Panthers Postgame Notes - 11.24.21 vs. PHI

FLORIDA PANTHERS vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

FLA Live Arena – Sunrise, Fla.

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[OVERTIME]

PANTHERS POSTGAME QUOTES

Defenseman Aaron Ekblad

On the team’s effort tonight:

“[Bennett’s goal] was huge, obviously, on the powerplay—which we need. Those timely goals are extremely important, and we haven’t scored a ton on the powerplay so that was very welcome and we’re really proud of that. And then scoring in overtime—it’s always fun, it’s always exciting. When the whole team comes at you, you can barely breathe when they’re all huddled around you there. Great game, obviously a hard fought one. They did a good job getting in our face early and hitting us, but we ultimately took care of business.”

On Bobrovsky’s game:

“Bob’s been top one, two, three in the league this year so far. He’s been unbelievable. I’m really happy for him—he deserves it. He’s one of the hardest working guys, he prepares the best out of anyone on this team.”

Forward Sam Bennett

On being hard to beat on home ice:

“We want to be like that on the road, too. Especially at home we want to make this one of the hardest buildings to play in. We’re just going to keep doing what we’re doing at home.”

On tonight’s win:

“There’s a big feeling of pride and joy in the locker room after that win. It wasn’t an easy one, and we’re proud of how we’re playing at home. It’s a lot of fun playing in front of our fans and getting wins at home, so we’re just going to look to keep doing that.”

Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky

On their eleventh consecutive home win:

“We don’t think too much about what’s happened in the past, [or] about statistics and stuff. We focus on our system, on our game—each game and every shift. We have a big belief in our group. We have a great atmosphere, we have a great group of guys, and it’s fun to be a part of.”

On hard work this season:

“Yeah, you know I [am] from a small, small town in Russia and all I got is hard work. [I had] to make myself up, make my way up into the NHL, into the position where I am to be the hockey player [I am]. I love the game and I love everything with the game.”

Interim Head Coach Andrew Brunette

On Bennett’s effort tonight:

“[Bennett’s] up for a challenge. I mean he’s one of those guys that anything you give him, he’s ready to go. He loves it. He is a really competitive kid, he’s [all], ‘give it to me and I’ll take it’. You know, I thought he played really well tonight, made some huge plays, a huge goal. Yeah, he was great tonight.”

On the team’s performance tonight:

“I was really happy with the way we played. You know, it wasn’t perfect, maybe, at different stretches. It didn’t come easy, which, we’ve had a lot of nights where it has come easy. Tonight we really had to earn it honestly, and we obviously dug in and found a way.”

CATS STATS

With tonight’s win, the Panthers tied the 1963-64 Chicago Blackhawks for longest home winning streak to start a season in NHL history (11-0-0).
Florida has won 15 consecutive home games dating back to April 24 vs. CAR, extending their club record for longest home win streak spanning multiple seasons.
Tonight’s victory marked Florida’s fourth overtime win of the season, the most of any NHL team. It also marked FLA’s sixth comeback victory, trailing only CBJ (8) and MIN (7).
Aaron Ekblad scored his sixth career overtime goal, his 20^th career game-winning goal, and added an assist. His six career OT-GWG’s are the third-most in FLA history.
With two points (1-1-2) tonight, Ekblad extended his point streak to five games (2-5-7), the longest by an FLA defenseman this season.
Ekblad’s 17 points (6-11-17) this season are tied for third-most among NHL defensemen, and his six goals are the second-most among league blueliners.
Ekblad is the seventh different Panther to record a game-winning goal on home ice this season.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 32 of 33 PHI shots to improve to 9-0-2 on the season and 7-0-0 at FLA Live Arena.
Sam Bennett scored a goal for the second consecutive game and added an assist (1-1-2), including his second power-play tally of the season, tied with Aleksander Barkov for most on FLA.
Jonathan Huberdeau and Sam Bennett each recorded six shots on goal.
The Panthers logged 45 shots on goal, matching their season high from Nov. 8 at NYR.
MacKenzie Weegar led FLA with 26:38 time on ice.