The Panthers were asked to come out and play hard; like a team fighting for their playoff lives, against division-rival Carolina, and they did just that. Carolina made mistakes and the Panthers were on top of everything to take advantage.
Florida won 5-0 with five different goal-scorers: Nathan Horton, Richard Zednik, Anthony Stewart, Gregory Campbell and Michael Frolik.
For Zednik, his goal gives him at at least one point in each of the last four games and a total of six points (4 goals, 2 assists).
Horton's two points put him at 34, and Kamil Kreps' two assists gives him four points in the last two games (all assists).
And then Anthony Stewart. Stewie scored his first goal since November 6 against Los Angeles. It's only his second of the year, but he too has points in consecutive games.
But no shutout would be complete without mention of the goaltender, and what a game he had. Tomas Vokoun faced 42 shots (15, 14, 13) and turned them all aside to record his fourth shutout of the year.
Florida moves to three points ahead of Carolina and now with 62 points, are tied with the Sabres. Since the Panthers have one game in hand, they are 7th while Buffalo is 8th.
I guess I wrote this too quickly. The recap isn't available, yet. I'll fix the link when it becomes available.
Like now. Now it is available.
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