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Sunday Caterwaul: Panthers Open Forum

Weird things happen in situations sometimes. Of all the games I could have done something like this, it came in my 900th game. It’s fun, on a weekend night when my kids are here. It’s pretty exciting. I’ll remember this. With the win, three goals, my kids being there, I think I have a lot of reasons to remember this game.

– Tampa Bay forward Martin St. Louis, on his 3-goal performance vs Florida Saturday, via TBO.com



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The Eastern Front

Rank

Team

GP

W

L

OT

PTS

GF

GA

Home

Away

L/10

Streak

1

NY Rangers

49

32

12

5

69

136

100

15-5-2

17-7-3

6-3-1

Won 1

2

Boston

50

32

16

2

66

176

110

17-9-2

15-7-0

4-5-1

Lost 2

3

Florida

51

24

16

11

59

131

145

13-5-7

11-11-4

4-3-3

Lost 1

4

Philadelphia

51

30

15

6

66

171

151

12-8-4

18-7-2

5-3-2

Lost 1

5

Pittsburgh

52

30

18

4

64

159

133

15-7-2

15-11-2

9-1-0

Won 1

6

New Jersey

51

29

19

3

61

144

146

14-9-2

15-10-1

6-3-1

Won 3

7

Ottawa

55

27

21

7

61

161

171

14-10-2

13-11-5

3-6-1

Lost 1

8

Toronto

52

27

19

6

60

161

152

15-8-4

12-11-2

5-4-1

Won 2

9

Washington

51

27

20

4

58

144

145

18-6-1

9-14-3

5-3-2

Won 1

10

Winnipeg

53

24

23

6

54

129

147

15-8-2

9-15-4

4-5-1

Lost 1

11

Tampa Bay

51

23

23

5

51

147

173

15-7-2

8-16-3

6-3-1

Won 1

12

NY Islanders

51

21

22

8

50

125

150

11-11-5

10-11-3

6-2-2

OT 1

13

Buffalo

52

22

24

6

50

126

154

11-9-6

11-15-0

4-5-1

Won 1

14

Carolina

54

20

25

9

49

137

165

14-12-3

6-13-6

6-2-2

Won 2

15

Montreal

52

19

24

9

47

134

145

9-11-7

10-13-2

3-5-2

Lost 3

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Why last night rocked:

  • TOR over OTW, 5-0; this one’s a reach but actually benefits Florida/

Why last night jonesed:

  • WSH over MTL, 3-0; multi-point performances by Semin, Laich move Caps within spitting distance of FLA
  • NJ over PHI, 6-4; Devs’ Foster: 2G-1A, minus-1 in hang-on victory/

Panthers Playoff Update:

Why today is a Big Deal in SoFla:

  • BOS at WSH, 12:30 p.m. (NBC-SP)
  • PIT at NJ, 1
  • PHI at NYR, 1
  • WPG at MTL, 2/

Next up for the Cats:

  • Tuesday from D.C.; the LBC Game Thread will be calling Strategic Air Command headquarters shortly after the Go-Code is issued at 6:30./

Did you know:

  • With the completion of the season series vs Tampa Bay, Florida has nine games remaining vs division opponents: Carolina (4), Washington (3), Winnipeg (2); four at home/five on road./

Who’s your pick tonight?

Giants 20
Patriots 7
Seriously? All about monster victories for the Bruins and Habs 40

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