Tonight, the Panthers played a great game, especially when you consider they were without Cory Stillman, Nathan Horton and Richard Zednik.
Nick Tarnasky made his Panthers debut and Shawn Matthias was back after injuries forced a recall.
It was a rough start with two very, very quick Rangers goals (Zherdev and Fritsche), but Florida stayed on their game for most of the night and ultimately, Radek Dvorak and Jay Bouwmeester added goals to even things up.
Seven minutes into the third, Aaron Voros gave the Rangers the lead again, and it remained 3-2 until the 18:27 mark of the third period when David Booth came through with his twelfth goal of the year -- tying the game in the final two minutes for the second game in a row.
In the shootout, Rostislav Olesz made a great move and beat Lundqvist, but Anderson was beat five-hole each of the first two Rangers shooters (Naslund, Zherdev). With Weiss stopped between the two Rangers, the chance fell to Michael Frolik. Frolik missed the net after a deke and that was the end of it.
As for ice time, Jay Bouwmeester blew everyone away: 31:28. David Booth led the forwards with 23:23, and from one extreme to the other, Anthony Stewart wound up with a whopping 4:22.
Shawn Matthias had 5:42 and newcomer Nick Tarnasky had 5:36.
Speaking of Matthias -- the Rochester club that he left this week to join the Panthers has snapped their seven-game losing streak.
The Amerks took on Lake Erie and came out with their heads held high and a 2-1 victory. Scoring the goals for Rochester were Dan Collins (from Duco and Sweetland) and then Michal Repik (Meyer, Ellerby). Sweetland's assist is his first career point in the AHL.
Chris Beckford-Tseu stopped 27 of 28, and the Amerks are now 3-16-1.
Rochester added a new face to their roster this week, as well, acquiring Randall Gelech -- a winger -- from Grand Rapids via loan. In his Amerks debut this evening, Gelech put up three shots.
Additionally, the Amerks have reassigned Luke Beaverson to the Florida Everblades. Beaverson is in his first full pro season since leaving the University of Alaska-Anchorage last season.
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