The Florida Panthers scored half their goals on the powerplay in a 6-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators.
Brad Marchand opened the scoring with his second goal of the regular season with the assists going to former Blachakws’ defenders Seth Jones and Gustav Forsling.
Evan Rodrigues extended the lead with for his first of the year from Aaron Ekblad.
Shane Pinto broke the shut out with his third of the campaign from Ridly Greig.
Aaron Ekblad answered on the powerplay with his first of the year courtesy of Marchand and Jones.
Anton Lundell got the second straight powerplay goal for his second of the year from newcomer Jeff Petry and three time Cup champion Carter Verhaeghe
Mackie Samoskevich got the third consecutive goal on the man advantage. The first rounder got his first of the year from Lundell.
Sam Reinhart, my Panthers’ player to watch recorded his first goal of the regular season from Forsling.
Pinto got on the board for the visitors with his second of the evening and fourth of the year from the former Panthers’ veteran and my Senators’ player to watch Claude Giroux.
Claude Giroux was my Senators’ skater to watch for the visitors. Giroux, 37, recorded his 752nd career assist and 1,118th career point in his 1,265th regular season matchup. The former Panthers’ deadline pickup had 2 shots on goal in 13:28TOI
Sam Reinhart was my player to watch for the Panthers. The two time cup champion and second overall pick from 2014 recorded his 295th career goal and 620th career point in his 778th regular season contest.
Linus Ullmark allowed 6 goals on 27 shots for a 0.778 save percentage
Sergei Bobrovsky saves 26 of 28 shots for a 0.929 save percentage.
Sens’ Three Stars of the Game
Shane Pinto — 2 goals (4) Ridly Greig — assist (1)Claude Giroux — assist (1)
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