Los Florida Panthers golearon 5-1 a Toronto Maple leafs cerrando una serie de 4 partidos en casa con 3 victorias y una derrota y cerrando la primera mitad de la temporada, antes del descanso por el juego de las Estrellas de la NHL, como lideres absolutos de la division Atlantico con 63 puntos en 49 partidos…
Toronto sorprendio abriendo la cuenta en el primer periodo con gol de Nazem Kadri, pero los Florida Panthers reaccionaron con 3 goles en el segundo periodo, dos de ellos en power play…Alexander Barkov igualo el 1-1 para celebrar ademas la firma de su extension de contrato por 6 años mas…Vincent Trochek amplio 2-1 tamben en PP y Jussi Jokinen completo la remontada para el 3-1 del segundo periodo…
En el complemento goles de Reilly Smith y Alex Petrovic para el 5-1. Los Florida Panthers le anotaron 4 a Chicago, 5 a Tampa y 5 a Toronto en los ultimos 3 partidos…
Florida goaltender Roberto Luongo made 22 saves and tied Tony Esposito for seventh place on the all-time list with his 423rd career victory in the Florida Panthers’ 5-1 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at BB&T Center on Tuesday.
Luongo won his eighth consecutive home game, extending his own franchise record. He is 22-13-4 this season and will play in the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game in Nashville on Sunday. Luongo is 14 victories behind Jacques Plante for sixth place in career victories.
Forwards Aleksander Barkov, Vincent Trochek and Jussi Jokinen had second-period goals, and Reilly Smith and defenseman Alex Petrovic scored in the third period to help the Panthers win their third consecutive game.
Florida has outscored its opponents 10-0 in the second period during the victories against the Chicago Blackhawks, Tampa Bay Lightning and the Maple Leafs.
The Panthers (29-15-5) reached the All-Star break in first place in the Atlantic Division. They finished 8-3-1 in January and are 15-3-1 in their past 19 games.
