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The Numbers
Team Breakdown
| | Florida Panthers | Ottawa Senators |
| Record | 36-21-9 (3rd Atlantic) | 31-29-8 (5th Atlantic) |
| GF/60 (5v5) | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| GA/60 (5v5) | 2.0 | 2.3 |
| CF/60 (5v5) | 48.8 | 52.7 |
| CA/60 (5v5) | 51.3 | 60.5 |
| PDO (5v5) | 101.3 | 101.3 |
| Power Play | 16.6% - 38 for 229 (27th) | 17.4% - 36 for 207 (21st) |
| Penalty Kill | 81.4% - 179 for 220 (14th) | 74.0% - 55 for 212 (30th) |
Individual Leaders
| | Florida Panthers | Ottawa Senators |
| Points | Jaromir Jagr - 49 | Erik Karlsson - 68 |
| Goals | Jaromir Jagr & Reilly Smith - 21 | Mike Hoffman - 25 |
| Assists | Jussi Jokinen - 35 | Erik Karlsson - 57 |
| P1/60 (5v5) | Jaromir Jagr - 1.91 | Bobby Ryan - 1.62 |
| iCorsi/60 (5v5) | Nick Bjugstad - 13.0 | Mike Hoffman - 16.5 |
| CF% rel (5v5, SA) | Jussi Jokinen - +6.5% | Erik Karlsson - 7.2% |
| PenD (5v5) | Aleksander Barkov - +9 | Bobby Ryan - +10 |
Goalie Matchup
| | Roberto Luongo | Craig Anderson |
| Record | 27-16-6 | 27-20-4 |
| Sv% | .922 | .917 |
| AvgShDA (feet) | 33.05 | 32.04 |
| ReboundAg/60 | 2.24 | 2.23 |
| RushShotAg/60 | 2.05 | 3.16 |
| GAA | 2.33 | 2.81 |
* – Stats are courtesy of Corsica.Hockey and Hockey-Reference.com
Projected Lineups
Florida Panthers
| #11 Jonathan Huberdeau | #16 Aleksander Barkov | #68 Jaromir Jagr |
| #36 Jussi Jokinen | #21 Vincent Trocheck | #18 Reilly Smith |
| #24 Jiri Hudler | #27 Nick Bjugstad | #92 Kyle Rau |
| #42 Quinton Howden | #48 Logan Shaw | #22 Shawn Thornton |
| #7 Dmitry Kulikov | #5 Aaron Ekblad |
| #51 Brian Campbell | #44 Erik Gudbranson |
| #46 Jakub Kindl | #6 Alex Petrovic |
| #1 Roberto Luongo |
| #35 Al Montoya |
Ottawa Senators
| #15 Zack Smith | #43 Jean-Gabriel Pageau | #61 Mark Stone |
| #13 Nick Paul | #93 Mika Zibanejad | #90 Alex Chiasson |
| #43 Ryan Dzingel | #23 Scott Gomez | #6 Bobby Ryan |
| #68 Mike Hoffman | #27 Curtis Lazar | #25 Chris Neil |
| #3 Marc Methot | #65 Erik Karlsson |
| #2 Dion Phaneuf | #5 Cody Ceci |
| #21 Mike Kostka | #45 Chris Wideman |
| #41 Craig Anderson |
| #30 Andrew Hammond |
The Hat Trick
Not Good Enough, But It Will Be Fine: Monday’s game, as a whole, was not good enough. The Panthers came in to the game looking to defend 2nd place, and failed. The way the Cats fell behind in the first period was ugly, and disheartening for many. Simply put, they cannot let that happen in a playoff game. However, the way they battled back and took control of the game, eventually tyingnit, was somewhat encouraging. It showed the team still had a pulse and would not be defeated by one bad period of play. Avoid these problems, keep the mindset of the last 40, and this team will do great things.
History, History, and More History: I passed on doing a Cat Tracks for the last game, so I’d like to take this opportunity to once again congratulate Jaromir Jagr, this time on passing Gordie Howe for 3rd all-time in points. Its been a great year watching Jagr pass all these marks, I look forward to hopefully more history with The Legend.
Anderson Back: The Panthers will once again face former netminder Craig Anderson tonight. He lost just 2 of his first 10 games against the Panthers following his departure from the team. However, he has gone 3-5-1 in his nine against the Panthers. Any reputation he earned as a Panther killer has slowly evaporated given recent performance. Instead, fear Erik Karlsson. The Swedish defenseman may play a high risk game, but there’s a reason he has 68 points on the season: his game is also very effective.
Closing Thoughts
Don’t forget to donate to #CatsForACause! We just hit the $1,700 mark, and we want to take this further!
I would like to casually mention that I have a surprise in store for tonight’s game. Stay tuned to find out what the big surprise is!
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