Tuesday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers GameDay Open Forum
Career-highs abound in 2011-12 for Florida Panthers center Shawn Matthias, as games-played (70), goals (10), assists (14), points (24), penalty minutes (49), blocked shots (36), SOG (121), and shooting-percentage (.083) are all significantly up over any of his prior three seasons. The current four-game winning streak has brought no offense from him to speak of, but he's getting it done in essentially every other area with 24 pim, 6 hits, and 6 BkS.
The Eastern Front
Rank | Team | GP | W | L | OT | PTS | GF | GA | Home | Away | L10 | Streak |
1 | x-NY Rangers | 72 | 45 | 20 | 7 | 97 | 199 | 160 | 25-9-2 | 20-11-5 | 4-5-1 | Won 1 |
2 | Boston | 72 | 42 | 27 | 3 | 87 | 236 | 178 | 22-13-2 | 20-14-1 | 4-6-0 | Won 2 |
3 | Florida | 71 | 35 | 23 | 13 | 83 | 180 | 197 | 20-9-8 | 15-14-5 | 6-3-1 | Won 4 |
4 | Pittsburgh | 71 | 44 | 21 | 6 | 94 | 231 | 180 | 24-8-2 | 20-13-4 | 9-0-1 | OT 1 |
5 | Philadelphia | 72 | 42 | 22 | 8 | 92 | 231 | 204 | 19-10-5 | 23-12-3 | 8-1-1 | Won 1 |
6 | New Jersey | 73 | 41 | 27 | 5 | 87 | 200 | 191 | 20-13-3 | 21-14-2 | 6-4-0 | Lost 2 |
7 | Ottawa | 73 | 37 | 26 | 10 | 84 | 221 | 213 | 19-14-4 | 18-12-6 | 5-3-2 | Lost 1 |
8 | Washington | 73 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 80 | 198 | 208 | 23-10-3 | 14-20-3 | 5-4-1 | Won 1 |
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9 | Buffalo | 73 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 78 | 187 | 207 | 18-11-8 | 16-18-2 | 6-2-2 | Won 1 |
10 | Winnipeg | 72 | 34 | 30 | 8 | 76 | 192 | 203 | 23-11-4 | 11-19-4 | 5-4-1 | Lost 1 |
11 | Carolina | 73 | 29 | 29 | 15 | 73 | 194 | 217 | 18-13-6 | 11-16-9 | 5-3-2 | Won 3 |
12 | Toronto | 73 | 32 | 33 | 8 | 72 | 208 | 227 | 16-13-6 | 16-20-2 | 3-6-1 | Lost 1 |
13 | Tampa Bay | 72 | 32 | 33 | 7 | 71 | 202 | 247 | 21-14-2 | 11-19-5 | 4-5-1 | Lost 3 |
14 | NY Islanders | 72 | 29 | 32 | 11 | 69 | 169 | 216 | 15-16-6 | 14-16-5 | 3-4-3 | Won 1 |
15 | Montreal | 73 | 28 | 32 | 13 | 69 | 191 | 203 | 13-15-9 | 15-17-4 | 4-3-3 | OT 2 |
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Why last night rocked:
- NYR over NJ, 4-2: a very mild selection as a game that "rocked", but only somewhat-tepid news of the night for Cats/
Why last night jonesed:
- WSH over DET, 5-3: first five-goal effort from Caps since January 24 (5-3 victory over BOS), a span of 25 games
- BOS over TOR, 8-0: Globe and Mail's Shoalts: "Monday night’s no-show against the Boston Bruins, which capped a season’s worth of futility against them, was every bit the equal of anything that happened in the worst period of the franchise’s history."
- BUF over TB, 7-3: Sabres remain relevant as Bolts hit -45 goal differential mark
Panthers Playoff Update:
- FLA did not play; playoff odds down 0.8 to 97.2% per Sports Club Stats /
Why tonight is a Big Deal in SoFla, beyond the obvious:
Focusing on clubs within 5 points of Panthers (83P); teams FLA needs to lose in bold…
- WPG (76P) at PIT, 7 p.m.: including this only because it should be one completely killer hockey game
- NJ (87P) at OTT (84P), 7:30 p.m.: another take-your-pick matchup, selected the Devils to lose only due to higher point total between them
Next up for the Cats:
- In Philly tonight; the LBC Game Thread goes live at 6:30. Before then check out our pals at Broad Street Hockey for the home perspective./
Did you know:
- Florida has been relatively competitive when playing at Wells Fargo Center in recent seasons; witness a 6-6-1 record in 13 games since 2005-06 (36GF-38GA) /
Monday’s Organizational News:
- F Tomas Fleischmann was named as Florida's Masterton Trophy nominee
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