Tuesday Caterwaul: Panthers Open Forum
Panthers winger Matt Bradley has, um, "capitalized" on increased ice time tossed his way during a difficult stretch of injuries throughout the Florida roster, collecting 1 goal and 2 assists over the past five contests (2-2-1). Despite a minus-two, the feisty forward has 20 hits in that span.
The Eastern Front
Rank | Team | GP | W | L | OT | PTS | GF | GA | Home | Away | L/10 | Streak |
1 | NY Rangers | 37 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 110 | 79 | 11-3-2 | 13-6-2 | 7-3-0 | Won 2 |
2 | Boston | 35 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 49 | 123 | 68 | 13-6-1 | 11-4-0 | 7-3-0 | Lost 1 |
3 | Florida | 39 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 47 | 103 | 107 | 10-4-5 | 10-8-2 | 4-4-2 | Won 1 |
4 | Philadelphia | 37 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 48 | 125 | 109 | 8-6-2 | 14-5-2 | 5-4-1 | Lost 1 |
5 | Pittsburgh | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 46 | 121 | 100 | 11-4-2 | 10-9-2 | 5-5-0 | Lost 2 |
6 | Ottawa | 40 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 45 | 123 | 135 | 12-8-1 | 8-7-4 | 7-2-1 | Won 3 |
7 | New Jersey | 38 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 44 | 105 | 108 | 10-6-1 | 11-9-1 | 7-2-1 | OT 1 |
8 | Winnipeg | 38 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 43 | 104 | 107 | 14-6-1 | 5-8-4 | 6-3-1 | Won 3 |
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9 | Washington | 37 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 42 | 111 | 109 | 13-5-1 | 7-10-1 | 6-3-1 | Won 3 |
10 | Toronto | 38 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 41 | 118 | 125 | 8-5-4 | 10-10-1 | 3-5-2 | Lost 1 |
11 | Buffalo | 38 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 38 | 100 | 112 | 9-9-4 | 8-8-0 | 2-6-2 | OT 1 |
12 | Tampa Bay | 37 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 37 | 104 | 122 | 11-5-0 | 6-12-3 | 6-3-1 | Won 3 |
13 | Montreal | 39 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 35 | 99 | 110 | 5-7-6 | 9-11-1 | 3-7-0 | Lost 2 |
14 | NY Islanders | 36 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 32 | 84 | 113 | 8-9-3 | 5-8-3 | 4-6-0 | Won 2 |
15 | Carolina | 40 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 32 | 103 | 135 | 9-10-2 | 4-11-4 | 4-4-2 | Lost 1 |
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Why last night rocked:
- NYR over PHI, 3-2 (REG); depending upon your loyalties, of course, the final score was a good thing/bad thing for FLA, though it's awfully hard to argue against the "regulation" aspect/
Why last night jonesed:
- OTW over NJ, 3-2 (OT); forgetting we wanted both of these clubs to magically finish without a point, Jersey blew a 2-goal lead as the Sens and Daniel Alfredsson dragged it to an evil extra frame. Bang: 3 points awarded./
Why tonight is a Big Deal in SoFla:
- CGY at WSH, 7 p.m.; Good news: Flames are 11-2-2 against the Caps. Bad news: that record ran from November, 1974 through December of '77.
- TB at TOR, 7; after having the four-game table run against them a year ago, the Leafs took this season's only meeting so far, 7-1. At the Bay.
- NYI at CAR, 7; Canes are 5-1 at home vs the Isles since 2008-09.
- EDM at BUF, 7; Sabres victorious in last 2 at Buffalo against the Oil./
Next up for the Cats:
Thursday vs NYR. LBC Game Thread at 6:30.
Did you know:
FLA is 4-2 in games immediately following January 1st since the NHL lockout of 2004-05.
This just in:
Center Mark Cullen has been returned to AHL San Antonio, making room for...Samuelsson? Goc?
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