The Florida Panthers, locked in a battle to claim the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, will host the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night. Florida (36-28-7, 79 points) is 6-1-1 in its last eight games, but the Panthers are coming off a dud performance on Tuesday, losing 6-3 to the out-of-contention Philadelphia Flyers. Prior to that, the Panthers won their third straight at the time, beating the Detroit Red Wings, 5-2.
The Panthers lost control of their own destiny by losing to one of the worst teams in the NHL in Philadelphia.
The Florida Panthers had their seven-game (6-0-1) point streak come to an unceremonious end in a disappointing 6-3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center that saw backup goaltender Alex Lyon surrender five goals on 23 shots. Florida got off to a good start when Matthew Tkachuk opened the scoring 75 seconds into the action. Eetu Luostarinen gained the line and crossed to Carter Verhaeghe and he slap-passed into the low slot where Tkachuk deflected the puck past a helpless Carter Hart for his 34th goal of the season.
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
16 | C | |
9 | C | |
72 | G | |
21 | C | |
10 | LW | |
5 | D | |
4 | D | |
42 | D | |
7 | D | |
70 | RW | |
94 | LW | |
15 | C | |
27 | C | |
34 | G | |
28 | D | |
62 | D | |
13 | C | |
54 | RW | |
12 | C | |
18 | D | |
19 | LW | |
23 | C | |
6 | C |