FLORIDA PANTHERS vs. WINNIPEG JETS
APRIL 15, 2022
FLA Live Arena – Sunrise, Fla.
| FLORIDA PANTHERS | WINNIPEG JETS |
| 6 | 1 |
PANTHERS POSTGAME QUOTES
Forward Sam Reinhart
On Gustav Forsling’s recent play:
“He plays with so much speed. [He] creates so much open space up there and he puts himself in the right holes and his timing is impeccable. He creates a lot of looks for himself.”
On Jonathan Huberdeau:“He does everything out there. He is killing penalties; you can see him creating up there on the penalty kill. He is so good at both ends of the ice–that allows him to showcase his skill on a nightly basis and overall consistency that he has. I have been impressed.
Defenseman Gustav Forsling
On his confidence:
“I feel very good. You get a lot of confidence when you score for sure, but you know, you can play good without scoring and have good confidence… but scoring goals is not bad.”
On Bobrovsky’s performance:“I think he looked really good today. He looked like he had a lot of confidence. He looked calm out there. We need him, and he has been a real big part of our success this year.”
On Team’s recent play:“We are having so much fun here at home for sure. Got the crowd there with us today. It is a lot of fun when we are winning.”
Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky
On his franchise-record 36th win of the season:
“To be honest, I didn’t know about that…It’s a team record. It’s not me. It’s all about the team. By myself, I’m nothing. As a team we’re strong, but individually we’re nothing.
“When you play and don’t think about those things. You focus on the moment and one shot at a time, one practice at a time. It is nice for sure. I’m happy with that. I’m happy with how things have gone for me and for the team this year. I just continue to enjoy the game.”
On tonight’s game:
“It was an entertaining game, they had good opportunities. They’re a good team, a fast team. It was great. As I said, it was lots of fun.”
Interim Head Coach Andrew Brunette
On Sergei Bobrovsky’s performance:“I thought he was rock solid tonight. I thought he was dialed in and played really exceptionally well tonight. He’s had a great season…his work as a whole has been pretty impressive. Good for him and another guy in this group that sets franchise milestones here.”
On Huberdeau and Giroux’s performance:
“They’re both highly talented, smart hockey players. It’s fun to see them connect a little bit. They have been trying so hard to connect, probably trying too hard. Tonight was just an example of just playing and things happen…they read off each other really well. It is really nice to see them get a couple goals together.”On Florida’s overall team chemistry:
“They really care for each other, and they love playing with each other. They love to watch other people have success and they cheer it on and hope Fors [Gustav Forsling] gets his hat trick. I think that was a big thing for those guys. It just builds that kind of team chemistry, that bonding, that pure love for each other. That is the reason for where we are at.”
CATS STATS
- The Panthers earned their ninth consecutive win, the second longest win streak in franchise history behind their 12-game win streak from Dec. 15, 2015-Jan. 10, 2016.
- The win also marked their ninth consecutive home win, tied with their nine-game streak from Dec. 29, 2021-Jan. 29, 2022 as the second-longest in club history. The Cats have posted three separate home win streaks of at least nine game this season, just the second time in NHL history a team has had three separate nine-game home win streak (DET in 1995-96).
- The Panthers league-leading 32 home wins this season (32-6-0) are tied for the eighth-most in a season in NHL history. The league record for home wins in a season is 36, held by PHI (1975-76) and DET (1995-96).
- Florida scored at least six goals in a home game for the 11th time this season – a franchise record and the most in the NHL in 2021-22. The last team to record more in a campaign was PIT in 1995-96 (18). The Cats have scored at least six goals in a game 16 times this season, including three times in April.
- Sergei Bobrovsky earned his 36th win (36-6-3) of the season, surpassing Roberto Luongo (25 in 2005-06 and 2015-16) for the most single-season wins by a goaltender in club history. The victory also marked Bobrovsky’s 24th win (24-3-0) at FLA Live Arena this season, surpassing Luongo’s club record of 23 from 2005-06.
- Bobrovsky has earned a win in each of his past 10 decisions.
- Jonathan Huberdeau produced 3 points (2-1-3), including each of Florida’s first two goals in the game 2:44 apart. He has now logged at least one point in each of his past 13 games (11-13-24), tying Pavel Bure (13 in 1999-00) for the second-longest point streak in franchise history.
- Huberdeau has amassed a league-leading 67 points (17-50-67) over 38 home games this season, tied for the fourth-most home points of any skater since 1996-97.
- Huberdeau’s performance marked his career-high fifth multi-goal outing of the season. He also became the third Panthers skater to reach 30 goals this season, the second time in club history the Panthers have had three 30-goal scorers in one season.
- Claude Giroux notched a season-high three assists and won 12 of his 15 faceoffs (80%). He has registered four assists over his last two games and 15 points (2-13-15) over his first 12 games with the Cats.
- Gustav Forsling (2-0-2) recorded his second multi-goal game of the season. He has posted four points (3-1-4) over his past three games, and six goals (6-3-9) over his past eight games.
- Sam Reinhart recorded two assists, extending his point streak to five games (3-6-9).
- MacKenzie Weegar skated in his 300th NHL game and notched an assist.
LOOKING AHEAD
Next up for the Cats — The Panthers are OFF tomorrow, April 16. The Panthers will face off against the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena at 1 P.M. (ET) on Sunday, April 17 on ESPN.
