No one has necessarily crowed about the Florida Panthers penalty kill through the second half of the 2011-12 season – and understandably so – but the club has quietly turned the tables in an area which was partially responsible for so much heartache over the past month: in their last six games the Cats have allowed only 2 goals in 13 shorthanded situations, and both of those were white-flagged in a 5-0 smackdown courtesy of the Flyers last week. They’ve slammed the door with a suddenly effective PK over their last three, going 6-0 against Toronto, Carolina, and Pittsburgh.
RECAPS: Litter Box Cats * SB Nation Florida * Pension Plan Puppets
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The Eastern Front
|
Rank |
Team |
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
PTS |
GF |
GA |
Home |
Away |
L10 |
Streak |
|
1 |
NY Rangers |
69 |
44 |
18 |
7 |
95 |
192 |
150 |
24-7-2 |
20-11-5 |
6-3-1 |
Won 2 |
|
2 |
Boston |
69 |
40 |
26 |
3 |
83 |
223 |
170 |
20-13-2 |
20-13-1 |
4-6-0 |
Lost 3 |
|
3 |
Florida |
69 |
33 |
23 |
13 |
79 |
171 |
193 |
18-9-8 |
15-14-5 |
6-3-1 |
Won 2 |
|
4 |
Pittsburgh |
68 |
42 |
21 |
5 |
89 |
219 |
173 |
24-8-2 |
18-13-3 |
9-1-0 |
Won 9 |
|
5 |
Philadelphia |
69 |
40 |
22 |
7 |
87 |
223 |
197 |
18-10-5 |
22-12-2 |
7-3-0 |
Won 1 |
|
6 |
New Jersey |
70 |
40 |
25 |
5 |
85 |
195 |
182 |
19-12-3 |
21-13-2 |
5-4-1 |
Lost 1 |
|
7 |
Ottawa |
70 |
36 |
25 |
9 |
81 |
216 |
206 |
18-13-4 |
18-12-5 |
6-3-1 |
OT 1 |
|
8 |
Washington |
70 |
36 |
28 |
6 |
78 |
189 |
197 |
23-10-3 |
13-18-3 |
7-2-1 |
Won 4 |
|
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|
9 |
Buffalo |
70 |
33 |
29 |
8 |
74 |
174 |
196 |
18-11-7 |
15-18-1 |
7-2-1 |
Won 2 |
|
10 |
Winnipeg |
69 |
32 |
29 |
8 |
72 |
181 |
195 |
21-10-4 |
11-19-4 |
5-3-2 |
Lost 2 |
|
11 |
Tampa Bay |
69 |
32 |
30 |
7 |
71 |
197 |
234 |
21-11-2 |
11-19-5 |
5-4-1 |
Won 1 |
|
12 |
Toronto |
70 |
30 |
32 |
8 |
68 |
202 |
217 |
16-13-6 |
14-19-2 |
1-8-1 |
Lost 2 |
|
13 |
Carolina |
70 |
26 |
29 |
15 |
67 |
183 |
211 |
17-13-6 |
9-16-9 |
3-3-4 |
Lost 2 |
|
14 |
NY Islanders |
70 |
28 |
31 |
11 |
67 |
164 |
211 |
15-15-6 |
13-16-5 |
3-4-3 |
OT 2 |
|
15 |
Montreal |
70 |
27 |
32 |
11 |
65 |
185 |
196 |
12-15-8 |
15-17-3 |
3-6-1 |
OT 1 |
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Why last night rocked:
- G Jose Theodore stopped 26 Toronto shots, bringing his numbers to an impressive 93 saves on 96 shots over his past three games
Why last night jonesed:
- WSH over NYI, 5-4 (SO): Yep, they did it again – Isles surrendered another substantial lead to Caps, lose it beyond regulation/
Panthers Playoff Update:
- FLA defeated TOR 5-2; playoff odds up 4.8 to 89.6% per Sports Club Stats/
Why tonight is a Big Deal in SoFla:
Focusing on clubs within 5 points of Panthers (79P); teams FLA needs to lose in bold…
- COL at BUF (75P), 7:30 p.m. (NBC-SN): Sabs have won five straight at home
- OTT (81P) at MTL, 7:30: Sens back in our crosshairs once more; they’ve given up 10 goals to Habs in three games, winning once in a shootout. Clubs meet again Friday
- DAL at WPG (72P), 8:30: forget that they trail FLA by seven points – it’s the Jets and they’re home (21-10-4)/
Next up for the Cats:
- Homestand match number three features Da Broons tomorrow; the LBC Game Thread thinks it really was a Russian water-tentacle at 7. Need Tickets? Seats starting at $7 via TiqIQ./
Did you know:
- Florida has won three straight games four times on nine attempts in 2011-12/
Tuesday’s Organizational News:
- F Marco Sturm and D Tyson Strachan were last night’s healthy scratches
- Panthers are bringing some NHL love to San Antonio in September