All good things come to an end, and even though tonight's game wasn't a good one, six of eight points on the road is a positive stride for this team.
Florida took the lead early tonight when Michael Frolik sent a pass up the boards to Nick Boynton, who in turn fired the puck on net, directing its way through Schneider's pads and into the net. Not long after, three Panthers came in on the Vancouver net, but the puck came loose and away from the crowd right to Jay Bouwmeester who skated in deep to chip in the loose puck.
Later in the period, with Keith Ballard hobbling around after taking a shot in the ankle, Darcy Hordichuk took a pass off a Panthers turnover, carried it to the far side and skated in on Anderson who had slid to the left and away from the net, allowing for a relatively easy Vancouver goal.
The Panthers were outplayed by the Canucks in the second, and after a sloppy fluke goal in which Karlis Skrastins lost the puck beside the net, they never really got back on track.
Vancouver would score three more goals in the game. One, a pass that bounced off of Bouwmeester's skate and directed past Anderson and another, a breakaway in which Kesler simply beat Andy.
Michael Frolik would pull the Cats to within three in the third, but it was too little, too late. For Frolik, though, it was his fourth consecutive game with a point, and in the last eight games, he now has nine points.
Cory Stillman wasn't worked too much in the opening frame, but his shifts increased each period. Never heard anything else about him, so hopefully everything went well for him physically in his return.
But injuries may not be over, yet. Stephen Weiss left the game early and was taken to an area hospital for x-rays after being hit in the first period. GR hasn't got anything beyond that, and as was said in the game broadcast, they're just calling it an 'upper body injury' for the time being. So cross your fingers.
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