The final was as ugly as we have seen around these parts in some time: 9-1.<\/p>\n
Woof.<\/p>\n
Florida had three shots on goal in the first period yet were somehow just down 1-0 going into the second.<\/p>\n
Uvis Balinskis tied the score early in the second on the Panthers\u2019 fourth SOG of the night, but unlike previous games against the Hurricanes this season, that was all Florida would get.<\/p>\n
The Panthers made two big comebacks to beat the Hurricanes earlier this season but that was not in the cards Friday.<\/p>\n
Carolina turned them tables on the Panthers in a big way, scoring six times in a third period that deteriorated rapidly.<\/p>\n
Florida\u2019s parade to the penalty box (seven from the end of the second into the third) did not help one iota.<\/p>\n
\u201dWe fought our way into the penalty box and had a real tough third period,\u2019\u2019 Maurice said. \u201cWe haven\u2019t had one of those in a long time. We were off. It wasn\u2019t a slow start \u2026 it started slow and got worse. This game is only real if we don\u2019t regroup and get back quick. We haven\u2019t thrown a game like that in a very long time. We got beat. Thank God we play tomorrow.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Anton Lundell mentioned that it was good that the Panthers get the opportunity to get right back at it tonight.<\/p>\n
As was the case many times during Florida\u2019s stay in the old Southeast Division, a short flight to Washington and a date with the Capitals awaited the Panthers.<\/p>\n
The Panthers probably are not going to learn a lot from Friday\u2019s loss.<\/p>\n
It was, to be blunt, a mess.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe good thing is we have a game tomorrow,\u2019\u2019 Lundell said. \u201cA new opportunity, a new chance to show that we will be better.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Sergei Bobrovsky and his stat page has to wear a nine-goal game although none of this is on him.<\/p>\n
If it wasn\u2019t for Bobrovsky, Florida probably could have been down 9 goals midway through the second period.<\/p>\n
The Panthers would certainly like to end this interrupted six-game road trip on a high note.<\/p>\n
Florida is 2-3 in its six-game sojourn away from Sunrise, a trip that started in Toronto and ended in Buffalo before the team came home for a couple days \u2014 then flew to Washington for their White House visit.<\/p>\n
The Panthers wrap up this leg of the roadie tonight in Washington before a home one-off against San Jose leads back to another three-game trip to the upper midwest.<\/p>\n
How much video Maurice cuts from this stinker is still up in the air.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not sure, exactly, what I\u2019m going to do with it,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cWe\u2019ll be right tomorrow.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
ON DECK: GAME No. 47
\nFLORIDA PANTHERS at WASHINGTON CAPITALS<\/p>\n
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