Panthers Postgame Notes - 2.22.22 vs. NSH

FLORIDA PANTHERS vs. NASHVILLE PREDATORS

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

FLA Live Arena – Sunrise, Fla.

FLORIDA PANTHERS	NASHVILLE PREDATORS
4	6

PANTHERS POSTGAME QUOTES

Forward Sam Bennett

On tonight’s game:

“[Nashville] worked hard, they battled hard. Even when we had chances to take advantage after the disallowed goal, they came back with big pushes. When we were up, they came back and pushed. It was a hard-fought game but I think we’ve just got to do a little bit better job of being aware of their push and containing that and still finding our game.”

On playing at home:

“I just love playing here at home, I love playing in front of these fans. I enjoy playing here.”

Defenseman Radko Gudas

On Florida’s effort tonight:

“I thought the effort was there. I thought we did a lot of great things. We maybe passed the puck too many times in our opportunities. I just thought there were some breaks that we could have taken care of, and we gave them their chances and they capitalized on it. We’ve got to learn from it and be smarter when we play a game like that. I really like how we came out and how we played, and there are some things we can take care of.”

Interim Head Coach Andrew Brunette

On tonight’s game:

“I liked a lot of things we did [tonight]. I thought we attacked, I thought we had energy, I thought we played the way we wanted to play. We just got a little loose in certain areas. We kind of got away with it at different times during the course [of the game] and tonight we didn’t. As simple as that.”

CATS STATS

Nashville ended Florida’s nine-game home winning streak, the Panthers second-longest in franchise history behind their 11-game home win streak to start the 2021-22 season.
Jonathan Huberdeau notched two assists for the fourth consecutive game, extending his assist and point streaks to eight games (1-13-14).
Huberdeau’s eight-game assist/point streak marks his second such streak this season (5-15-20, Dec. 30-Jan. 15). His eight-game assist streak ties the franchise record. He is the only NHL skater with multiple eight-game assist streaks this season.
With his two assists tonight, Huberdeau leads the NHL in assists and points (17-55-72).
Aaron Ekblad scored a goal for the fourth consecutive game, matching a franchise record for longest goal streak by a Panthers defenseman (Jay Bouwmeester in 2008-09).
Ekblad extended his point streak to six games (4-5-9), the longest point streak by a Panthers defenseman this season.
Sam Reinhart produced a goal and an assist, extending his point streak to seven games (6-6-12), his longest of the season.
MacKenzie Weegar logged an assist, extending his point streak to four games (1-3-4), matching his longest point streak of the season.
Sam Bennett scored his 22^nd goal of the season and led Florida with seven shots and seven hits.
Radko Gudas tallied his first goal of the season.
Florida logged 48 shots on goal, their sixth game this season with at least 48 shots.