ShareIt is here, the final game of the regular season. For once, however, there is no pall of sadness over this game. Instead, we anticipate the excitement of what is to come.
The Numbers
Team Breakdown
| | Florida Panthers | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Record | 46-26-9 (y - 1st Atlantic) | 35-30-16 (6th Metropolitan) |
| GF/60 (5v5) | 2.5 | 2.0 |
| GA/60 (5v5) | 2.0 | 2.4 |
| CF/60 (5v5) | 50.0 | 55.5 |
| CA/60 (5v5) | 51.1 | 52.5 |
| PDO (5v5) | 101.8 | 98.4 |
| Power Play | 17.0% - 47 for 276 (23rd) | 16.5% - 39 for 236 (24th) |
| Penalty Kill | 79.7% - 212 for 266 (24th) | 84.2% - 170 for 202 (6th) |
Individual Leaders
| | Florida Panthers | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Points | Jaromir Jagr - 65 | Jeff Skinner - 51 |
| Goals | Aleksander Barkov - 28 | Jeff Skinner - 28 |
| Assists | Jussi Jokinen - 41 | E. Lindholm, Jo. Staal, V. Rask - 27 |
| P1/60 (5v5) | Jaromir Jagr - 2.00 | Jeff Skinner - 2.05 |
| iCorsi/60 (5v5) | Nick Bjugstad - 13.4 | Jeff Skinner - 18.4 |
| CF% rel (5v5, SA) | Jussi Jokinen - +6.8% | Andrej Nestrasil - +4.8% |
| PenD (5v5) | Aleksander Barkov - +12 | Joakim Nordstrom & Jeff Skinner - +12 |
Goalie Matchup
| | Roberto Luongo | Eddie Lack |
| Record | 34-19-6 | 12-13-6 |
| Sv% | .922 | .903 |
| AvgShDA (feet) | 32.32 | 28.40 |
| ReboundAg/60 | 2.10 | 2.84 |
| RushShotAg/60 | 2.12 | 2.56 |
| GAA | 2.35 | 2.77 |
* – 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 | #27 Nick Bjugstad | #18 Reilly Smith |
| #24 Jiri Hudler | #23 Rocco Grimaldi | #26 Teddy Purcell |
| #42 Quinton Howden | #41 Greg McKegg | #48 Logan Shaw |
| #51 Brian Campbell | #5 Aaron Ekblad |
| #7 Dmitry Kulikov | #56 Mike Matheson |
| #46 Jakub Kindl | #6 Alex Petrovic |
| #1 Roberto Luongo |
| #35 Al Montoya |
Ottawa Senators
| #42 Joakim Nordstrom | #11 Jordan Staal | #16 Elias Lindholm |
| #53 Jeff Skinner | #49 Victor Rask | #25 Chris Terry |
| #14 Nathan Gerbe | #20 Riley Nash | #24 Brad Malone |
| #56 Brendan Woods | #18 Jay McClement | #7 Ryan Murphy |
| #74 Jacob Slavin | #27 Justin Faulk |
| #5 Noah Hanifin | #54 Brett Pesce |
| #65 Ron Hainsey | #47 Michal Jordan |
| #31 Eddie Lack |
| #30 Cam Ward |
Link Time
Shoot The Lights Out: The Panthers have been shooting a lot lately. I dug in and took a look the finer details around that surge in shooting.
An Individual Barrage: Further to the above discussion, I took a look at Panthers shooting on an individual player level.
Closing Thoughts
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