores) with an assist against Toronto.
Jason Garrison		Garrison scored three points (1G/2A) and tied a record for Florida defensemen with 15 goals (Jay Bouwmeester and Bryan McCabe in 2008-09).
Erik Gudbranson		Gudbranson went minus-one this week, while recording nine hits, five against Carolina.
Ed Jovanovski		Jovo scored an assist against Toronto and went plus-one during the week. Hed nine hits and seven blocked shots while averaging 16 minutes a game with week.
Dmitry Kulikov		(Knee) surgery on Jan. 23 and is skating. He could return this week.
Mike Weaver		Weaver had a plus-one week with six blocked shots, adding on his team-leading 120. Garrison is second with 107.
Forwards
Krys Barch		Fighter Barch is back with 14 PIMs and seven hits.
Sean Bergenheim		Bergenheim scored two goals against the Leafs and went plus-two. With 16 goals this season, he has passed his previous career high of 15. Needs eight more points to surpass his career high.
Matt Bradley		(concussion) out since Feb. 19 and his return is unknown.
Tomas Fleischmann		Flash scored two goals, the first against Carolina and the lone goal against Pittsburgh. Just needs a goal and an assist to match his 2009-10 totals (career high)
Marcel Goc		Three point week (2G/1A) for Goc who finished a plus-three.
Tomas Kopecky		Kopecky scored three points and has started to play better of late (one point in February). Tied a season-high four hits against Toronto.
John Madden		Still scoreless and played only 44 minutes this week (eight against Carolina).
Shawn Matthias		See "Biggest loss"
Mikael Samuelsson		One point for Samuelsson (an assist) who went plus-one in 62 minutes this week.
Mike Santorelli		Zero points and a minus-one week for Santorelli.
Jack Skille		(shoulder) hurt on March 9 and could miss the remainder of the season.
Jerred Smithson		Smithson played only three games this week and went minus-one with seven hits.
Marco Sturm		Missed his sixth straight game with a knee injury. Could return this week.
Scottie Upshall		(sports hernia) surgery on Feb. 2 and is expected to be out until the end of March, though may return earlier, as he's been skating with the club.
Kris Versteeg		(lower body) out since Feb. 26 but started skating again this past weekend and could return this week.
Stephen Weiss		Had an assist against Carolina and a neutral weekly plus-minus with 78 minutes of ice time.
Wojtek Wolski		Currently on a three game point streak with four assists. Of his ten points this season, Wolski has had seven with the Panthers.