Panthers Postgame Notes - 11.16.21 vs. NYI

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

FLA Live Arena – Sunrise, Fla.

FLORIDA PANTHERS	NEW YORK ISLANDERS
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PANTHERS POSTGAME QUOTES

Forward Patric Hornqvist

On tonight’s six-goal win:

“It’s nice to get the lead and get some confidence back and, you know, believe in what we do good out there. We can see, when we get pucks deep under the goal line, when we get pucks back and we create our cycles—you know, it’s hard to stop us that way. [We’ll] build this for this week here and keep going.”

Forward Carter Verhaeghe

On Sergei Bobrovsky’s performance:

“He has been unbelievable, he keeps us in every game, he makes huge saves at the right time and I am happy we got up 4-0 in the first. I think we played a little tighter tonight and we do it for Bob. He deserves it and has been one of the goalies in the league, it’s awesome.”

On Florida’s team chemistry:

“Our team is so tight, and we have so many good players on the team and so much depth so whoever you are playing with, you’re playing with a great player and sometimes we switch them up and things happen like they did tonight, so it was good, and I am happy to play with anyone on the team.”

Interim Head Coach Andrew Brunette

On tonight’s win:

“I really liked our compete, I liked it the whole time. They compete really hard as a group. They’re fun to be around because they’re nonstop—they compete, compete, compete.”

On Florida’s performance at home:

“I think we felt good on home ice. We wanted to dictate right from the start. We didn’t want to use our weight in our game. We knew there was a desperate team that was coming on the end of a thirteen [game] road trip and they lost the night before, they wanted to get a win to head back. We knew they’d be desperate early, they’re a good first period team, and I thought we took control of the game and played with pace.”

On Ryan Lomberg’s goal:

“Yeah, their line had some big shifts for us. They were doing the right things—they did the same thing in Tampa—and they got rewarded for it tonight. I love watching Lomby score. it kind of makes my day. It was a huge goal, and that line really the last two games has played exceptional for us.”

CATS STATS

Tonight’s win is the 900^th regular season victory since the Panthers entered the NHL in 1993-94.
The Panthers extended their franchise-record season-opening home win streak to 8-0-0. Florida has won 12 consecutive games on home ice dating back to April 24, 2021 vs. CAR, the longest home win streak in club history.
The Cats tallied a season-high six goals, marking their eighth straight home game with at least four goals scored. They are three games shy of the NHL record for most consecutive home games with at least four tallies to start a season.
Sergei Bobrovsky improved his home record to 5-0-0 and owns a 7-0-2 record over 10 total appearances this season. He became the second goaltender in club history with points in each of his first nine or more decisions in a season (John Vanbiesbrouck, 6-0-3 in 1996-97).
Jonathan Huberdeau scored a goal for the second consecutive game. The goal marked his 25^th game-opening goal of his career.
Ryan Lomberg scored his first goal of the season. He has posted two points (1-1-2) over his last two games.
Patric Hornqvist recorded two points (1-1-2), his second multi-point performance of the season.
Brandon Montour notched two assists. He has produced five points (1-4-5) over his past three games at FLA Live Arena.
Aaron Ekblad scored his fifth goal of the season, the second-most of any NHL defenseman in 2021-22.