FLORIDA PANTHERS vs. NEW JERSEY DEVILS
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
FLA Live Arena – Sunrise, Fla.
| FLORIDA PANTHERS | NEW JERSEY DEVILS |
| 4 | 1 |
PANTHERS POSTGAME QUOTES
Forward Anthony Duclair
On his chemistry with Bennett and Huberdeau:
Yeah, we were pumped when we got back together. We were excited. We found a little chemistry when Bennett got traded here last year and it was nice to see. We saw a little bit tonight, but we just want to build off that and you’ve just got to communicate a little bit more to try to find each other. With Huby, his skill and his IQ level, you know, it’s pretty easy to find open space.
On playing on home ice:
Yeah, we put an emphasis on playing well at home, our fans have been unbelievable this year and the love and support has been great. We want to put in an honest effort every time we play here and keep the streak going.
Goaltender Spencer Knight
On His performance tonight:
For me, there are some of the things I do in practice. I know what I’m capable of and I know I can play…You come to the rink and just react, it’s a reacting position. You can’t really control what goes on so just react and just go with the flow.
Interim Head Coach Andrew Brunette
On tonight’s win:
“I thought Spencer was unbelievable. We got our legs going and I think the [first] goal was huge, obviously, but you know I felt let’s get out of the first [period] and we’ll take back control of the game here as we go.”
On Florida’s 9-0-0 home-ice start:
“We’re building it, you know. We want it to be our house and we want when teams come in that they know it’s going to be a hard game and we’re going to compete, we’re going to be on pucks, and we’re going to play fast. Probably didn’t dictate the way we wanted in the first ten minutes, but I thought we took over the game.”
CATS STATS
- With tonight’s win, the Panthers became the seventh team in NHL history to start the regular season with nine consecutive home wins (9-0-0).
- Florida’s nine straight home wins represents the longest home winning streak in club history.
- The Cats have won each of their past 13 games at FLA Live Arena dating back to April 24 vs. CAR, the franchise’s longest home winning streak spanning multiple seasons.
- Florida has scored at least four goals in all nine of their home games in 2021-22, two games shy of the NHL record for most consecutive home games with at least four tallies to start a season. They are the fifth team in league history to score four or more goals in each of their first nine home games of a season.
- The Panthers earned their fifth comeback victory of the season, currently the fourth-most among NHL teams.
- Spencer Knight made a career high 45 saves (.978 save percentage), improving his record at FLA Live Arena this season to 4-0-0.
- Jonathan Huberdeau recorded a goal for the third consecutive game and added an assist (1-1-2).
- Anthony Duclair produced his second multi-point game of the season (1-1-2).
- Ryan Lomberg notched an assist, extending his point streak to three games (1-2-3).
- Carter Verhaeghe and Eetu Luostarinen each tallied a goal.
LOOKING AHEAD
Next up for the Cats — The Panthers will hold an 11 A.M. practice at FLA Live Arena tomorrow, Nov. 19.
