Thursday Caterwaul: Panthers Open Forum
On a night featuring a surplus of goals-against and minus-ratings infecting most of the roster, Florida's Shawn Matthias remained afloat during his 18 shifts, scoring once while collecting 2 SOG & 1 BkS, winning 8 of 12 faceoffs and closing the evening as the only Panther with a positive plus-minus (+1). He has 1G-3A, 1 hit, 2 BkS, 7 SOG and a plus-4 in his last four games.
RECAPS: Litter Box Cats * SB Nation * Silver Seven
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The Eastern Front
Rank | Team | GP | W | L | OT | PTS | GF | GA | Home | Away | L10 | Streak |
1 | NY Rangers | 55 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 79 | 156 | 110 | 18-6-2 | 19-7-3 | 8-1-1 | Won 4 |
2 | Boston | 55 | 35 | 18 | 2 | 72 | 188 | 126 | 18-10-2 | 17-8-0 | 5-5-0 | Won 1 |
3 | Florida | 56 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 65 | 143 | 158 | 14-6-7 | 13-12-4 | 6-3-1 | Lost 1 |
4 | Philadelphia | 56 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 69 | 182 | 169 | 13-9-5 | 18-9-2 | 3-4-3 | Lost 2 |
5 | Pittsburgh | 57 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 69 | 176 | 150 | 17-8-2 | 15-12-3 | 6-3-1 | Lost 1 |
6 | New Jersey | 56 | 32 | 20 | 4 | 68 | 158 | 156 | 15-10-3 | 17-10-1 | 6-2-2 | Won 1 |
7 | Ottawa | 60 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 68 | 179 | 183 | 15-11-3 | 15-11-5 | 3-5-2 | Won 2 |
8 | Toronto | 58 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 64 | 176 | 174 | 16-9-4 | 13-14-2 | 5-4-1 | Won 1 |
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9 | Washington | 56 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 61 | 156 | 160 | 19-8-2 | 9-15-3 | 3-4-3 | Lost 2 |
10 | Winnipeg | 58 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 58 | 140 | 164 | 16-9-2 | 10-17-4 | 4-6-0 | Lost 2 |
11 | NY Islanders | 56 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 56 | 134 | 160 | 12-13-5 | 12-11-3 | 5-3-2 | Won 1 |
12 | Montreal | 58 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 56 | 155 | 158 | 11-12-8 | 12-13-2 | 5-4-1 | OT 1 |
13 | Tampa Bay | 56 | 24 | 26 | 6 | 54 | 155 | 189 | 15-9-2 | 9-17-4 | 5-3-2 | Lost 2 |
14 | Buffalo | 56 | 24 | 26 | 6 | 54 | 137 | 162 | 13-11-6 | 11-15-0 | 5-4-1 | Lost 2 |
15 | Carolina | 57 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 53 | 147 | 175 | 14-12-3 | 7-13-8 | 5-1-4 | Won 1 |
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Why last night rocked:
- ANH over PIT, 2-1 (REG); a stretch here, but Pens remain within four points of Florida/
Why last night jonesed:
- TOR over EDM, 4-3 (OT); Reimer: 28 saves for Leafs/
Panthers Playoff Update:
- FLA lost to OTW 2-6; playoff odds down 7.7 to 83.5% per Sports Club Stats
Why tonight is a Big Deal in SoFla:
Teams FLA (65P) needs to lose in bold…
- BUF at PHI (69P), 7 p.m.; Flyers 2-0 vs Sabres in 2011-12
- WPG (58P) at MIN, 8; Jets victorious in only meeting of season, 2-1 (REG) from Winnipeg in December
Next up for the Cats:
- Hosting WSH tomorrow; the LBC Game Thread hopes for far less pixelation at 7./
Did you know:
- Florida is 1-1 in games immediately following losses to OTW this season, the last one resulting in this memorable evening/
On the table:
- Globe & Mail's Gordon is getting antsy for a transaction. Any transaction./
Wednesday’s Organizational News:
- D Tyson Strachan signed to one-year contract extension
- Former captain Bryan McCabe, as yet unofficially retired, helping Panthers "scout ahead of the trade deadline"
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