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
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”