MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – Carter Verhaeghe scored twice and Spencer Knight stopped 27 photographs for his second profession shutout because the Florida Panthers beat the Ottawa Senators 4-0 on Thursday night time.
Sam Reinhart and Sam Bennett additionally scored for Florida, which halted Ottawa’s four-game profitable streak.
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Filip Gustavsson made 26 saves for Ottawa.
With the highest seed within the Eastern Conference locked up, the Panthers rested just a few of their starters, together with Jonathan Huberdeau, Aleksander Barkov, Claude Giroux, MacKenzie Weegar and Gustav Forsling.
Florida held a 1-0 result in open the third and scored two objectives in a 21-second span within the opening minutes of the third interval.
Bennett managed an Anthony Duclair rebound out entrance to make it 2-0, and moments later Eetu Luostarinen discovered Verhaeghe, who scored over a sprawled Gustavsson.
Verhaeghe scored his second of the sport halfway by means of the interval for his twenty fourth of the season.
The Panthers had an incredible alternative to increase their lead early within the second with a two-man benefit for 51 seconds, however had been unable to capitalize.
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Florida saved coming, however Gustavsson was strong, making a giant save on Verhaeghe. At the opposite finish of the ice, Knight was holding his personal, stopping Auston Watson on an incredible likelihood.
Bennett grabbed the puck from Drake Batherson on the aim line and handed it to Reinhart, who scored his thirty third of the season from the hashmarks to present the Panthers a 1-0 lead within the first.
NOTES: Eugene Melnyk’s daughters Anna and Olivia had been readily available to drop the puck for the house finale. Florida’s Aleksi Heponiemi, Matt Kiersted, and Cole Schwindt had been all within the lineup. Anton Lundell (higher physique) and Radko Gudas (decrease physique) missed the sport whereas nursing minor illnesses.
UP NEXT
Florida: At Montreal Canadiens on Friday.
Ottawa: At Philadelphia Flyers on Friday.
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