Philadelphia 4, Florida 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, November 6, 2014
Where: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Referees:
Brad Watson, Dean Morton
Linesmen:
Pierre Racicot, Brad Lazarowich
Attendance:
19777
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Flyers 4, Panthers 1: Sean Couturier scored the opening goal and set up another first-period tally to spark Philadelphia to its fourth straight home win.
Defenseman Michael Del Zotto notched his first goal of the season while Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Jakub Voracek also scored as the Flyers won for the fifth time in seven games and avenged a 2-1 defeat at Florida on Saturday. Steve Mason turned aside 34 shots to improve to 7-2-0 lifetime against the Panthers.
Nick Bjugstad netted the lone goal for Florida, which had its seven-game point streak (4-0-3) halted. Roberto Luongo made 26 saves as the Panthers yielded more than three goals for only the second time this season.
Philadelphia went ahead just before the four-minute mark, when Matt Read stole the puck along the left-wing boards and fed Brayden Schenn for a shot that Couturier tipped home. Del Zotto doubled the lead just over 2 1/2 minutes later, taking a cross-ice feed and beating Luongo from a sharp angle while using the referee as a screen.
Bellemare's one-timer from the slot at 2:50 of the second period pushed the lead to 3-0 before Bjugstad got Florida on the board exactly nine minutes later, cleaning up a rebound on the power play. The Flyers needed only 39 seconds to respond as Voracek finished off a 2-on-1 rush with captain Claude Giroux.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Voracek, who entered the night one point behind Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby for the league scoring lead, extended his point streak to seven games and has hit the scoresheet in 12 of his 13 contests. ... Panthers C Aleksander Barkov had a rough return to the lineup after a two-game injury absence - he was on the ice for each of Philadelphia's first two goals and was 2-for-13 on faceoffs. ... Philadelphia had killed off its first 19 short-handed situations at home prior to Bjugstad's tally.
Top Game Performances
Florida |
|
Philadelphia |
Nick Bjugstad 1 |
Points |
Sean Couturier 2 |
Nick Bjugstad 1 |
Goals |
Sean Couturier 1 |
Jimmy Hayes 1 |
Assists |
Brayden Schenn 2 |
Nick Bjugstad 1 |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Roberto Luongo .867 |
Save Percentage |
Steve Mason .971 |
Roberto Luongo 26 |
Saves |
Steve Mason 34 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Florida
|
35 |
1 |
1-4 |
2-2 |
8 |
39 |
Philadelphia
|
30 |
4 |
0-2 |
3-4 |
12 |
36 |
Upcoming Games
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Philadelphia will play their next game at home against Colorado. The Flyers have a W/L % of .600 after a win and .375 after a loss.
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Florida will play their next game at home against Calgary. The Panthers have a W/L % of .250 after a win and .429 after a loss.